Nicholle
Stone is the program advisor and lead instructor for the online
graduate certificate program in instructional design at the
University of Wisconsin-Stout
[http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/instructionaldesigncert.cfm] (one
of two grad certificates UW-Stout offers; the other is in eLearning).
While you can use the certificate courses at UW-Stout for the
school’s Master’s in Education, there is no master’s
specifically in instructional design.
UW-Stout
developed only certificate programs in the field because so many of
its students already hold advanced degrees, says Stone.
Before
beginning your school quest, you need to figure out your goals, says
Harris.
“You
really have to develop your own personal rubric: ‘What is it I am
looking to do?’” he says. “There is no Good Housekeeping book
where you can look up a recipe to find your ideal school; you have to
determine this yourself, based on research and an honest assessment
of your professional objectives."
Coursework
at UW-Stout includes understanding learning and design theories,
models, and instructional strategies, as well as hands-on work
developing computer-based training pieces. The work students do is
customized to their current job or career interests, says Stone
Harris
says there is no credible ranking for online master’s or
certificate programs in instructional design, so you need to do your
research to find the best program that fits your goals.
verall,
says Harris, what’s most important in picking where you go and what
you study is “what you want for yourself as a professional. That’s
going to be the most important criteria you have to come up with in
deciding whether a program is a good choice for you.”
The following 39 Mobile Learning Tools allow specific creation of learning modules for mobile devices and/or allow output to HTML5 and/or provide delivery of mobile learning. Most major LMS and LCMS vendors either have mobile solutions in place or are quickly moving to include them.
Schools will focus more, for example, on providing well-kept facilities that students want to attend with great face-to-face support, high-quality meals, and a range of athletic, musical, and artistic programs and will leverage the Internet for instruction.
more disruptive—Flex, A La Carte, Enriched Virtual, and Individual Rotation—are positioned to transform the classroom model and become the engines of change over the longer term in high school and middle school, but likely not in elementary school.