2018-2019 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Designing Digital Instruction (CAS)


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Contact

Jing Lei, Chair, 265 Huntington Hall, 315-443-1362, jlei@syr.edu

Faculty

Tiffany A. Koszalka, Professor
Jing Lei, Associate Professor
Alexander Romiszowski, Research Professor
Charles Spuches, Adjunct Professor
Robert Pusch, Adjunct Professor

Program Description

The Graduate Certificate in Designing Digital Instruction (15 credits) provides the opportunity to develop the competencies required to design digital resources and online or e-learning instruction. The courses are carefully combined into a fully online program that is built on a framework of internationally validated standards for instructional designers, online instructors, and online learners. This provides candidates with a 360-degree (designer, instructor, learner) view of digital instruction and learning facilitating them in learning how to design and create sound instructional resources and environments that will lead to quality learning experiences. In addition to the course work, candidates will be required to develop a digital portfolio that consists of both sample digital projects and reflections on their development of instructional designer, online instructor, and online learner competencies.

This program  provides professionals with the opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills in the area of instructional design and learning with digital technologies.

This certificate program is offered by the Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation Department (IDD&E). IDD&E offers a variety of programs to help students develop the skills required to identify and evaluate learning problems and to design and develop appropriate instructional solutions to these problems. Students develop the competencies to apply instructional analysis, design and develop instructional materials, evaluate instructional programs, and assess learning. The curriculum includes teaching students about a variety of soft (process and communication) and hard technologies. Through practical projects, students develop competencies to design, create, implement, and evaluate technology-supported instructional solutions for a variety of educational and professional settings. In addition to the certificate in Designing Digital Instruction, the department offers certificates in both Educational Technology and Instructional Design Foundations, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation.

Curriculum of the Certificate in Designing Digital Instruction (15 credits)


Student Learning Outcomes


1. Describe foundational areas of instructional design, implementation/facilitation, project management, and learning in online or hybrid environments from designer, instructor, learner perspective

2. Demonstrate foundational knowledge and skills in designing digital resources and online instruction

3. Demonstrate practices in self-reflection and professional development

4. Design, select, use, and evaluate digital technologies to enhance instructional practices and learning

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