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eLearning Specialist (Certificate)

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CU-Bloomsburg eLearning Specialist Certificate is offered completely online and is designed for professionals charged with integrating interactive online technologies into both educational and professional training environments.

Degrees & Offerings
  • Certificate
Location
  • Online
Department
College
Program Contact
MSIDT Program Coordinator, Associate Professor
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Program Overview

  • 100% Online Flexibility: Complete the program on your schedule, from anywhere, while balancing work and life.
  • Build In-Demand eLearning Skills: Develop expertise in creating engaging, effective digital learning experiences for today鈥檚 workforce.
  • Perfect for a Range of Professionals: Ideal for training specialists, instructional technologists, managers, curriculum developers, staff development professionals, and media specialists
  • No Technical Background Needed: Create professional eLearning using intuitive tools as easy to use as Microsoft Word or Google Workspace.
  • Advance or Pivot Your Career: Strengthen your impact in corporate training, education, or organizational development.

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Courses and Curriculum

The eLearning Specialist Certificate requires 12 credit hours of coursework. In addition, two elective courses are also available for individuals who seek additional skills. The graduate level courses can be applied toward a master鈥檚 degree from the Department of Instructional Technology.

Required Courses (6 credits)

  • IDT572: Intro to Authoring
  • IDT584: Online Course Design

Elective Courses (6 credits)

Choose two of the following courses:

  • IDT530: Foundations of Visual Design for Learning
  • IDT550: Instructional Design
  • IDT560: Multimedia Productions
  • IDT570: Introduction to Website Development
  • IDT577: Advanced Authoring
  • IDT583: Social Media for eLearning
  • IDT585: eLearning Concepts

The online courses incorporate a range of technologies to promote interactive communication and learning. Faculty and students interact via a combination of asynchronous and synchronous technologies including online meetings and real-time discussions.

  Certificate Progress: Enrolled students can review program requirements and track progress toward certificate completion using the university鈥檚 degree audit and advising tool, .

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Theory, Research, and Practice: Apply principles of theory, research, and best practices to design training solutions
  2. Training Design Skills: Determine the best methods to deliver training and design effective training for specific needs

ONWARD AND UPWARD

12
Credit Certificate
That delivers practical, in-demand skills quickly
100%
Online Flexibility
Complete the program on your schedule, from anywhere, while balancing work and life

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Program Faculty

M.S. Instructional Design and Technology Professor

Jessica Briskin

  • MSIDT Program Coordinator, Associate Professor
  • Bloomsburg
M.S. Instructional Design and Technology Professor

Karl M. Kapp

  • Professor of Instructional Design and Technology
  • Bloomsburg
Lunn Hummel

R. Lynn Hummel

  • Professor of Instructional Design and Technology
  • Bloomsburg

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