Program of Study – e-Learning Design Certificate

Here are the courses in the certificate, along with the objectives for students for each:

EDIT 6170e Introduction to Instructional Design (3 Graduate Credits)

    • Identify the essential components of guided learning.
    • Interpret instructional design as an application of the systems concept.
    • Apply an interactive planning process to the design of learning resources.
    • Analyze learning.
    • Synthesize a proposal to develop instruction.
    • Evaluate learning resources and development processes.

EDIT 6400e Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology  (3 Graduate Credits)

    • Explore the foundations and assumptions of technology-enhanced approaches to learning, teaching, and human performance.
    • Critically examine the literature on emerging applications of technology.
    • Articulate principled technological approaches with the potential to address current educational problems and/or to substantively enhance learning, teaching, and human performance.

EDIT 7520e Distance Learning and Telecommunications  (3 Graduate Credits)

    • Integrate instructional design models within online, eLearning, & distance courses
    • Utilize different tools for the design & delivery of online, eLearning and distance courses
    • Compare and contrast synchronous and asynchronous learning
    • Incorporate different instructional methods (lecture/presentations, group work, interaction with technology, visual aids, case studies, research, projects, simulations) and explain how they should be used within online, eLearning, and distance courses
    • Define the roles of teachers/facilitators and students in online, eLearning and distance courses
    • Engage learners by giving feedback, organizing collaborative learning, and facilitating synchronous virtual discussions, asynchronous forums, and breakout sessions, within an online, eLearning, and distance course
    • Integrate video, blogs, wikis, and other Web 2.0 applications within your courses

EDIT 7550e Management of Instructional Technology Projects  (3 Graduate Credits)

    • Generate and refine a personal definition of project management.
    • Develop and defend a personal philosophy of project management.
    • Compare and contrast various project management “models.”
    • Distinguish between/among various concepts such as:
      • project definition and scope
      • project objectives, deliverables and activities
      • time, cost, communication, risk and team management.
    • Write and revise a project management plan.
    • Manage an instructional design project focused on e-learning or other learning and performance support products.
    • Develop and refine tools and resources for practical use by project managers.
    • Understand more about your personal work habits.
    • Understand more about your personal leadership style.
    • Develop a plan for continuing professional development in project management.

EDIT 8350e Instructional Product Evaluation

    • Generate and refine a definition of evaluation.
    • Develop and defend a philosophy of evaluation.
    • Compare and contrast various evaluation “models.”
    • Distinguish between/among various concepts such as:
      • measurement and evaluation
      • input, context, process and product criteria
      • intrinsic and extrinsic evaluation
      •  norm-referenced and criterion-referenced measurement
      • formative and summative evaluation
    • Implement various facets of instructional product evaluation:
      • review
      • needs assessment
      • formative evaluation
      • effectiveness evaluation
      • impact evaluation
      • maintenance evaluation
    • Write an evaluation plan for an instructional product.
    • Evaluate an instructional product in a practical context.
    • Report your evaluation of an instructional product.
    • Conduct meta-evaluations of evaluation reports according to relevant cultural and political value perspectives.
    • Plan for further development of your evaluation KSAs.

While the courses include a variety of projects, the primary assessment of the student’s performance will be course grades. Once a student has completed all five courses with a cummulative GPA of 3.0 or better, the LDT program chair will notify the Graduate School that the student has successfully completed the certificate.  We will also work with our partner schools to assess the quality of the certificate in meeting the needs of their students. This external assessment of the certificate will help ensure quality assurance.

All students admitted to the program will be assigned an advisor to make sure that they stay on track to complete their certificate.  As part of the advisor role, students will be informed as to any status change as the result of poor performance.  Students in this certificate will be held to the same Graduate School requirements for academic probation and dismissal for academic reasons. Students enrolled in the certificate program as non-degree students will be required to register every third semester [***] according to Graduate School policy.   In addition, every effort will be made to keep students informed that if they wish to transfer into one of UGA’s degree programs, that only 9 credits can transfer into that program.   While the advisor will serve as a mentor at the program level, the PhD graduate assistants will mentor students at the course level providing any necessary assistance and encouragement to help students be successful in the certificate program.