The Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology Program of the University of New Mexico, USA, offers an innovative, online Professional Development Certificate in Instructional Technology, which develops the knowledge and skills to craft effective solutions to instructional challenges, including the design and development of instructional materials and learning environments using the latest educational and information technologies.

Developed using the latest Internet-based technologies by a respected graduate program, the Instructional Technology Certificate is accessible entirely online (with optional face-to-face meetings). There is no requirement for campus residency to complete these courses.

This program provides a 12-hour graduate-level experience that prepares participants to effectively integrate and routinely use current technologies, and qualifies them for instructional design responsibilities in public, private, government, and educational contexts. The program emphasizes a learner-centered, outcome-oriented, interactive approach to online learning, where participants engage in hands-on activities and work collaboratively on complex, authentic projects to develop products for immediate, practical use in the work environment.

The following are the four OLIT courses required for this Certificate:

• OLIT 505: Contemporary Instructional Technologies: Survey (3)
  An overview of contemporary instructional technologies and how they can be utilized to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of instruction. Students will gain expertise in selecting and using appropriate instructional technologies.

• OLIT 522: Digital Video Techniques for Instruction (3)
  This course provides resources and guidance as students conceive, design, script, shoot and edit digital video footage. Students will learn to create instructional video sequences based on theories of learning and instructional design principles.

• OLIT 525: Instructional Multimedia (3)
  This course is an introduction to the instructional use of multimedia. The course is concerned with educational and psychological foundations of selecting and combining different presentation modes of information. The other half is devoted to hands-on design and production of computer-generated graphics, sound, and video.

• OLIT 533: Instructional Use of Computer Simulations (3)
  Students will review Shareware, public domain and complex interactive commercial simulations, explore theory and survey recent literature. Project activity will focus on design issues and simulations, as students design a simulation and develop its prototype.