Gain in-demand skills and launch your instructional design career with an in-depth training program. Learners that devote four hours per week to this certificate program can expect to finish in approximately 4-5 months.
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master of Education in Education Policy, Organization & Leadership
Instructional Design MasterTrack™ Certificate
Become an instructional designer and master the art and science of learning with a top-ranking education school.
Earn a powerful university-issued career credential in as little as four months.
Earn Degree Credit
If you're admitted to the full Master's program, the credit from your MasterTrack™ Certificate counts towards your degree
About this MasterTrack™ Certificate
Solve real-world educational challenges and integrate technology with today’s learning environments.
What you will learn
- Ways to conduct in-depth learner analysis to identify learning objectives
- Strategies for using cutting-edge technologies to design engaging and meaningful learning activities
- Methods for developing well-crafted learning assessments and evaluations
- How to make data informed decisions to improve existing learning programs
Skills you will gain
- Learner analysis
- Learning objectives development
- Instructional design model selection
- Learning activities design
- Learning content development
- Learning outcomes evaluation
100% online courses
$2,384
4-5 months to complete
Intermediate Level
Bachelor's Degree required
2 hands-on projects
Questions?
Please contact the University of Illinois College of Education at 217-300-2725 or mtcinstructionaldesign@education.illinois.edu.
Earn degree credit
If you are admitted to the full Master’s program, your MasterTrack™ Certificate will count towards your degree
What is a MasterTrack™ Certificate?
With MasterTrack™ Certificates, portions of Master’s programs have been split into online modules, so you can earn a high quality university-issued career credential at a breakthrough price in a flexible, interactive format. Benefit from a deeply engaging learning experience with real-world projects and live, expert instruction. If you are accepted to the full Master's program, your MasterTrack coursework counts towards your degree.
Master’s Degree Learning
Take an online module of a Master's degree program that features live expert instruction and feedback combined with interactive team-based learning.
Boost Your Career
Receive a university-issued MasterTrack Certificate from a top university that you can add to your resume and LinkedIn profile.
Build Your Portfolio
Demonstrate your skills through real-world projects and create work samples that help you stand out in your job search.
Start Your Degree
If you are accepted to the full Master’s program, your completed coursework counts towards your degree.
Interactive Learning Experience
You'll learn through readings, videos, graded assignments, real-world applied projects, and live global classroom sessions.
Live Global Webinars
Feedback from Instructors and Experts
Real-World Projects
2 Courses in this MasterTrack™ Certificate
Includes:
- Pre-recorded videos
- Live sessions and office hours
- Real-world projects
- Peer collaboration
- Web and mobile access
Instructional and Training System Design - EPOL 472
In this dynamic course you will learn key components of training system design rooted in content development and variants of learning theories behind instructional design. This course will prepare you to work with subject matter experts (SMEs) in selecting, organizing and developing effective training content. You will gain deep understanding of how people learn cognitively and emotionally so that the development of training content and design will be more tailored, meaningful and engaging.
Start August 24, 2020
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Industry-relevant hands-on projects to build your portfolio
Instructional and Learning System Design e-Portfolio
As a senior instructional designer in your organization, you are asked to design, develop and implement an education program to fulfill the learning needs of your target audience. In this project, you will play a key role in defining the program objectives, choosing the right technologies, partnering with critical stakeholders and evaluating the outcomes. All the artifacts that you produced in this project (learner analysis report, curriculum outline, program implementation plan, etc.) will be saved to your e-portfolio and contribute to your career advancement.
4 hours per week
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- How to implement instructional design projects from ideation to completion
- Ways to define learning needs through data analysis and interviews
- Methods for selecting an appropriate instructional design model and technologies based on organizational objectives and resources
- How to collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop learning content
Case Study Discussion and Solution Development for Instructional Design
In this project, you will be presented a complex learning system design case and asked to work on an innovative solution. You’re challenged to synthesize all the instructional design models and come up with a customized plan to address the unique organization needs. You need to optimize the learning outcomes by choosing the appropriate learning theories and technologies. This case study will bring you to the next-level of instructional design expertise and prepare you to handle large-scale projects in the future.
1 hour per week
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Ways to apply and adapt various instructional design models to solve real-world problems
- Strategies for using learning theories and technologies to create innovative learning solutions
- How to make data informed decisions while evaluating and improving a learning program
Hiring Partners
Graduates of the Instructional Design MasterTrack™ Certificate will be considered for opportunities, when available, at these hiring partner organizations: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Coursera.
Student Testimonials
Kelly J - Special Assistant, Faculty Support, Yale School of Management
Thanks to the Instructional Design MasterTrack™ Certificate, I finally found a Master’s program that will prepare me for the direction I want to take with my career. I was thrilled to receive my admissions decision letter a few weeks ago (to the M.Ed. program). I’m ready to start fall classes as an official Fighting Illini!
Suprita J - Instructional Designer, Freelance
My level of confidence about the subject has increased tremendously. Previously, I was self-taught designer. Today I have a formal certification from a great university thanks to Coursera. I’m confident about my skills in analysis, developing learning objectives, and assessing learning outcomes with the right process and tools.
Instructors
Wenhao David Huang
Associate Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Jessica Li
Associate Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Eunjung Grace Oh
Assistant Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Norma Scagnoli
Research Assistant Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Denice Ward Hood
Teaching Associate Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Bill Cope
Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Yoon Pak
Associate Professor and Interim Head, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Coursera does not grant academic credit; the decision to grant, accept, or recognize academic credit, and the process for awarding such credit, is at the sole discretion of the academic institutions offering the MasterTrack™ Certificate program and/or other institutions that have determined that completion of the program may be worthy of academic credit. Completion of a MasterTrack™ Certificate program does not guarantee admission into the full Master’s program referenced herein, or any other degree program.
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