Finding the right design certificate program for you is essential to paving the way for achieving your career goals.
Boise State University’s online Master of Science in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning (OPWL) provides an application-oriented education with a project-based learning curriculum taught by award-winning faculty to prepare you to make an impact on the learning and development industry.
With 100% online coursework, you can complete your assignments anytime and anywhere around your schedule as you work on the design certificate program.
The curriculum is taught by faculty members who are experts in the field and teaching within a design certificate program. They will provide you with personalized instruction and support to ensure your success from interest to graduation.
You can customize your learning by selecting from four graduate certificate options that can be completed as part of your learning design certificate experience or as stand-alone certificates. They are:
- Graduate Certificate in Workplace Instructional Design: Acquire the knowledge and skills to create instructional programs and design, develop and deliver learning programs for business and industry, the military, nonprofit organizations and government agencies.
- Graduate Certificate in Workplace E-Learning Design and Development: Prepare to design, develop and manage e-learning in the workplace.
- Graduate Certificate in Workplace Performance Improvement: Learn and develop the skills to diagnose and solve performance problems with the practical application of process models, tools and techniques to workplace performance improvement situations.
- Graduate Certificate in Organizational Development: Discover how to enhance organizational learning and performance, understand the impact of leadership on workplace culture and systems and facilitate effective change management.
You will also develop portfolio-worthy course assignments you can use toward your portfolio website as a culminating learning design certificate activity.
Applicable learning
The six required courses in the OPWL program are designed to prepare you for a successful career in learning design. They are:
OPWL 529 Needs Assessment: Through analysis of case studies, guided practice, field work, and other methods, you will learn to use tools, data, and systematic methods to identify and assess current or future performance problems and their causes, and help decision makers target critical problems with feasible solutions. You will also conduct an authentic team project.
OPWL 530 Evaluation: You will learn to conduct formative and summative evaluations of instructional or performance improvement programs implemented in organizations and explore principles, models and frameworks for evaluation, and conduct a full-scale evaluation, working with real clients and stakeholders as part of a project team.
OPWL 535 Principles of Adult Learning: Discover how principles and theories of adult learning can be applied to foster effective learning and performance outcomes. You will explore conditions that affect learning outcomes and various methods, strategies and technologies that increase instructional effectiveness in diverse learning situations. You will write case studies in this course.
OPWL 536 Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning: Learn about the evolution of the field, various models and practical applications through linkages to learning and development, organization development, performance improvement and related fields. You will complete multiple mini-projects and build your own toolbox in this course.
OPWL 537 Instructional Design: Follow a systematic and systemic instructional design process and employ methods and strategies involved in designing effective instructional interventions for the workplace. Working with a real client, you will complete a performance-oriented instructional design project in phases over the duration of the course.
OPWL 560 Workplace Performance Improvement: Examine the process models, non-instructional solutions, professional practice issues and future trends of performance improvement which aim to improve performance in the workplace. In a hands-on individual project, you will practice applying the performance improvement process to recommend effective performance solutions.
You will also add research courses, elective courses and a culminating activity to round out your learning design certificate program.
Learn more about the Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning program
Earning an online Master of Science in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning from Boise State University can open doors to new opportunities and a brighter future — and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Whether you’re exploring if an online degree is right for you or need help transferring credits, connecting with a student success coach is the perfect first step.
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