Instructional Design and Educational Technology, MS

Program Description

The Master of Science Degree in Instructional Design and Educational Technology (IDET) is a fully online program oriented toward trainers, instructional designers, e-learning specialists, professional educators in K-12, higher education, and corporate, military, health, and public service sectors.  The IDET program is consistent with state, national, and international standards, supported by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Association for Talent Development (ATD), International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) standards and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards. The IDET Program offers current professional grade technology tools and uses current design models with service outlet opportunities. The program’s goal is to enable graduates to solve learning and performance problems by means of applying instructional design principles, emergent technology applications and software, learning theories, best practices, and relevant research.  These projects are supported and encouraged to involve community and international collaborators  and allows students a considerable amount of flexibility to explore areas of personal interest. IDET students work with their faculty advisor to develop a program of study emphasizing the aspects of Educational Technology they wish to focus on, fitting to each student's learning and career goals.

Students acquire skills and knowledge in the following areas:

• describing the historical and theoretical underpinnings of the field;
• applying current mobile and computing applications and Internet resources useful in diverse learning environments;
• conducting project-based learning and associated learning events;
• applying learning theories and instructional strategies appropriate for given categories of human capabilities;
• using instructional design theory, models, principles, and processes;
• designing and developing instructional materials in a variety of technology-based formats;
• designing and developing instructional hypermedia with the latest course authoring tools;
• exploring emerging technology including virtual and augmented reality development;
• developing online instruction;
• exploring current STEM related technology and engineering applications, strategies, and pedagogies.

All students must successfully complete the IDET 5397 Instructional Design and Educational Technology Practicum (3 sch), including a program-progressive electronic portfolio and oral defense prior to graduation. Elective courses may not be taken.  However, students who have earned appropriate graduate credit hours from a duly accredited college or university may be allowed to transfer a maximum of nine previous semester of graduate-level credit hours based upon approval by an assigned faculty advisor.  Transferred courses may not be more than seven years old on the day of the student’s graduation.

Students in this program experience local and global collaboration through project-based learning with meaningful community service learning outcomes. Some of these projects involve partnerships with K-12, higher education, and local learning environments. The IDET. space platform, formerly interconnect.tamucc.edu,  highlights some of those past and ongoing projects and opportunities.

Student Learning Outcomes

The IDET Master's Program is driven by three major Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). Graduates will:

• Plan and develop effective, efficient instruction and related assessments using instructional design processes and principles to solve 21st century learning and performance problems.
• Design and develop complete, effective instruction for online learning environments in an active learning management system.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and application of the field’s underlying theories, knowledge base, and tools in an electronic portfolio, or website.

For Additional Information

Website:
https://gradschool.tamucc.edu/degrees/education/instr_design_ed_tech.html

Campus Address:
ECDC, Room 207
361.825.2407
Susan.Elwood@tamucc.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning Sciences, Unit 5834
College of Education and Human Development
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5834

Admission Requirements

Students are eligible to pursue graduate-level course work in Instructional Design and Educational Technology if they meet COEHD graduate admission requirements as specified in the COEHD’s Graduate Policies and Regulations section of this catalog.

Program Requirements

Prerequisites

Applicants entering into the program will be required to take an online module that assists learners in use of the learning management system at TAMU-CC.

Required Courses

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Online offering

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Blended offering

TXVSN Professional Development Award

All students who successfully complete IDET 5360 Design Strategies for Online Instruction and Learning Management Systems (3 sch) and IDET 5365 Instructional Materials Development for Learning Management Systems (3 sch) complete the professional development required to design and teach courses on the Texas Virtual School Network. A TAMUCC College of Education Professional Development Award will be granted to each student successfully completing those courses as documentation for TxVSN networks or other agencies.  See http://txvsn.tamucc.edu/ for more information.

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Online offering

Comprehensive Examination, Portfolio, and Exit Survey

All students are required to pass a comprehensive examination taken during their final semester of enrollment. All students must also develop and submit a professional portfolio which meets provided criteria. Students must also complete an exit survey prior to graduation.

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