2016–2017 2016–2017

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN LEARNING DESIGN
AND TECHNOLOGY
Boost your career by gaining skills and knowledge that can
help you design and operate the learning platforms of the
future.
The graduate program in learning design and technology can
help you gain the skills and competencies you need to use
emerging technologies, data analytics, and emerging learning
theory to design adaptive and personalized online learning
experiences. You can explore, develop, and integrate digital
media, new pedagogical approaches, and online interactive
resources to give students greater access to education and
prepare them for success.
What You’ll Learn
Through your coursework, you will learn how to
Apply learning sciences to design and implement transformative,
personalized online and hybrid learning experiences
Identify and apply learning analytics, current research, and
theory to optimize the online learning environment
Analyze data and create visualization models to inform
learning design
Create authentic assessment strategies to evaluate online
learning
Select, evaluate, and design media and technologies to support
learning online
Communicate effectively online and in print using visual,
oral, and written formats
Initiate and lead learning design projects
Evaluate legal and ethical issues and develop appropriate
strategies for online learning projects
Use social media tools to create a personal learning network
for ongoing professional development
Careers
Instructional designers and technologists
Distance learning coordinators
Instructional coordinators
Training and development specialists
Your Coursework
The learning design and technology curriculum is designed to
give you the technical and leadership competencies you need
to design personalized, adaptive learning experiences. In the
culmination of your hands-on coursework, you will conduct an
online internship in education or business, in which you will
design real-world online learning programs.
Coursework Examples
Research, propose, and design an adaptive and personalized
online course
Create a scope and sequence document used to initiate and
organize work of a design project
Analyze a learning design project and create a risk management
plan
Collect and analyze online learner data to create a data visualization
of results that influence curricular and instructional
design changes
Identify and incorporate adaptive learning elements to
information course design
Interview subject matter experts to initiate and develop the
design specifications for an online learning project
Identify, lead, and promote collaboration and relationships
between stakeholders critical to the learning design process
Develop interactive instructional materials
Use social media tools to create a personal learning network
for ongoing professional development
Criteria for Program Progression
You must complete each course with a grade of B or better to
advance to the next course. (The grade of C is not available for
these courses.) Your course syllabus will explain options for
and consequences of requesting an Incomplete.
Course descriptions are found on pp. 92–128. Before enrolling, check www.umuc.edu/catalogs for possible updates to program offerings.
More information about certificates, including gainful employment disclosures, is available at
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