Total credits: 32
Credits in residence at CSUMB: 24 (8 transfer credits maximum)
MIST requires 24 semester hours of core courses, four semester hours of an elective, and four semester hours for the culminating Capstone experience or thesis. [Learn more at CSUMB.EDU/capstone].
As the title signifies, the core courses are a cluster of instructional design, instructional systems and best educational practices that represent the core of the collaborative program. By guiding you toward the Learning Outcomes (LOs) listed below, these courses provide you with the skills necessary to become an effective instructional designer and e-learning developer in today’s high-tech, global marketplace. Given the complexities that emanate from strong and growing global forces and conflicting values, we discuss international and ethical issues in all courses.
Term I Outcome: Students generate a detailed instructional design document that applies learning theories appropriate to the target audience. Students are encouraged to incorporate projects from their current employment into the class assignments.
LO 1 Learning Theories
LO 2 Instructional Design
Term II Outcome: Students use the design document generated in the previous term to collaboratively construct a functioning learning module using interactive multimedia software, information technology, and media.
LO 3 Instructional Technology
LO 4 Interactive Multimedia
Term III Outcome: Students apply the learning objectives produced in the previous term and develop an assessment and research plan that uses academic research methods to evaluate the efficacy of their learning objectives.
LO 5 Assessment and Evaluation
LO 6 Research Methods
Term IV Outcome: Students finish a Capstone project or thesis that connects with their career as the culminating experience.
LO 7 Breadth of Knowledge
LO 8 Instructional Sciences and Technology Capstone Project or Thesis
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