INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Contact: Graduate Program Director
Application Deadlines:
For domestic classified status, the deadline is approximately a month before the start of classes (Definite dates are on the application itself). International students, please see the FAQs #16 for your deadline. NOTE: If you are a new graduate student and you intend to apply for a Competitive Graduate Award (CGA), the deadline for having all of your application materials turned in moves up to January 15th. If you apply for the CGA but your SIUE application is incomplete, your application for the Competitive Graduate Award will be removed from consideration.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
The Department of Educational Leadership offers a program of study leading to the Master of Science in Education degree with a major in Instructional Technology. The program prepares individuals for a variety of instructional development and technology-related positions in education, business, and industry. Options within the program include Interactive Multimedia Technologies, Instructional Design and Performance Improvement, and Educational Technologies.
The Educational Technologies option enables teachers and other school personnel to learn how to plan, implement, and evaluate technology-based instruction and learning activities in p-12 settings. Students pursuing this option will become knowledgeable users of technology as well as designers of curriculum and instruction that effectively utilize and integrate technology to improve student learning. Students interested in leadership roles in educational technology, such as those wishing to become technology coordinators in schools or school districts, can work toward meeting the standards for the Illinois State Board of Education’s Technology Specialist endorsement through this program.
The Instructional Design & Performance Improvement option focuses on skills necessary for careers in the areas of instructional technology, performance technology, instructional design, training, and performance consulting. Emphasis is placed on systematic instructional design and on the use of various media and technologies for learning and instruction. Students in this option may also focus on the design and development of online learning and other performance improvement strategies.
The Interactive Multimedia Technologies option is appropriate for people wishing to pursue the design and development of various interactive multimedia and web-based learning experiences. This option prepares students for careers with publishing and production companies, consulting firms, and other businesses that produce engaging multimedia applications for learning and other opportunities. Course work focuses on theories and methods for designing compelling user experiences, developing skills with tools for web and other delivery media, and project management strategies.
Throughout the program, students will participate in three juried presentations at roughly one-third and two-thirds of the way through the program, with the final jury coming at the end of the degree program. Juries provide students with an opportunity to share their work with a jury of professors and peers, and defend their work in light of their own goals and the content of their degree programs. The juried presentations of students’ work include both face-to-face and online components. Even though the three juries are spread across the degree program, successful completion of all three is an exit requirement for the Master’s degree.
ADMISSION
The general requirements for admission and retention are the same as for the Graduate School. Applicants may arrange for an appeal interview with the Admissions Committee if admission is denied. Students applying for the Educational Technologies option must possess a teaching certificate that is valid in the state of Illinois.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
Students must complete 36 semester hours for a master's degree in Instructional Technology. Courses of study for the three areas of emphasis are as follows:
Educational Technologies
Required Courses:
Theories (12 hrs.): IT 500, EPFR 501, 520 or 521, 515.
Methods (9 hrs): IT 481, IT 435, IT 560
Tools and Technologies (9 hrs.): IT 486, 550, and 565
Field Experience (6 hrs.): IT 571 (1 hr), 572 (2 hrs), 573 (3 hrs)
Instructional Design and Performance Improvement
Required Courses:
Theories (12 hrs.): IT 500, EPFR 501, 520 or 521, 515.
Methods (9 hrs.): IT 510, IT 520, IT 530,
Tools and Technologies (9 hrs): IT 486 and 6 hours of electives selected from Instructional Technology courses, or other courses across the university.
Design Studio (6 hrs.): IT 592 (3 hrs), and IT 598 (3 hrs.) or IT 599 (3 hrs.)
Interactive Multimedia Technologies
Required Courses:
Theories (12 hrs.): IT 500, EPFR 501, 520 or 521, 515.
Methods (9 hrs.): IT 510, IT 530, IT 585
Tools and Technologies (9 hrs.): IT 430, IT 486 and 3 hours of electives selected from Instructional Technology courses, or other courses across the university.
Design Studio (6 hrs.): IT 592 (3 hrs), and IT 598 (3 hrs.) or IT 599 (3 hrs.)
EXIT REQUIREMENTS
Students must successfully complete 3 juried presentations and Design Studio requirements. All candidates must present an oral defense of an electronic portfolio summarizing Design Studio or Field Experience activities.
POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE
WEB-BASED LEARNING
The web-based learning certificate offers current and future instructional design professionals in business and industry an opportunity to gain expertise in the area of designing and developing web-based learning environments. The curriculum combines a study of instructional systems design with web-based multimedia technologies. Through completing this web-based curriculum, most students will have advanced knowledge and skills necessary for designing and developing web-based learning and interactive multimedia products.
ADMISSION
The general requirements for admission and retention are the same as for the Graduate School. Applicants may arrange for an appeal interview with the Admissions Committee if admission is denied.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
The post-baccalaureate certificate program requires the completion of 18 hours of online course work, which consists of the following required classes:
Principles of Instructional Technology (IT 500)
Instructional Systems Design (IT 510)
Performance Technology (IT 520)
Managing Instructional Development (IT 530)
Distance Education (IT 540)
Design of Interactive Learning Environments (IT 580)
EXIT REQUIREMENTS
The student must successfully complete the program of study, with at least a grade of B in each course.