Instructional Science and Technology Certificate Cal State Monterey Bay
The Instructional Science and Technology Certificate prepares students
to design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional programs
enhanced by interactive technologies.
The certificate is ideal for professionals working in education, private
industry, or governmental institutions, who wish to improve their
knowledge and skills in designing effective and efficient instructional
programs.
This program is offered in two tracks:
Fully online - 8 week courses
Hybrid (includes some in-person meetings on campus) - 16 week courses
IST 531: MultimediaTools I: Audio and Video (2 units)
IST 541: Multimedia Tools II: Interactive Media (2 units)
Instructional Technology Outcomes
Students are able to:
Utilize basic terminologies with comprehension;
Identify various instructional design models;
Identify major tools, trends, and issues in the field within their
historical context;
Articulate differences between instructional technology, performance
technology, and other related concepts;
Describe the essence of major learning theories and their impact on
instructional technology;
Conduct career planning and lifelong professional development plans;
and,
List and evaluate several possible capstone ideas.
Instructional Design Outcomes
Students are able to:
Identify, define, analyze, and articulate instructional problems and
needs;
Generate and organize audience appropriate instructional content;
Develop an effective implementation strategy;
Create a learning assessment;
Create and justify a project evaluation plan;
Apply relevant learning theories to an instructional problem
Identify and explore diverse instructional products;
Complete a collaborative instructional design project with design
document;
Create an individual instructional design document;
Evaluate and critique diverse instructional products and cases;
Design, develop, and implement a client-based real-world project;
Demonstrate professional collaboration and communication skills with
clients and SMEs; and,
Apply project management skills.
Interactive Multimedia Outcomes
Students are able to:
Apply appropriate theories and derived multimedia principles;
Apply interactive design principles;
Construct a functioning learning module using interactive multimedia
software, information technology, and media based upon appropriate
learning theories;
Develop an interactive multimedia experience with appropriate
feedback;
Select and use appropriate media tools to develop a solution
designed for an identified instructional problem;
Use integrated software help systems, web communities, peer, and
instructor support to overcome media tools software learning curves
in an adaptable, flexible, proactive manner; and,
Conduct formative evaluation and obtain documented user feedback.
Breadth of Knowledge Outcome
Students are able to:
Broaden knowledge and skills that open wider career opportunities.
The IST Certificate program is offered in two ways:
The fully online program through Extended Education does not require
on-campus meeting.
See Extended-Ed for
more information about the class schedule and fees.
In the fully online IST Certificate program, courses are offered in
the following schedule:
Fall Term 1
IST 524: Instructional Technology (4 units) (4 units)
IST 501: Technology Workshop (1-4 units) (2 units)
IST 531: MultimediaTools I: Audio and Video (2 units) (2 units)
Spring Term 4
IST 526: Interactive Multimedia Instruc (4 units) (4 units)
Summer Term 5
IST 541: Multimedia Tools II: Interactive Media (2 units) (2 units)
The hybrid offering requires students to be on-campus for some
face-to-face instructional time during each term, while the rest of
the instruction happens online.