Online Instructional Designer Certificate
OVERVIEW
The Online Instructional Designer Certificate is a fully web-based, 12-hour, accelerated graduate program designed to prepare individuals interested in working as online instructors or instructional design professionals in K-12, higher education, and corporate settings. Graduates of this program will be able to apply various instructional design processes and hands-on skills to design and blueprint an online course, create it, and evaluate it for efficacy. Click here to learn more.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- This accelerated program is delivered 100% online through 7-week course modules.
- Learn how to design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional solutions for e-learning environments.
- All of the courses from this graduate certificate are fully transferrable into the Master of Education in Educational Technology.
- Courses include a variety of asynchronous and synchronous learning activities that are collaborative, engaging, dynamic, and interactive, using the latest technology tools in e-learning.
Online Instructional Designer graduates will be prepared to work as instructional designers/developers in higher education, or industries with an e-learning workforce.
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DEGREE PLAN
12 Credit Hour Program:
- EDTC 6321 – Instructional Design
- EDTC 6341 Student Centered Learning Using Technology
- EDTC 6351 Web-Based Multimedia in Instruction
- EDTC ELECTIVE with an emphasis on e-learning production
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COURSES
EDTC 6321 – Instructional Design. This course uses an instructional systems design model to guide the student in systematically developing effective Instruction. Theoretical and practical issues in instructional systems design are examined. Other instructional design models are introduced. Lec. 3, Cr. 3.
EDTC 6341 – Student-Centered Learning Using Technology. This course provides the teacher/trainer with the skills and conceptual knowledge for instructional design and development of student-centered learning activities in learning environments. The course also addresses critical issues in the instructional design and development process, including effective modifications of instruction that uses advanced technologies for special needs students, and mentoring other faculty members. Lec. 3, Cr. 3.
EDTC 6351 – Web-Based Multimedia in Instruction. This course examines the cognitive domains of learning and the corresponding research in web-based multimedia. It provides a theoretical construct by which distance educators can infuse learner-centered principles and examine the possibilities for streaming media in online education. Lec. 3, Cr. 3.
ELECTIVES
EDTC 6323 – Multimedia/Hypermedia. This course concentrates on the development and utilization of hypermedia and multimedia in education. Students are expected to demonstrate the ability to develop an interactive instruction by utilizing audiovisual technologies and computer-based/Web-based technologies in a meaningful, educational context. Lec. 3, Cr. 3.
EDTC 6325 – Educational Communications. This course addresses the development of instruction for e-learning environments. Learners will use a research-based rationale for the selection and utilization of technologies for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating instruction using an open source courseware management system. Learners will also explore the potential of 3-D virtual environments for instructional applications. Lec. 3, Cr. 3.
EDTC 6358 – Theory and Practice of E-Learning. This is the capstone course for the e-Learning Graduate Certificate Program. Students are expected to apply previously learned skills and knowledge to plan and manage an e-learning project in a real-life context. Prerequisite: Must be within 6 hours of completion of program. Approval of Program Coordinator. Lec 3, Cr 3.
Additional electives may be considered with faculty advisor approval.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Rene Corbeil, Ed.D.
Educational Technology Program Coordinator
- 956-882-7540
- Rene.Corbeil@utrgv.edu
- Brownsville MAIN 1.318