This instructional design master's degree helps you shape the future of education.
Are you ready to expand your impact as an educator? Meaningful curriculum is key to successful learning—from public and private schools to corporate training programs, organizations need individuals who can create curriculum that will captivate and engage students. Increase your influence with a highly regarded online master's degree in instructional design at WGU. You'll be qualified to impact individual students, classrooms, organizations, and entire communities. This instructional design degree program prepares you to set the course for hundreds of classes and impact the lives of thousands of leaners.
WGU's M.Ed. Instructional Design focuses on equipping you with a wide range of curriculum development skills—including when to adjust learning environments for individual learners and how to use a variety of techniques to assess learning. This instructional design degree is designed to help you work with a wide variety of learners so you can connect with their learning style, and help them thrive. This master's of instructional design teaches about various learning theories so you identify important characteristics for developing instruction.
This program is a great option for current educators or for professionals in the corporate world, nonprofits, or professional development looking to further their influence. You do not need a teaching license to enroll in this program.
87% of graduates finish within
24 months
Use your past experience and education to your advantage! WGU lets you move more quickly through material you already know and advance as soon as you're ready. The result: You may finish faster.
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Tuition per 6-month term is
$3,490
Tuition charged per term—rather than per credit—helps you control the ultimate cost of your degree. Finish faster, pay less!
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Graduates who recommend WGU:
97%
The vast majority of alumni say WGU delivered on its promises. In fact, over 50% of students found WGU thanks to a friend's recommendation.
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Advance your career and change the future of education.
Great curriculum doesn’t happen by accident—it happens by design. With the tools you'll acquire in WGU's online master's degree program in instructional design, you'll be able to determine the needs and interests of learners, create an effective learning program for all kinds of students, and improve educational outcomes. Whether you help an individual pupil, an entire classroom, or a whole community, this degree is designed to prepare you to make a difference.
A highly respected and reputable curriculum developed by academic leaders.
This online Master of Education (M. Ed.) in Instructional Design program provides the knowledge, skills, and experience to create effective training materials for a variety of learning environments, from public school and college classrooms to corporate training settings. You can make a difference at every level with the skills you'll get in this instructional design degree program.
WGU's M.Ed. in Instructional Design was developed with experts on our Education Program Council , who know what it takes design effective learning materials for a variety of learners. This instructional design master's degree will prepare you to work with diverse students who have unique learning needs.
Why WGU?
Discover why WGU is ideal for a master's degree in instructional design:
You aren't on your own. WGU has Program Mentors who work with you from the day you start, all the way through graduation. They help you chart your courses, answer your questions, and ensure you can go through your program successfully. You're not alone when you choose an online degree at WGU.Flexibility you need. Students choose WGU for their online degree program because of its flexibility. Whether you already have a full-time job, have responsibilities as a parent, or just have a busy schedule, WGU can work for you.
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Areas of Study
Skills you'll learn in this instructional design degree include:
Foundations of Instructional Design
Instructional Design Analysis
Issues in Instructional Design
Instructional Design Production
Foundations of Measurement and Evaluation
Evaluation Methodology and Instrumentation
Evaluation Process and Recommendation
Issues in Measurement and Evaluation
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A Respected Degree
Earn an instructional design degree that is well-respected:
Strong alumni network. When you enroll in an online master's degree program at WGU, you join an impressive network of teachers and educational professionals. Over 8,000 students graduated from the Teachers College in 2019 alone, taking their skills and impacting the educational system all around the United States.Recognized and accredited. WGU is a regionally accredited institution, meaning your degree is valuable. We also have top recognitions, like being named the best value in teacher education by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
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A supported, personalized experience.
WGU is different from other online universities—in the best possible ways! Take a quick look at what we mean:
Faculty
Learning
Assessment
In-Classroom Experience
Alumni Support
Faculty
SUPPORTING YOU: Faculty focused on students.
An entire team of faculty members has one goal in mind: your success. Your Program Mentor is your individually assigned faculty member, providing regular program guidance and instruction from the day you start, to the day you graduate. In addition, Course Instructors provide regular, subject-matter instruction and support, typically one-on-one, throughout each course you take.
Learning
YOUR ROADMAP: A personalized learning plan.
Your program is made up of a series of courses, each a personalized journey toward subject mastery. A preassessment provides insight into what you already know. You’ll then learn what you still need to learn, using online learning resources—available 24/7—along with one-on-one or cohort-based faculty instruction.
Assessment
PROVE IT: Show you know your stuff.
WGU measures learning, not time, so each course in your program culminates in an assessment—a test, paper, project, or presentation that allows you to prove what you know. As soon as you’re ready, you take the assessment. Take proctored exams from the comfort of your own home—via webcam, any time of day!
In-Classroom Experience
REAL-WORLD: Experience in a classroom.
Most of your program will be completed online but all teacher licensure programs—and many graduate-level programs for already-licensed teachers—also include the opportunity to observe and practice in a K–12 classroom setting. We’ll help you set everything up at a school near you.
Alumni Support
ALWAYS a Night Owl: WGU for life.
Continued support after you graduate includes many opportunities for professional development and enrichment, career support, and networking. WGU Night Owls may be independent learners, but they also become highly engaged in our active alumni community through apps, groups, and events.
The accreditation you need, plus industry respect and recognition.
One important measure of a degree’s value is the reputation of the university where it was earned. When employers, industry leaders, and academic experts hold your alma mater in high esteem, you reap the benefits of that respect. WGU is a pioneer in reinventing higher education for the 21st century, and our quality has been recognized.
Accredited
Western Governors University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), which provides the accreditation of many other major institutions, such as the University of Washington, University of Oregon, Gonzaga University, University of Utah, University of Idaho, and Brigham Young University, to name just a few.
Respected
“After graduating from WGU, and through all the rigor and quality of instruction that I received in the educational field, I was awarded Hawaii District Teacher of the Year in 2012.”
Amoreena Nestman
Recognized
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) in 2017 placed WGU’s Teachers College in the top 1% nationwide for the quality of its secondary teacher-preparation programs. This follows several other NCTQ recognitions, including the nation’s #1 best value for teacher education in 2015.
Our programs check all the boxes. If this degree is your goal, get started toward becoming a student today—programs start the first of each month.
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