Instructional Design & Technology

Master's Degree — Online

Engage and inspire students through technology.

Regardless of grade level or subject, the use of media technology can provide enhanced learning opportunities for today's students. Tools such as games, animation, digital video, and podcasts can contribute to educational environments that connect with digital-friendly learners.

In Full Sail University's Instructional Design & Technology master's degree program, you can learn how digital media-enhancing learning environments can help relay key concepts to students, while advancing your knowledge of educational theory and tools.

Areas of Focus:

Understanding and Motivating Your Audience

Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership - Students explore the concept of mastery from an interdisciplinary perspective, utilizing historical case studies, anthropology, leadership science, and neuroscience.
Strategies for Learner Engagement - Students explore cognitive, learning, and motivation theories as a first step toward understanding how to create engaging curriculum for a variety of learning styles and settings.
Corporate Training and Motivational Development - Students learn to create and evaluate their presentation style and content in order to motivate learners and staff.
Game Strategies and Motivation - This course teaches educators and staff trainers game design techniques and strategies that will motivate learners to engage in an instructional activity.

Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership
Strategies for Learner Engagement
Corporate Training and Motivational Development
Game Strategies and Motivation

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Creating Media-Rich Interactive Lessons

Music and Audio for Instructional Design - This course teaches students how to produce media with proper auditory stimulation for various learning environments.
Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design - Students learn a variety of video techniques that can enhance their instructional modules, along with understanding how video is developed.
Media Asset Creation - Students examine specific techniques regarding how to create the best media for a project, while also taking into account the limitations of delivery methods and the learners technical ability.

Music and Audio for Instructional Design
Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design
Media Asset Creation

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Building Inspirational Learning Environments

Visual and Verbal Communication in Instructional Design - Students develop their knowledge and skills in writing manuscripts for course content that is appropriate for the selected medium, the selected subject matter, and the intended target audience.
Instructional Design and Evaluation - Students explore various design strategies to effectively communicate learning objectives within instructional settings.
Digital Media and Learning Applications - Students learn how to support their design approaches with established learning theories while also exploring how to engage today's digitally savvy learner within an online learning community.
Learning Management Systems and Organizations - Students explore how to present and deliver educational content through a variety of content delivery methodologies.
Instructional Design and Technology Final Project - Students reflect on their personal and professional evaluation throughout their program and create a final instructional project based on their current or future career paths.

Visual and Verbal Communication in Instructional Design
Instructional Design and Evaluation
Digital Media and Learning Applications
Learning Management Systems and Organizations
Instructional Design and Technology Final Project

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