Instructional Technology (Non-Licensure)

Are you ready to create great instruction? Are you interested in developing your skills in creating engaging educational media and learning events for people of all ages?

East Carolina University’s Master of Science (MS) in instructional technology prepares people to design, produce and evaluate instruction for a variety of settings including business, higher education, P–12 schools and the government. Our graduates work with content experts to design engaging and effective learning experiences that range from traditional classroom-based instruction to cutting-edge e-learning. Courses in the program focus on digital media production, instructional design, visual design principles, understanding educational research and distance learning.

The program is offered entirely online and taught by award-winning experts in distance education, instructional design, and educational media production. Course enrollment for each class is kept low so that you get to know your fellow students and develop your network of professional colleagues. There is a blend of theoretical, research-based principles that undergird the program along with a very practical application of knowledge and skills used to solve problems in design and training. The culminating degree experience is a capstone project done in one’s own workplace setting.

ECU Advantage

East Carolina University’s instructional technology programs are nationally recognized, and graduates of the programs are respected professionals in the instructional design community throughout the region. Media projects developed and produced by students in the program have received national awards, and students have seen their work published in internationally renowned journals. The program is well respected in the region, and employers actively seek our graduates. Master of Science in instructional technology graduates work in higher education, corporate training and military settings.

The totally online nature of the program allows it to be taken by students almost anywhere. Students are nearly always part-time graduate students who are fully employed. A final benefit of the online program is transportation costs and on-campus student fees are eliminated, providing the student a much more economical degree program.