To satisfy the course requirements for this certificate program, students have to complete six required graduate courses, with a total of eighteen credit hours. These six courses are EME 5053 Introduction to Educational Technology, EME 6207 Web Design & Development, EME 6209 Still & Time Based Media, EME 6284 Instructional Design, EME 6617 Instructional Design for eLearning, and EME 6675 Design for Informal Learning.

To qualify for the certificate program, candidates must at least have a bachelor's degree in a professional area from an accredited institution. The program does not allow courses to be transferred from other programs or institutions.

The earned credit hours may be applied to the M.A. in Instructional Technology program at FGCU in accordance with the master's program admission requirements. Educational Technology faculty advisor approval is required before these hours are applied.

Following is the description of the six required courses.

EME 5053 Introduction to Educational Technology
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Provides an overview of media and technology in education and issues of integration of technology. Course will survey theoretical issues and trends in educational technology and impact on selection, design, utilization, and evaluation of instructional media.

EME 6207 Web Design & Development
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Website development and editing, including graphics configuration, using industry-standard software applications/platforms.

EME 6209 Still & Time-Based Media
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Explores visual language of still and moving images. We will look at animation but will also consider all time-based media. In this course, we will study the tools used in visually structuring a story. We will first review how story can be a sound basis for all learning. We will then address two broad categories that make up storytelling; text and sub-text. This is based on the premise that audiences get most of its information from subtext and it is generally more powerful than the text of the story.  As teachers and educators, we want the audience (our learners) to participate in story and they should be actively visually involved with the story. In other words, it isn't a passive relationship.

EME 6284 Instructional Design
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Hands-on experience with several systematic designs of instructional courseware. Topics include instructional strategies, comparison and implementation of instructed designs, and a simulated design environment.

EME 6617 Instructional Design for eLearning
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Provide educators with the experience and skills to appropriately analyze and design online courses using approaches known to be effective for all learner levels. Students will examine models of virtual learning environments, their underlying philosophies, and their implications on learning.

EME 6675 Design for Informal Learning
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Application of instructional design principles associated with the development of cross-disciplinary instructional topics, such as STEM. Reviews issues, trends, foundations in research, and requirements for task and needs analyses and factors affecting instruction as it pertains to informal learning environments.

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