Instructional Design and Technology (ID&T)

With global trends like personalized learning and data-driven decision making, and increased opportunities for learning outside of university settings, the need to create meaningful, lasting and relevant learning experiences has never been more important.

Informed by the science of learning, the instructional design and technology concentration prepares students to design learning experiences for a broad range of settings (e.g., face-to-face and online, formal and informal, higher education, workplace, personal). This concentration prepares students to:

• frame learning design problems by identifying learning needs from multiple and diverse stakeholder points' of view and understanding design requirements;
• prototype, test, and refine designs for learning that are based on research on how people learn and that meet real-world learning needs;
• thoughtfully incorporate technologies and innovations that are beneficial to learning; and
• evaluate impacts of their designs.

Graduates typically work as ID/learning consultants and as instructional or learning designers in a range of organizations, including higher education.

The Master's degree in Organization, Information and Learning Sciences is offered under two options:

Plan III: Coursework (30 credit hours)

Plan I: Thesis (36 credit hours)

Required Core Courses (15 credit hours) Plan III

Students must register for OILS 597 Capstone. The Capstone is offered as a 1 credit hour segment 5 times an academic year (Fall 1st Half, Fall 2nd Half, Spring 1st Half, Spring 2nd Half, and Summer). Students should repeat the course three times to fulfill the requirement for 3 credit hours. Students may take the 1 credit hour segments consecutively, but it is not required. For students who plan to graduate in one year, students should take the first Capstone during their second semester. For Students who plan to graduate in two+ years, students may take the first Capstone towards the second to last semester.

Required Courses for the Instructional Design & Technology (ID&T) Concentration (9 credit hours)

Elective Courses for the Instructional Design & Technology (ID&T) Concentration (6 credit hours)

Students may select 6 additional hours of electives from the following list selected in consultation with their advisors. Other OILS classes may be substituted as well.

Required Core Courses (12 credit hours) Plan I