Advanced Certificate: Learning Design

The Advanced Certificate in Learning Design is a fully online graduate credential that prepares you for learning, instruction, and training in a variety of contexts (e.g., schools, universities, and the workplace). In this 12-credit (4-course) program, you will experience hands-on, minds-on applied learning using educational technology as you design, create, implement and evaluate learning experiences that address real-world problems with research-based educational solutions in any setting. 

The program is open to anyone with a bachelor’s degree (see Admissions, below) who’s interested in playing a central role in professional development, targeted training, and other learning solutions. As a stand-alone certificate or stackable credential, the Learning Design Certificate of Advanced study extends your knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA) related to evidence-based learning design and educational technology.

The post-baccalaureate certificate can be completed over a minimum of two semesters and leads to the development of a sub-set of high demand Learning Design competencies for careers ranging from human resources, training and development (coordinator, specialist, etc.) instructional design, technology coaching, and professional development. The competencies also complement those of managers and leaders in education, industry, and other workplace settings. View Core and Elective Courses (PDF)

Questions about the program can be directed to Karen Caldwell, caldweke@potsdam.edu or (315) 267-2521.

What You Will Learn

• Evaluating, selecting, and using technology to support learning
• Explaining and applying research-based learning theories
• Instructional design models – using and applying them
• Developing and managing learning solutions

Unique Program Features

• Stackable to graduate degrees such as the MS Instructional Design and Educational Technology (IDET), MS Education – Curriculum & Instruction, and the MS Management’s Training and Human Capital Development track. That means you can start with the advanced certificate then keep going to get a master’s degree!
• Course work linked to learners’ current or future career settings for maximum applicability.

Admissions

Applicants must hold an earned bachelor’s degree by the time of start of the Learning Design program, with a 3.0 GPA in the most recent undergraduate 60 credit hours.