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Designed for

Practicing K-12 teachers, librarians and instructors that are engaged in post-secondary, community-baesd adult education, or similar areas of education.

Program Structure

• Cohort-based with seven 5-unit courses over six terms (2 years)
• Online synchronous classes
• Classes meet online one evening per week, and usually run from 4:30 - 9:30 pm; 2 hours synchronous online, 3 hours of independent work
• Designed for working professionals

Intake Schedule

Next Start Terms
Fall 2026 (subject to receiving sufficient qualified applications)

Program Design

Designed with working professionals in mind, this two-year degree program offers the opportunity to obtain a high-quality master's degree. Our cohort-based model allows students to work through the program and coursework together (18-24 students).

This MEd program reimagines professional development for today’s educators by streamlining their learning through critical theory, hands-on practice, and community-driven reflection. Drawing on SFU’s long-standing leadership in digital media and literacy research, the program focuses on new media as texts to be critically consumed, remixed, and situated within sociocultural contexts. Students will gain tools to teach critical digital literacy, address online bias and harms, and create inclusive, ethical digital learning environments. Through engaging coursework, collaborative dialogue, and multimodal assignments, students will develop their own digital teaching philosophies and join a growing community of educators committed to equity, innovation, and transformative literacy practices.

The program was designed to provide opportunities for students to:

• Learn how literacies are shifting due to new digital media,
• Explore how technological changes impact literacy teaching and learning,
• Plan and deliver lessons that incorporate games, comics, film, podcasts and social media in linguistically and ethnically diverse classrooms and communities,
• Receive hands-on training in podcasting, video essays and other digital literacies,
• Learn strategies for teaching critical media literacies,
• Develop pedagogies for teaching people new to technologies, and
• Learn frameworks for building equity into digital literacy program design, addressing bias and discrimination in online settings and promoting fair and inclusive online spaces.

Courses

Students complete:

Program courses and order of delivery subject to change.

Online

Courses in this program are offered online synchronously via Zoom. Ensure you have the following minimum technical requirements:

• PC (Windows XP or Vista) or Mac (OS X 10.4 or greater)
• High-speed internet connection
  
• USB headset with a microphone (or a headset)
  
• Webcam
  
• Acccess to a printer