Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design

Royal Roads University

Traditional education prepares students for careers. Staff training ensures new hires are ready to do the job. And professional development helps employees keep skills up to date. If you're interested in helping people learn, the Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design program prepares you to be an architect of learning. You'll examine how to make learning experiences - in the workplace and classroom - interesting, productive and useful. You'll study how people learn and explore how technology can facilitate learning. You'll see how project management intersects with instructional design and learn how both enhance education. And you'll benefit from Royal Roads' decades of experience as a leader in online learning. Program outcomes Graduates of this certificate will have: expanded knowledge of educational theory practical skills in graphic design, project management and instructional design increased understanding of student characteristics and needs enhanced critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills Our graduates find work such as: training and development professionals, e.g., in industry, Department of National Defense, NGOs education and development managers, e.g., in health care training managers and directors of learning, e.g., in corporate settings higher education faculty, instructors and teaching and learning centre directors K to 12 educators and administrators

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