Educational Technology, CAS

Contact:

Tiffany A. Koszalka, Chair, 330 Huntington Hall, 315-443-3703, takoszal@syr.edu

The Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology (15 credits) provides interested teachers, trainers, and other professional practitioners with the opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills in the area of instructional systems, learning environments, and performance technology.

This program has been registered with the New York State Education Department and is designed for students who require additional knowledge and expertise in order to advance in their professional careers.

Certificate Requirements

This certificate program is offered by the Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation Department (IDD&E). IDD&E offers a variety of programs to help students develop the skills required to identify and evaluate learning problems and to design and develop appropriate instructional solutions to these problems. Students develop the competencies to apply instructional analysis, design and develop instructional materials, evaluate instructional programs, and assess learning. The curriculum includes teaching students about a variety of soft (process and communication) and hard technologies. Through practical projects, students develop competencies to design, create, implement, and evaluate technology-supported instructional solutions for a variety of educational and professional settings. Certificates in educational technology (15 credits), professional practices in educational technology (24 credits) and instruction design foundations (12 credits), as well as M.S., C.A.S., and Ph.D. degrees are offered.

Curriculum of the Certificate in Educational Technology (15 Credits):

IDE 611 - Technologies for Instructional Settings 3 credit(s)
IDE 621 - Principles of Instruction and Learning 3 credit(s)
IDE 631 - Instructional Design and Development I 3 credit(s)
IDE 641 - Techniques in Educational Evaluation 3 credit(s)

Plus ONE of the following courses

IDE 651 - Message Design for Digital Media 3 credit(s)
IDE 656 - Computers as Critical Thinking Tools 3 credit(s)