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Classes in the Program
Master's degree is an online program Core Requirements - 30 Credits
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Core courses (12 units, plus Boot Up Camp, Midpoint Symposium)
- IDT 505-Hardware and Authoring Environments in Instructional Contexts (3)
- IDT 510 -Research Practices in Instructional Design and Technology (3)
- IDT 520-Instructional Design Issues for Technology-based Instruction (3)
- IDT 525-Instructional Approaches in Learning and Cognition (3)
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Advanced Pedagogy (6 units)
- IDT 530-Planning, Designing and Evaluating Technology-based Instruction (3)
- IDT 535-Instructional Strategies for Pre-K through Adulthood (3)
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Advanced Technology Applications (6 units)
- IDT 540-Web-based Teaching and Learning (3)
- IDT 545-Emerging Technology and Issues in Instruction (3)
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Culminating Experience (6 units)
- IDT 550-Practicum in Instructional Design and Technology (3)
- IDT 597-Project (3)
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Hardware and Authoring Environments in Instructional Contexts
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IDT 505 (3 Units)
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Provide students with necessary understanding of operating systems, hardware, and networking environments
to develop instructional tools and products using a multimedia authoring tool.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to describe and manipulate the basic levels of an authoring environment
- The use hardware and software to apply basic animation, sound, and other multimedia properties to an authoring environment
- The analysis and assessment of basic media and authoring programming elements as they apply to hardware/networking environments
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Research Practices in Instructional Design and Technology |
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IDT 510(3 Units)
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Survey course on terms and accepted procedures in qualitative and quantitative inquiry as they apply to instructional design and technology. Students conduct controlled portions of IDT research and prepare preliminary proposals for larger projects. |
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Instructional Design Issues for Technology-based Instruction
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IDT 520 (3 Units)
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Focuses on the systematic design of instructional courseware, including analysis, media selection, design,
development, and evaluation. Topics include learning principles, learner characteristics, instructional
strategies, screen design, response analysis, feedback, and interactivity.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to recognize and evaluate applications appropriate for designated learners
- The identification of appropriate applications for interactive courseware
- The specification and evaluation of appropriate use of media in interactive courseware
- The development of storyboards and flowcharts for an interactive lesson
- The design and development of a prototype.
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Instructional Approaches in Learning and Cognition
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IDT 525 (3 Units)
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Focuses on behavioral, cognitive, constructivist learning theories, related concepts, and their implications
for designing instruction. Develops students' critical thinking about desirable cognitive outcomes when
designing educational experiences.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to examine learners' learning preferences and their capacities to organize and coordinate information
- Comparing and contrasting emerging theories of adult learning (andragogy) with theories of how children learn (pedagogy)
- Recognizing the impact of learning theories on the design of learning environments including environments where technology supports learning.
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Planning, Designing, Developing, and Evaluating Technology-based Instruction
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IDT 530 (3 Units)
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Focuses on application of computer-based instructional design principles to developing new methods and
materials for technology-based instruction. Topics include computer-based instruction, planning, assessment,
design principles, and development tools. Students will design multimedia courseware.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to determine appropriate design strategies for an assigned instructional program
- The development of storyboards and flowcharts for an interactive lesson with appropriate tools
- The recognition and assessment of factors impacting cost and scope of multimedia projects
- The assessment of the capabilities of authoring tools, programming languages, and HTML.
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Instructional Strategies for Pre-K through Adulthood
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IDT 535 (3 Units)
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Provide students with training in instructional strategies for Pre-K through adulthood. Emphasis on current
research on instructional strategies and assistive technologies in a variety of instructional contexts.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to effectively select the instructional strategy that meets the instructional needs of the learner
- The understanding and effective use of the concepts of learning styles in a variety of instructional contexts
- The assessment and utilization of appropriate technology with a variety of instructional strategies to meet the needs of the learner.
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Web Development for Teaching and Learning
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IDT 540 (3 Units)
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Focuses on the design, development, and implementation of Web pages and sites for instructional purposes.
Emphasis on issues surrounding using the World Wide Web for instruction.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to use the World Wide Web to locate resources for research and teaching
- The design and development of a Web site for instructional purposes
- Describing and assessing ways the World Wide Web are likely to change the teaching and learning process, especially for diverse learners.
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Emerging Technologies and Issues in Instruction
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IDT 545 (3 Units)
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Focuses on the theoretical basis, issues, and strategies for improving teaching and learning through
the use of emerging technologies.
- The ability to develop a curriculum-based instructional project that incorporates one (or more) emerging technology
- Describing and evaluating ways in which emerging technologies are likely to change the teaching and learning process
- locating, analyzing, and synthesizing resources that identify and describe the development and use of emerging technologies in teaching and learning
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Practicum in Instructional Design and Technology
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IDT 550 (3 Units)
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Provides strategies for effectively implementing and evaluating instructional design and technology to
improve learning; course includes significant field work assignments in work-related settings.
Course objectives include:
- The ability to design, implement, and evaluate computer curricular experiences related to a specific topic or subject area
- Analyzing and describing the roles and responsibilities of training specialists
- The discussion and implementation of effective training techniques.
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Project
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IDT 597 (3 Units)
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Individual research on an empirical project, with conferences with the instructor, culminating in a project.
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Classes Completion Schedule
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August | January | May |
| IDT 505 | X | | | X | | | | | |
| IDT510 |
X | | | X | | | | | |
| IDT 520 | | X | | | X | | | | |
| IDT 525 | | X | | | X | | | | |
| IDT 530 | | | X | | | X | | | |
| IDT 535 | | | X | | | X | | | |
| IDT 540 | | | | X | | | X | | |
| IDT 545 | | | | X | | | X | | |
| IDT 550 | | | | | X | | | X | |
| IDT 597 | | | | | X | | | X | |
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