Instructional Design and Learning Technologies, MEd (IDLT-MED)

CIP Code: 130501

Program Description

You can prepare to become a highly trained instructional designer, armed with the tools you need to bring innovative teaching and training practices into education, corporate, and governmental settings while pursuing Wright State’s fully online Master of Education degree in Instructional Design and Learning Technologies.

This unique online program allows you to participate in dynamic courses and learn to create engaging learning experiences. Your coursework will cover the effective design and implementation of online and blended-learning classes, as well as the research, theory, and research methodologies associated with the effective design of online and blended-learning classes.

The entire program is taught in an online environment and can be completed in five semesters. All of the classes are designed using the most current research around effective online pedagogies, so you will learn about effective teaching practices and experience them as students. Classes include a synchronous weekly webinar, and sessions are recorded for participants who cannot attend the “live” session.

This program does not lead to an initial teaching license.

Gifted Intervention Specialist Concentration

This program will help prepare candidates to develop innovative teaching and training practices into K-12 settings, with a specific focus on gifted interventions. This program provides the candidates with the skills needed to design learning environments that promote the growth and development of learners. It also provides candidates the skills to apply instructional strategies and learning technologies to improve learning. The ISG courses will provide a theoretical background in the nature and needs of the gifted child, including affective/social needs, curriculum development, and differentiation for gifted students with educational needs. Candidates will be exposed to direct contact with gifted children and youth through field experiences. This unique, fully online master’s degree allows you to participate in dynamic courses and learn to create engaging learning experiences while earning both your Gifted Intervention Specialist Endorsement and the Instructional Design and Learning Technologies Masters’ degree.

This program does not lead to an initial teaching license. Students must complete all five ISG courses before being eligible for the Gifted Intervention Specialist Endorsement.

Admission Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or higher
GPA of 3.0 or higher on any previous graduate work, if applicable
For Gifted Intervention Specialist Endorsement: Current Ohio teaching license (Endorsements cannot be added to alternative or supplemental licenses).
Entrance Essay: Please include a short essay with your application answering the following questions (see below). Your essay should not exceed 1,000 words or two pages (whichever comes first). You will upload the essay to your application.
- Non-Intervention Specialist Endorsement:
  1. Why do you want to become an Instructional Designer or take these courses about Instructional Design?
  2. Please provide specific examples describing your experience using educational technologies, multimedia technologies, or other technologies and how these experiences would help you to become an Instructional Designer. Examples of relevant experience could include but are not limited to, training classes, certificates, minors, or degrees in these areas. Provide links to examples of work samples or a digital portfolio, if applicable.
- Gifted Intervention Specialist Endorsement:
  1. Why do you want to become a gifted intervention specialist and pursue the instructional design and learning technologies M.Ed.?
  2. Please provide specific examples describing your experience using educational technologies, multimedia technologies, or other technologies and how these experiences would help you to be successful in this program. Examples of relevant experience could include but are not limited to, practical teaching experiences, training classes, certificates, minors, or degrees in these areas. Provide links to examples of work samples or a digital portfolio, if applicable.

Admission Process

Apply to Graduate School.
Submit to the Graduate School:
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended (except WSU).
- Entrance Essay.
International applicants should refer to the International Gateway website for any additional application requirements.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the program will be able to:

Use educational technologies such as a learning management system, web conferencing, video editors, and image editors.
Implement educational technologies and processes using effective pedagogies, frameworks, and learning theories.
Facilitate learning by creating, using, evaluating, and managing effective learning environments.
Design, develop, implement, and evaluate a technology-rich learning environment within a community of practice.
Explore, evaluate, synthesize, and apply methods of inquiry to enhance learning and improve learning performance.

Gifted Intervention Specialist Concentation

As a result of their learning experience, graduates can:

Use educational technologies to improve student learning.
Analyze educational theories to utilize while designing courses to improve students’ learning.
Demonstrate effective instructional design practices by designing effective learning experiences for students using technology.
Demonstrate an understanding of the philosophies, principles and theories, laws and policies, historical perspectives, and human issues in gifted education.
Create learning environments that promote the growth and development of children with exceptional learning needs and abilities.
Apply instructional strategies to promote students’ learning and meet the needs and interests of gifted students.

Upon successful completion of the five ISG courses within this program and passage of the Gifted OAE, candidates will be eligible to apply for a Gifted Intervention Specialist endorsement with the Ohio Department of Education.

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Program Requirements

Instructional Design and Learning Technologies

IDL 7110 - Learning in a Digital World Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7120 - Instructional Design for Digital Learning Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7130 - Making Online Courses Interactive Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7140 - Learning Management Systems & Evaluation Credit Hour(s): 3

With No Endorsement

IDL 7150 - Digital Professional Development Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7200 - Professional Practice Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7210 - Applied Learning Theory Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7220 - Instructional Design Concepts and Theories Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7230 - Understanding Educational Research Credit Hour(s): 3
IDL 7240 - Trends in Instructional Design and Technology Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 30 Credit Hours

Gifted Intervention Specialist Endorsement

IDL 7010 - Digital Teaching Tools Credit Hour(s): 3
IHE 7020 - Systems Engineering and Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3

ISG Courses

All ISG courses within this program and passage of the Gifted OAE are required for candidates to be eligible to apply for a Gifted Intervention Specialist endorsement with the Ohio Department of Education

ISG 7200 - Theoretical Foundations of Gifted and Talented Educational Services Credit Hour(s): 3
ISG 7220 - Nature and Nurture of Students with Gifted Educational Needs Credit Hour(s): 3
ISG 7240 - Curriculum Development and Differentiation for Students with Gifted Educational Needs Credit Hour(s): 3
ISG 7260 - Assessments in Gifted Education Credit Hour(s): 3
ISG 7280 - Communication and Consultation: The GIS Role as Student Advocate Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 33 Credit Hours

Notes:

All classes in this program are 100% online.
The required first class for the M.Ed. is IDL-7110. This is where the electronic portfolio is set up, and students must maintain it throughout the program. Each IDL class will have required portfolio components that must be completed as part of each course.
The exit requirement for graduation is a completed portfolio and successful completion of all courses.