Undergraduate Programs
Instructional Technology Certificate
The Undergraduate Instructional Technology Certificate, offered by the Center for Information Media (CIM) at St. Cloud State University, gives you an edge over your competitors in the job market.
After you complete the 11 to 12 credit requirements, your transcript will read "Instructional Technology Certificate." That announcement tells employers that you have studied the uses of computer-related technologies to improve your personal productivity and the productivity of the people with whom you will work. This “mini-minor" will become an attractive employment credential verifying special expertise in instructional technology.
As with an IM minor, through the certificate program you will gain skills vital to many careers such as working with computers and technology, staff training, designing multimedia presentations, producing video, and information gathering and presenting. Students who earn the certificate find value in the hands-on technology opportunities in the program.
Education Majors
Enhance your teaching degree with the Instructional Technology Certificate. In these courses, you learn how personal computers can enhance classrooms and teacher-student interactions. Technology integration is a hot topic in K-12 education, and obtaining this certificate will identify you as a teacher who successfully integrates technology into the classroom curriculum.
As an education major, your program requires that you complete IM 421, 422, or 423, each of which applies to the Instructional Technology Certificate. In addition, many education majors take IM 245 – Microcomputers in Classrooms and Media Centers, or IM 260 – Exploring Information Technologies, to satisfy the computer competency requirement. These courses are also part of the Instructional Technology Certificate.
Other Majors
The Instructional Technology Certificate enhances a variety of majors. Mass Communication students find that the courses prepare them to meet the demands of the highly technical media market. Students in the social sciences and business find it prepares them for training assignments and develops their teamwork skills.
From the fine arts to science and engineering, graduates are discovering that having “Instructional Technology Certificate” on their transcripts confirms their familiarity with computers and other technologies and helps them outshine their competitors. These graduates are viewed by colleagues and employers as skilled and creative users of technology.
Student Learning Outcomes
Standard 1: DESIGN
Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to design conditions for learning by applying principles, theories, and research associated with instructional systems design, message design, instructional strategies, and learner characteristics.
Standard 2: DEVELOPMENT
Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to develop instructional materials and experiences by applying principles, theories, and research related to print, audiovisual, computer-based, and integrated technologies.
Standard 3: UTILIZATION
Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to use processes and resources for learning by applying principles, theories, and research related to media utilization, diffusion, implementations, and policy-making.
Standard 4: EVALUATION
Candidates demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to evaluate the adequacy of instruction and learning by applying principles, theories, and research related to problem analysis, criterion-referenced measurement, formative and summative evaluation, and long-range planning.
Certificate courses (Total credits: 11-12)
Required
IM 245 – Microcomputers in Classrooms
and Media Centers,
3 credits (Fall, Spring, Summer)
One course from the following
IM 421 – Information, Technology and Learning for Elementary Education;
2 credits (Fall, Spring)
IM 422 – Information, Technology and Learning for K-12 and 5-12 Education;
2 credits (Fall, Spring, Summer)
IM 423 – Information, Technology and Learning for Early Childhood Education;
3 credits (Fall, Spring)
IM 469 – Training and Media Management;
3 credits (Fall)
Two courses from the following
IM 260 – Exploring Information Technologies;
3 credits (Fall, Spring, Summer)
IM 404 – Instructional Design I;
3 credits (Fall, Summer)
IM 455 – Design and Preparation of Multimedia Presentations I;
3 credits (Spring, Summer)
IM 462 – Design and Production of Video Media;
3 credits (Spring, Summer)
Additional Information
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