PhD in Educational Technology

Academic year 2024-25

Lines of research

  1. Efectes dels avanços tecnològics en el procés d'ensenyament-aprenentatge
  2. Disseny didàctic en entorns tecnològics
  3. El context en què s'introdueixen les TIC
  4. Avaluació i validació d'entorns virtuals i eines de comunicació
  5. Gestió de continguts i de coneixement
  6. Gestió de la qualitat i sistemes d'aprenentatge virtual
  7. Organització i gestió d'entorns tecnològics de formació
  8. Formació de formadors amb entorns tecnològics
  9. Competències professionals
  10. Alfabetització informacional en educació

General and specific competencies

Core Skills

  • CB11 - Systematic comprehension of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to this field
  • CB12 - The ability to devise, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial research or invention process
  • CB13 - The ability to contribute to widening the frontiers of knowledge through original research
  • CB14 - The ability to perform a critical analysis, assessment and synthesis of new and complex ideas
  • CB15 - The ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community, as well as with society as a whole, about their areas of knowledge in the methods and languages commonly used within the international scientific community
  • CB16 - The ability to promote scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advancement in academic and professional settings within the knowledge-based society.

Personal Skills and Abilities

  • CA01 - Work in contexts where there is little specific information
  • CA02 - Uncover key questions that need to be answered in order to resolve a complex problem
  • CA03 - Design, create, develop and undertake new and innovative projects in their area of knowledge
  • CA04 - Work in a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary setting
  • CA05 - Incorporate knowledge, handle complexity and provide opinions with limited information
  • CA06 - Intellectual criticism and defence of solutions.

Other Skills

  • OC01 - Analyse ICT as tools to design and develop training activities and environments in different formal, non-formal and informal areas
  • OC02 - Design and develop multimedia training material and technological environments
  • OC03 - Apply educational research processes, procedures and specific tools to create, represent, distribute and transfer knowledge.

Acces and entry Requirements

The recommended admission profile for the PhD programme is as follows: graduates of the Master's in Educational Technology: e-Learning and Knowledge Management (Interuniversity Master's taught by the Universities of the Balearic Islands, Rovira i Virgili, Lleida and Murcia) or equivalent qualifications.

Candidates must have a minimum level of English enabling them to read international publications, write international articles and attend and participate in international conferences.

Candidates are recommended to already possess skills in the use of technology tools to design and develop instruments and resources for research, as well as already know how to analyse and apply tools and instruments for designing and developing didactic material for e-learning.

The academic committee for the PhD programme shall propose any corresponding supplementary training to candidates who do not fully match the recommended admission profile.

Candidates who have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on undergraduate and postgraduate studies may apply to the PhD programme in Educational Technology. At least 60 of these credits should be from official postgraduate programmes, preferably in line with the recommended admission profile. In turn, candidates who have been awarded the Spanish Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) may also apply, preferably where they have worked on topics related to the recommended admission profile.

The academic committee for the PhD programme shall oversee candidate admissions. Where the number of pre-registrations exceeds available places, the following criteria shall be applied (weighting):

  • The academic record and transcript from prior undergraduate and postgraduate training (80%). The mark for each subject shall be weighted based on the number of credits for each subject, regardless of whether they are undergraduate or postgraduate subjects. A marking scale of 0 to 10 shall be used since this type of grading is widespread in most countries and can easily be scaled to other systems.
  • An assessment of the statement where candidate doctorands set out their reasons for registering on the PhD programme (10%). The level of motivation, clarity of expression and link to the research areas on the programme shall be assessed.
  • Other merits (10 %). Academic and scientific merits beyond the scope of the academic record/transcript shall be assessed, such as specialised courses, a background in collaborating with research groups, publications, conference attendance and professional experience.

Candidates who do not possess a suitable qualification for the recommended admission profile shall have to explain the reasons for this in their statement, which shall be assessed by the academic committee for the PhD programme; where appropriate, the latter may request a personal interview with the candidate to approve her/his admission to the programme.

Support and guidance information

The academic committee of the Doctoral Programme will assign a tutor to the applicant (once he or she is admitted). The tutor will be a doctor with accredited research experience and involved in the doctoral programme. Within six months from the first enrolment, the academic committee of the doctorate will assign to every student a thesis supervisor, which may or may not be the same as the tutor.

Supervision and monitoring of doctorand training activities and their PhD theses shall be in line with the UIB procedures for PhDs (RD 99/2011), the UIB Doctoral Degree Regulations (https://seu.uib.cat/fou/acord/13084/) and the verified degree report that you may consult on the "Results" webpage. The administrative and academic procedures that students must perform during their PhD may be viewed on the "Procedures" section of the UIB Doctoral School website: