Instructional Design Online Master's Degree Program
The online Master of Arts in Learning Design and Technology program is designed to flexibly address various professional roles and settings. The certificate programs allow for differentiation based on your unique learning and professional interests and goals.
The LDT MA program and associated graduate certificate programs offer different plans of study to match various professional roles such as P-12 educators; college instructors; and learning designers in workplace and P-20 settings.
Delivered completely online, the 30 graduate-level credit hour LDT MA program includes combining certificate programs to flexibly address various professional roles and settings. Instead of an MA program that requires all students to complete a specific set of courses, this unique approach to the MA allows for differentiation based on your unique learning and professional interests and goals.
The MA concludes with a comprehensive thesis-in-practice experience (e.g., portfolio, culminating project, or thesis) in the final semester to demonstrate mastery of the following competencies: critical digital literacy; instructional design; leadership; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Students also have available to them an applied learning design internship experience working with actual clients in our Learning Agency.
Program at a Glance
Degree Program:
Master of Arts in Learning Design and Technology
Offered By:
School of Education and Human Development
Tuition:
Application Deadline:
Credit Hours:
30
Program Details
The Learning Design and Technology master's program and associated graduate certificate programs with help you develop the knowledge and skills needed to take on a number of careers in post-secondary teaching and learner-centered design; organizational training and instructional design and P-12 school and district leadership.
The program emphasizes interactive learning and provides you with opportunities to engage with real-world problems of professional practice.
Learn more about the Learning Design and Technology degree programs below:
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Leadership in Learning Design and Technology CU Denver’s Leadership for Learning Design and Technology certificate focuses on transformative change, culture, and initiative for modern learning organizations; with distinct themes of design justice, vision building, culture shifting, innovation nurturing, business modeling, and knowledge management. |
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Learner-Centered Instructional Design CU Denver’s Learner-Centered Instructional Design certificate focuses on human-centered design, learning engagement and motivation, and learning and design frameworks. You’ll explore distinct themes of design thinking, learning aesthetics, inclusive and universal design, and system accessibility and usability. |
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Online Teaching and Learning The Online Teaching and Learning certificate focuses on effective online and hybrid learning designs, high-impact practices, and modern learners; with distinct themes of instructional design, inclusive pedagogies, active learning, and emerging pedagogies. |
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General Track Customize your degree program based on your own specific career goals by choosing from a selection of thematic courses. |
Timeline
Successful completion of the MA degree requires a minimum of 30 graduate semester hours including at least one certificate plus a course with an experiential thesis. The time to completion varies, but many students finish the master's program in two years.
Admissions
Admission requirements and deadlines vary based on the program.
Learn more about the admissions process by filling out the form above or contacting our Enrollment Team today.
Career Outlook
Students who complete the Learning Design and Technology program go into a broad spectrum of work and a variety of settings, including:
- Instructional designers
- Learning designers
- eLearning designers
- Curriculum developers
- Educators in online and blended learning spaces
- Professional learning coordinators
- Instructional coaches
- Trainer and training managers
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TE 5100 — Learner-Centered Instructional Design Instructional design is the process used to analyze, design, develop, and evaluate learning solutions. Students will identify a gap in learning or performance and design a learning solution in the form of courses units, modules, and other instructional resources. |
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INTE 5200 — Designing Online Experiences |
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INTE 5680 — Producing Media for Learning Students develop and integrate media resources into eLearning environments, applying principles of media selection and multimedia learning. Students explore a variety of tools for producing audio, video, and multimedia content and examine ways to enhance eLearning courses through multimedia presentation and engagement resources. |
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INTE 6160 — Project Management for Learning Design Project management skills are intrinsic within designing and leading projects in learning design, instructional design, and related fields. In this course, students will gain the applicable knowledge and foundational project management skills needed to successfully manage projects in their respective settings. |