Instructional Design & Development

Degree: Doctor of Education
https://www.towson.edu/coe/departments/edtech/grad/instructiontech/

Program Director: Dr. Bill Sadera
Phone: 410-704-2731
Email: [email protected]

The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree is based upon the understanding of education settings (schools and beyond) as learning communities immersed in a world of technology within which students are nurtured and challenged to meet the high expectations established for them; community leaders are engaged in these communities to support them; and teachers, supervisors and administrators must take the lead in integrating technology into these communities through continuous professional development. Thus, the program focuses on the development of instructional technology expertise to meet the present and future needs of technology integration in instruction across the educational spectrum. 

This program is available to be taken fully online or face-to-face with courses offered in synchronous and asynchronous formats. 

The objectives of the Ed.D. in Instructional Technology are to:

• Develop knowledge and skills in the theory, foundation and philosophy to employ instructional technology in a wide range of educational practice.
• Provide advanced skills and abilities for teachers and trainers who are innovative change agents for integrating technology into education and human resource development organizations.
• Acquire advanced skills in research, assessment and evaluation strategies in the applications of technology in education and training environments.
• Provide experiences for employing technology effectively in pre-K through 16 learning environments to promote reform and enhance learning.
• Develop knowledge, skills and abilities for teaching via online and digital environments to create and ensure high-quality and effective learning communities.
• Create skilled and highly capable professionals who are able to lead educational organizations to make effective decisions about the appropriate uses of technology in learning and teaching.

1. Students will be able to demonstrate information literacy and technological competency. 
2. Students will be able to apply appropriate instructional design principles in the design and development of instruction/training.  
3. Students will be able to implement and evaluate distance-based technologies for teaching or training environments.