MEd in Learning Design and Technology

The MEd in Learning Design and Technology is offered in both campus-based and online versions. Both involve face-to-face and online experiences (known as hybrid). These programs are designed to accommodate busy professionals with evening hours for live sessions, whether online or face-to-face.

• Campus-based (LTEC): students take required courses in the evenings at the UH Mānoa campus. Electives may be online or face-to-face.
• Online program (OTEC): Courses are offered online, students may be required to attend weekend sessions on campus, typically in the first semester.

The master’s program requires a minimum of 33 semester credit hours, with six required and five elective LTEC courses. The LTEC MEd is cohort based, with students only admitted in fall term each year as part of a group that takes initial classes together. In a cohort model, students enroll in a series of core courses, beginning and ending the series together. Such an approach helps build community and support structures within the program. Students work with like-minded professionals to achieve a common goal. Students are required to take two core courses each in their initial fall and spring semesters; these typically meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Elective courses are offered in every semester and may be taken online or on campus. All students are required to have access to a laptop computer with internet access to meet program requirements.

The set of required LTEC courses provides each educational technology major with a solid foundation in technology, instructional design, learning theory, and research and evaluation. After the four core courses in the initial year have been completed, each student will be evaluated to determine whether he or she is making satisfactory academic progress and is prepared academically and in other ways for the continuation in the program. Poise, personal dispositions, attitude, and communication skills as well as substantive progress in course work are significant components in the overall evaluation. If advancement to candidacy is recommended, students will be allowed to begin work on their master’s project. The program culminates with student presentations of a final master’s project at a professional conference in their final year.