Learning technologies and design

University of Missouri-Columbia
Educational specialist
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Overview

The online educational specialist degree in learning technologies and design from MU can help you develop the knowledge and skills required to design learning systems and develop the digital media and network applications. If you want to work collaboratively with faculty and other students to produce a portfolio that documents your work and accomplishments, this may be the degree for you.

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Quick facts

Official name

Educational specialist in learning technologies and design

Campus

University of Missouri-Columbia

Program type

Educational specialist

Academic home

College of Education & Human Development | School of Information Science and Learning Technologies

Delivery mode

100% online

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

Credit hours

30

Estimated cost

$16,050.00

*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.

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Career prospects

Potential careers

  • Online course or curriculum designer or architect
  • Instructional coordinator
  • Instructional designer
  • Game designer/developer
  • Academic research and doctoral study
Burning Glass Technologies. 2021. Salary numbers and employment growth numbers are based on models that consider advertised job posting salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics data and other proprietary and public sources of information for multiple occupations.
10.82%
Employment growth
Burning Glass Technologies. 2021. Salary numbers and employment growth numbers are based on models that consider advertised job posting salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics data and other proprietary and public sources of information for multiple occupations.
$105,000
Median salary

Program structure

Delivery of this program is 100 percent online: no campus visits are required.

Courses are semester-based. Students typically take one or two classes each semester. Full-time students finish in two years.

Course work includes

  • Digital media
  • Online course design and instruction
  • Web design and development skills
  • Rapid design of web-based learning
  • Game design and development

Delivery

100% online

Calendar system

Semester-based

Typical program length

2 years (full-time students)

Typical course load

1 or 2 classes each semester

Accreditation

The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.

Vanessa Whittle, EdSp ’19.
I have a network of people across the country who aren’t just from right here in Missouri.
EdSp ’19

Learn more about this program

This program is administered by the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies