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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Instructional Design Certificate
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Program Abstract
Are you interested in learning how to design effective e-learning environments? Do you have a personal or professional online learning project you would like to develop? Are you interested in developing a career that involves developing digital training or teaching solutions? The objective of this program’s courses is to gain the skills and experience to help you succeed in the instructional design profession.
Certificate program: three-course series
This online program is designed for anyone who wants to become an instructional designer. The hands-on, applied training method focuses on providing the opportunity to build out a portfolio of instructional design projects. Estimated time to complete the full three-course program is 10 months.
The first course, Foundations of Instructional Design, is a prerequisite for continuing with the other two courses in the series.
- Foundations of Instructional Design - October 17-December 19, 2022. Focuses on foundational knowledge for instructional designers, including major learning theory principles applicable to instructional systems design, analysis of learner needs, and use of authoring tools.
- Curriculum Development for Instructional Design - February 2023 start date. Focuses on curriculum design, including alignment of learning objectives, practice, and assessments, and the evaluation of eLearning modules.
- E-learning and Course Development for Instructional Design - June 2023 start date. Focuses on developing eLearning modules and applying multimedia design principles, instructional design frameworks, project management for designers, and addressing feedback for continuous improvement.
Who should participate?
- Individuals considering a career in instructional design
- Anyone who wants to leverage instructional design principles to design an effective digital learning experience to meet professional or personal goals.
- Anyone who wants to learn how to apply multimedia skills (graphic design, video production, web design, or others) to develop digital training and learning solutions and open the door to new career opportunities.
- Instructional design applies to a broad range of fields and industries, such as healthcare, education, technology - any field or industry where internal or external training is needed or provided.
*This is a non-credit certificate.
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