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Learning Design & Technology
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Learn how to design, create, and publish effective online courses with an online graduate certificate in learning design and technology from University of Maryland Global Campus. In this program, you’ll apply learning theory, emerging technologies, and contemporary design models to create engaging online learning experiences for education and business. You’ll explore project management for designers, legal issues, and the learning design thinking approach to manage the design cycle. Gain up-to-date, career-focused experience and education on the cutting edge of instructional design.
Program Highlights
- Explore digital strategies: Design and implement online learning experiences through learning theory.
- Sharpen leadership skills: Apply project management and learning design techniques, and lead the process.
- Implement technology: Develop and publish engaging multimedia resources.
- Analyze data: Create authentic assessment strategies and visualization models to inform design.
- Develop innovative ideas: Research, propose, and design an adaptive and personalized online course.
- Gain hands-on experience: Develop a professional network to continue growth after program completion.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, LDTC 600)
- (3 Credits, LDTC 605)
- (3 Credits, LDTC 610)
- (3 Credits, LDTC 615)
Career Preparation
The graduate certificate in learning design and technology will provide you with a broad instructional design framework and technical skills to create engaging online learning experiences for education and business.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
12
Transfer Credits
Exactly 6
Format
- All courses available online
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Instructional Technology Integration
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
As the demand for classroom technology continues to grow, so does the need for experts who can optimize technology to help students achieve. With an online graduate certificate in instructional technology integration from University of Maryland Global Campus, you'll gain advanced skills in curriculum development, instruction, and technology integration in pre-K through grade 12 education. Our online courses are developed with leaders in distance education to help prepare you to lead technology-rich learning environments with mobile learning, blended learning, selecting tools, media integration, and standards-based course design.
Program Highlights
- Explore strategies: Develop guidelines to select appropriate technologies for learning environments.
- Develop leadership skills: Create a professional web and social media presence for the classroom.
- Create technical classroom environments: Discover emerging technologies like social media tools and mobile technology.
- Rely on data: Develop standards-based (Common Core), technology-supported lessons.
- Proactively solve problems: Assess the effectiveness of technology to support student learning.
- Gain hands-on experience: Create multimedia and web-based products that support instruction.
Required Courses
Courses must be taken in the order listed; sequential courses may be taken at the same time.
Foundation Course
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, INST 600)
- (3 Credits, INST 605)
- (3 Credits, INST 610)
- (3 Credits, INST 615)
Career Preparation
This certificate is designed for pre-K–12 teachers, technology integration specialists, staff developers, and administrators who want to further their work in instructional technology at the classroom, school, and district levels.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
12
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses available online
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Management: Community College Policy & Administration
Doctor of ManagementThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Stand out in the job market by earning an online doctoral degree in community college policy and administration at University of Maryland Global Campus. Designed for college faculty and administrators who aspire to lead effectively and advance in administrative careers, the Doctor of Management in community college policy and administration at t ºÚÁÏÉçÇø offers exceptional scholarship, intimate cohorts, online courses, short residencies, distinguished faculty, and dissertation support in a program that can be completed within three years.
Program Highlights
- Amplify your expertise: Build policy expertise and the skills you need to support dissertation research.
- Network with colleagues: Take advantage of intimate cohorts, short residencies, and dissertation support.
- Lead change: Lead transformational change in a rapidly changing sector of higher education.
- Measure effectiveness: Apply indicators of institutional effectiveness to community college operations.
- Apply theory & practice: Work to continuously improve college policy and student outcomes.
- Hone advocacy skills: Advocate for the needs of community colleges and students.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 54 credits.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, CCPA 810A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 810B)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 800A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 800B)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 830A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 830B)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 821A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 821B)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 841A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 841B)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 851A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 851B)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 861A)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 861B)
Dissertation Courses
- (3 Credits, CCPA 890)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 891)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 892)
- (3 Credits, CCPA 893)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to develop community college faculty and administrators and other professionals who are interested in becoming transformational leaders and advancing in senior-level careers in community colleges, state or federal agencies, or related not-for-profit organizations.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
- We recommend you have work and prior management experience in a community college or other higher education institution, government agency, or business.
- You will need doctoral-level academic reading and writing skills before entering this writing-intensive program.
Total Program Credits
54
Transfer Credits
None
Format
- No transfer credits accepted
- All courses available online
- Program restrictions apply
- On-site residency required
- Not available to MD residents
Tuition Per Credit
- $1087 per credit
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
Admission to the program is competitive and is based on a combination of all requirements. Meeting the eligibility requirements does not guarantee admission.
Please note: New cohorts begin in the fall term only.
All applicants will be pre-screened by DMCCPA faculty/staff based on the qualifications listed on the DMCCPA program webpage. Applicants who pass the pre-screen process will be required to interview (30 minutes; via phone or teleconference) with the DMCCPA admissions committee, which will use a common interview guide and will be comprised of faculty members, a staff member, and the program director. Final admissions recommendations will be based upon evaluation of written submissions and interview recommendations from faculty. You will also need to submit supporting documentation, which is outlined on the program webpage.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
Not available to residents of the following states: MD.
