The Educational Technology Doctor of Education (EdD) program in Instructional Design and Technology prepares educators and professionals to become scholars and expert practitioners in the rapidly growing field of technology integration and distance education in K-12 environments. This degree program is available entirely online.

Designed for professionals who want to better integrate technology with learning, this degree program provides the skills, experience, and expertise to help educators better examine and evaluate need, design and develop data-driven solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness. The program assists educators to become scholars and expert practitioners in a field that is dedicated to using technology, cognitive and learning science, and analytics to transform instruction, education, and training across K-12 schools. Emphasis is placed on using technology as a tool to facilitate established learning goals, making student learning more visible through technology, and using data to inform decisions. 

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This program prepares professionals for the following careers:

• Instructional designer
• Instructional coach
• e-Learning specialist
• Technology coordinator
• Curriculum developer
• Multimedia developer
• Performance support specialist
• Higher education faculty member
• Instructional technologist
• Learning technologist
• Assessment coordinator

The doctoral program is 60 credit hours and can be completed in three years. Professionals take 2-3 courses each semester that span 7 or 14 weeks each. Small cohort sizes enable faculty to provide individual opportunities for research, mentorship, and professional development.

Program of Study

Course	Title
IDT 7052	Introduction to Instructional Design and Technology
IDT 7060 OR 7061	Message Design OR Instructional Design and Educational Technology
IDT 7062	Teaching, Learning and Technology
IDT 7063	Models and Innovations of Educational Technology
IDT 7064	Educational Technology and Instructional Development
IDT 7070	Instructional Design Process I
IDT 7072	Seminar in Online Instruction
IDT 7074	Theories and Models of Instructional Design
IDT 7078	Seminar in Instructional Design and Technology
IDT 8092	Research and Scholarship in IDT III
IDT 8100	Research and Scholarship in IDT I
IDT 8230	Directed Writing in IDT
IDT 8500	Research and Scholarship in IDT II
IDT 8600	Doctoral Seminar in IDT Research
ICL 9000	Dissertation
EDPR 8511	Evaluation and Measurement
EDPR 8541	Stats I
EDPR 8561	Qualitative Research in Education

Cohort Timeline

Summer #1	Fall #1	Spring #1	Summer #2	Fall #2	Spring #2	Summer #3	Fall #3	Spring #3
IDT 7052	IDT 7070	IDT 7060/7061	IDT 7072	IDT 7064	IDT 7062	IDT 7078	IDT 8600	ICL 9000
IDT 7074	IDT 7063	IDT 8500	IDT 8092	EDPR 8561	EDPR 8511	IDT 8230	IDT 8600	ICL 9000
	IDT 8100		EDPR 8541

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