Learning Design & Technology, Master of Science in Education

The Learning Design and Technology program requires three core classes covering the areas of research, democracy, diversity, and technology in accordance with the focus of the College of Education. The program is 30-36 credit hours.

Admission requirements include GPA and either a Professional Biography or the Graduate Record Examination.

The Learning Design and Technology program prepares graduates for careers in digital education, instructional and learning design, online learning, and similar areas. Learning Designers and Educational Technologists will lead successful careers in higher education, K12 schools, and corporate. Educational Technologists can lead successful careers as designers, building, district-wide, or company-wide technology resource personnel who provide or assist with technology-related professional development, strategic planning components, trans-curricular integration of technology, and instructional/training delivery. Education students are able earn teaching endorsements in Leadership in Instructional Technology, Information Technology, and School Library.  

Teachers earning the Instructional Technology Leadership endorsement assist with or facilitate the development of digitally enhanced programs for students in prekindergarten through grade 12. Teachers with the Information Technology endorsement are approved to teach a variety of courses in areas such as web design, learning design, as well as development, support, and management of hardware, software, multimedia, and systems integration services for students in prekindergarten through grade 12. School Librarians provide leadership in library administration, technology, information access, children’s and young adult literature, resource management, and curriculum and instruction. Many of the instructional technology degree students do not work on any endorsement but focus instead on developing their own technology skills and expertise for use in their own classrooms. Instructional technologists in the business world focus on designing and developing instruction, job aids, training aids, consulting, and similar training related issues. Instructional Technologists in any discipline are involved with all instructional aspects of technology and related areas.

Successful completion of a comprehensive examination/project is required of all degree-seeking students prior to graduation. There are three parts:

1. Program Examination/Capstone Project
2. Program ePortfolio, and
3. College of Education Survey of Desired Outcomes.

Contact your advisor at least one semester in advance of your planned graduation. Additionally, you must apply for graduation in the first few weeks of the semester in which you intend to graduate even if you will not attend.