<strong>Who Should Apply?</strong><br />
This certificate targets teaching professionals who want to hone their instructional design, facilitation, consultation, or project management skills. Graduates of this program take the lead in conceptualizing and producing a wide variety of learning interventions – from self-paced "overview" tutorials to complex electronic performance systems to podcasts and vodcasts. A hallmark of the program is its flexibility; the choice of different elective strands allows participants to focus, for example, on the design of (intrinsically-motivating) educational games and simulations; ways to strategically influence "informal" learning; and development of web sites and other products that embrace the principles of universal design. The program prepares participants for high-level roles in the learning enterprise, no matter what the setting in which they happen to work (K-12, higher education, business, nonprofit, military, government).
<strong>Certificate Requirements</strong><br />
To be admitted to the Advanced Certificate in Instructional Design program, candidates must meet the departmental admission requirements and earn a satisfactory score on the GRE (950 combined score on the verbal and quantitative portions). They will complete 18 units of coursework: nine required units (<em>EDTEC 540, 541, and 544</em>) and nine units of elective credit (from any <em>EDTEC 600-</em> and <em>700-</em>level courses offered).<br /><br />
<strong>For more information, visit <a href="http://edtec.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">http://edtec.sdsu.edu</a> or call (619) 594-6718, or contact Donn Ritchie, director of EDTEC Distance Programs, <a href="mailto:dritchie@mail.sdsu.edu">dritchie@mail.sdsu.edu</a>, (619) 594-5076.</strong><br /><br />
<strong>EDTEC Offerings</strong><br />
<a href="/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=704">Advanced Certificate in Instructional Design</a> | <a href="/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=703">Instructional Technology Certificate</a> | <a href="/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=702">Master of Arts in Educational Technology</a><br />
<a href="http://edtec.sdsu.edu/distance/info" target="_blank">Which EDTEC program is right for me?</a><br /><br />
In order to earn an advanced certificate or master's degree, you must apply and be admitted to SDSU. You may not take more than nine units prior to being officially admitted into the advanced certificate or master's degree program if you wish to earn an official SDSU advanced certificate or degree. For more information, please contact the Division of Graduate Affairs at <a href="mailto:gra@mail.sdsu.edu">gra@mail.sdsu.edu</a> or call (619) 594-5213.
Course Descriptions
Rationale, foundations, theories, careers, trends, and issues in educational technology. Implications of educational technology for instruction and information in schools, government, and corporations.
Systems, aesthetic, and learning theories applied to design of web-based educational multimedia. Planning and prototyping digital media. Not open to students with credit in <em>EDTEC 532.</em>
Prerequisite Information
Basic computer literacy
Theories and models of online learning at home, work, and school. Use of systems dynamics in design, development, and evaluation of e-learning courses and self-adaptive online educational systems. Future societal and economic impacts of learning at a distance. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite Information
Acceptance to the Master's Degree or an Advanced Certificate Program; EDTEC 544. Recommended: EDTEC 572.
Selected areas, topics in educational technology. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
Prerequisite Information
Acceptance to the Master's Degree or an Advanced Certificate Program; EDTEC 540