Educational Technology Integration Postbaccalaureate Credit Certificate Program

Person-in-ChargeSusan Land
Program CodeEDTECH
Campus(es)World Campus

Educators gain competencies in how to effectively teach with learning technologies in this nine-credit certificate program. Educators also learn design principles for including learning technologies into lessons, workshops, and professional development experiences. At the end of the certificate, educators will be able to teach and create interactive in-person, hybrid, and online learner-centered educational activities. The certificate is for educational professionals interested in careers in industry, government, higher education, cultural institutions, K-12 schools, and community-based organizations. The three courses in this certificate can be applied to the M.Ed. in Learning, Design, and Technology.

YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS PROGRAM IF...

  • You are passionate about teaching using instructional technologies to effectively engage workers, students, volunteers, and trainees in educational programs.
  • You seek to develop lessons, workshops, or professional development opportunities using current theories of learning and instruction.
  • You are pursuing a career in teaching or learning design (e.g., K-12 teacher, collegiate instructor, learning engineer, instructional designer, out-of-school educator, workforce development professional, or museum educator).

Effective Semester: Spring 2025
Expiration Semester: Spring 2030

Admission Requirements

Applicants apply for admission to the program via the Graduate School application for admission. Requirements listed here are in addition to Graduate Council policies listed under GCAC-300 Admissions Policies. International applicants may be required to satisfy an English proficiency requirement; see GCAC-305 Admission Requirements for International Students for more information.

Certificate Requirements

Requirements listed here are in addition to requirements listed in Graduate Council policy GCAC-212 Postbaccalaureate Credit Certificate Programs.

Requirements listed here are in addition to requirements listed in Graduate Council policy GCAC-212 Postbaccalaureate Credit Certificate Programs.

Students take LDT 440 and LDT 467 as foundational required courses. Students then select one elective that best meets their individual interests, needs, and professional goals. In this elective course,  students' intended workplace contexts are addressed by the choice of projects.

Required Courses
LDT 440Educational Technology Integration3
LDT 467Emerging Web Technologies and Learning3
Select one of the following:3
Integrating Mobile Technologies into Learning Environments
LDT 527
Learning Design Studio
Computers as Learning Tools
Making and Education: Fabrication, DIY and Content Creation in Learning, Design and Technology
Designing and Researching Games and Online Communities for Teaching and Learning
Total Credits9

Courses

Graduate courses carry numbers from 500 to 699 and 800 to 899. Advanced undergraduate courses numbered between 400 and 499 may be used to meet some graduate degree requirements when taken by graduate students. Courses below the 400 level may not. A graduate student may register for or audit these courses in order to make up deficiencies or to fill in gaps in previous education but not to meet requirements for an advanced degree.

Contact

Campus World Campus
Graduate Program Head Susan Land
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) or Professor-in-Charge (PIC) Heather Toomey Zimmerman
Program Contact

Darlene G Glab
303 Keller Building
199 Fischer Road
University Park PA 16802-1303
dgg11@psu.edu
(814) 863-9768

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