Mission

The mission of the Instructional Design and Technology program is to make education more powerful for all students by creating opportunities to engage in learning that is relevant to their lives and prepares them for success in school, the workplace, and their community. Participants in this program develop the skills, knowledge and dispositions needed to design technology-based media rich learning environments and become instructional leaders and agents of change in formal and informal educational settings.

Program Overview

The online Master of Education Degree in Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) is a 30-credit hour program designed for professionals seeking to enhance the education of others through digital media and information technologies. Professionals who would benefit from the M.Ed. IDT program include classroom teachers, teacher leaders, higher education faculty, media specialists, reading and writing specialists, special education professionals, school administrators, adult literacy, community educators, teacher professional development providers, instructional designers, education policy makers, and entrepreneurs interested in developing educational products or services.

Students in the program will learn to create and implement effective technology and media rich learning experiences through an understanding of learning theory, instructional design principles, technology, and application. Students will explore and create a range of digital media (educational software, curriculum materials, gaming, mobile computing, social networks, digital stories) and reflect on your applications to educational issues in different disciplines and core content areas. Students will gain the skills they need to teach the 21st Century literacies and skills to succeed in the digital age. Students will become a leader and mentor in the use of digital media and technology to promote 21st Century literacies and skills.

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Program Outcomes

Program graduates will be prepared to:

• Design technology-based media rich learning environments that support the learning of all students.
• Apply learning and curriculum theories to assess the effectiveness of technology and media rich learning environments in creating meaningful and motivating learning experiences for learners.
• Develop a broadened understanding of what it means to be literate that includes the reading and writing of multimodal texts as integral elements of social practices.
• Identify barriers and solutions to change for a professional teaching/learning community attempting to adopt new technologies or practices.
• Use responsible practices that relate to creating and using digital media in learning environments such as with intellectual property law, confidentiality, privacy, and ethics.

Admission Requirements

• Submit admissions application to the Office of Admissions. Apply online at fairmontstate.edu/apply
• Pay $50 application fee along with application
• Submit official college transcripts to the Office of Admissions
• Minimum 2.75 undergraduate GPA

Graduation Requirements:

Completion of coursework with a 3.0 GPA