Instructional Design and Technology, MEd (online)

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The Instructional Design and Technology Master of Education program prepares students to assume learning leadership roles in most environments. Students focus on performance improvement through learning. Through interactive instructional design, students create interactive programs and learning systems to help organizations identify and solve performance problems, evaluate learning solutions and interventions. Instructional Design and Technology also helps organizations adapt to continuous and sustainable change and improvement.

Course work in the Instructional Design and Technology program emphasizes skills in needs analysis, instructional design, instructional strategies, curriculum development, evaluation, cost benefit analysis, interactive media, digital learning theories, new and emerging learning technologies and motivation. These can be blended with course selections from other University program offerings such as technical communication, industrial psychology, human resource management, education, and organization development. Many courses involve projects in business or industry, higher education, or K-12 education settings.

This program will prepare students for the following profit and non-profit career environments: Business & Industry, Public Service, Health Care, Military and Education.

Learning Outcomes

Compare and Contrast theoretical models and competing philosophical positions regarding the study of and/or leadership in technology and learning.
Analyze organizational or educational problems with theoretical models and established needs assessment techniques.
Create Instructional Design solutions that are appropriate for organizational or educational problems.
Design and Conduct research that evaluates the effectiveness of learning programs

Admission Requirements

You have selected a degree program that includes coursework for an associated certificate: Instructional Design and Technology - Certificate (eCampus). If you would also like to receive the certificate on your transcript, select “Yes” above to have this certificate application will be added to your application account within 24 hours.
Applicants must have an undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or higher to be admitted.
Additional Documents required:

Two Letters of Recommendation
Professional Resume
Statement of Purpose

Application Requirements

Admissions Categories and Grade Point Average Requirements

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Degree Requirements

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses (12 credits)

Electives (15 credits)

Culminating Experience (3-6 credits)

Plan I:
IDT 6920 - Research Proposal Development
IDT 6990 - Thesis Research
Plan II:
IDT 6910 - Master’s Portfolio

Minimum Total Credits (30-33 credits)

Plan I: 33. Plan II: 30.

Additional Requirements

Minimum of 3 credits of 6990 required for Plan I master’s students. Maximum of 6 credits may be applied toward degree requirements.
Minimum 3.0 graduate cumulative grade point average
Minimum of 18 credits must be at the 6000-level or higher
Minimum of 24 credits must be earned at BGSU
All requirements must be completed within six years from the end of the earliest course used to fulfill degree requirements.