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E-Learning Certificate

Program Overview

The Graduate-Level E-Learning Instructor (ELI) Certificate in the School of Education focuses on credentialing innovative, experienced practitioners in online teaching and learning. The certificate is a qualification that identifies candidate expertise gained through the immersion in and mastery of e-learning engineering standards that apply to online instruction via virtual learning environments. The certificate is awarded after completing 18 hours of courses that focus on digital competencies in online courses: design, deployment, measurement, programming and teleconferencing.  

Courses

This course is designed to provide an introduction to image-editing software that is used in instructional and educational technology to design and produce images. This course is a foundational skill builder for future courses that will focus on graphical user interfaces, hypermedia and web pages. Candidates will explore and construct digital graphics, designs, images and logotypes.  

This course is the second part of a year-long study designed to introduce image-editing software used in instructional and educational technology to design and produce images. This course continues to build the digital skills acquired in the EDIT 5800 course. This course will aid candidates in creating graphical user interfaces, hypermedia and webpages. Candidates will explore complex software for creating digital graphics, designs, images and logotypes. 

This course is an introduction to computer competencies needed by teachers:

  • Uses for computers in education, including computer-based instruction and computer-managed instruction
  • Uses for computers in the business area of education

Special attention is devoted to selecting, using and evaluating computer software, identifying computer-related ethical and legal issues and using CAI software and web-based materials within the instruction computer.

This course focuses on the design of an online course using the principles of instructional and universal design. Candidates will learn to construct and develop the foundational systems and tools that are integral to the interaction and delivery of online instruction for e-businesses, corporate and industry training and entrepreneurial endeavors.

This course focuses on learning how to develop content for a course that will be delivered online. Candidates are required to select a topic and develop online course materials that include:

  • A syllabus
  • Staff information
  • Selection of a relevant text
  • Hypermedia and multimedia e-content for instructional delivery
  • Discussion board forum topics
  • Internet links; online assessments
  • Interactive e-books for learning

In addition, online course system features will be highlighted and explored.

This course introduces systematic approaches to instructional technology, theory, practical tools and techniques necessary to successfully analyze, design, produce, evaluate, implement and manage instruction.

This course is a foundation course in instructional design that provides an introduction to the basic systematic approaches involved in the process of instructional design for interactive application development.  Candidates will explore learning theory, the domains of learning, the basic linear model of instructional design, systemic analytical methods and the construction of problem-solving solutions for a specified environment.

Admission Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree from a recognized and accredited institution
  • A minimum 2.75 GPA overall at the undergraduate level. Prospective candidates with a GPA between 2.5 and 2.749 must have earned a minimum grade point average of 2.75–3.0 for the last four semesters of study for their bachelor’s degree
  • Two letters of recommendation should be submitted by persons who are knowledgeable about the candidate and their work experience (preferably those who have worked in a supervisory role with the applicant and who have direct knowledge of the applicant)
  • A personal interview with members of the faculty (either face to face or virtually)
  • Official transcripts

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