Learn to evaluate the impact of technology on learning while you expand your skills in instructional design and instructional technology. This online master’s degree program explores best practices in the field of learning design using practical, real-life examples.

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Complete your Penn State course work at your own pace and 100% online.

Application deadline

Apply by: April 1 to start May 19

Credits and costs: 30 

Credits: $1,027  per credit

Tuition Cost

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Expand Your Instructional Design Skills with Technology

• Incorporate technology to effectively engage students and trainees.
• Evaluate the impact of technology on learning.
• Improve learner performance while enhancing the quality of learning experiences.
• Develop lesson plans and resources using current theories of instruction.

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The learning, design, and technology courses will challenge you to apply what you learn to practical, real-world problems and encourage you to blend your personal and professional interests into your course work.

Your courses will go beyond ADDIE (the famed analysis, design, develop, implement, and evaluate model of instructional design) so you can be prepared to enrich learning environments with educational technology.

Penn State’s online Master of Education in Learning, Design, and Technology emphasizes the evaluation and improvement of technology’s impact on the learning process and can provide you with the technical and research skills to analyze the effectiveness of technology integration in your school, organization, or corporation.

You must complete 30 credits of course work, plus a noncredit unit on scholarship and research integrity and a noncredit capstone portfolio that will be reviewed by your adviser at the end of the program. At least 18 credits of course work must be at the 500 or 800 level, and a minimum of 6 credits must be at the 500 level.