Doctor of Education
Learning Design & Leadership
Learning Design & Leadership (LDL) provides educators and training/learning development professionals the opportunity to learn how to create more engaging learning environments by integrating new media technologies. Students in this program will earn a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership with a concentration in Learning Design and Leadership.
Typical Plan of Study (minimum 64 hours)
4 Required Courses
- EPOL 481: New Learning (crosslisted with EPS 431)
- EPOL 534: Assessment for Learning (crosslisted with EPS 535)
- EPSY 408: Learning & Hum Dev w/ EdTech
- ERAM 557: Meaning Patterns: Semiotics and the Interpretation of Meanings in Education and the Social Sciences (While this course is considered a methods course, LDL students must choose a different research elective to satisfy the research methods requirements.)
2 Electives from outside the LDL program area
Search courses.illinois.edu for a list of available courses. Courses chosen in consultation with your advisor.
2 Electives from LDL or other programs
- EPOL 486: New Media & Learner Differences
- EPOL 580: Ubiquitous Learning
- EPOL 581: Knowledge, Learning and Pedagogy
- EPOL 582: New Media and Literacies
- EPOL 583: eLearning Ecologies
- EPSY 559: Advanced Learning Technologies
- EPSY 560: Technology and Educational Change
These may be LDL or non-LDL courses. Search courses.illinois.edu for available courses. Courses selected in consultation with your advisor.
1 Research Methods Elective
See http://catalog.illinois.edu/courses-of-instruction/eram/ for a list of approved research methods courses. Note that ERAM 557 does not count as a research methods elective for LDL students
2 Qualifying Exam Research Seminar Courses
See https://ldlprogram.web.illinois.edu/dissertation/ for more information
1 Additional Required Research Methods Course
This course fulfills the third research methods requirement, but must be taken after EPOL 587
Program Cost
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