Below you will find a few key points for your successful navigation of the LDT program. Current students completing a postbaccalaureate certificate offered by the LDT Program may find the responses below helpful.
Our K-12 Online Teaching Course is a Hidden Treasure!
This summer we will offer a great course that few of our students have heard about. The course is LDT 433 – Teaching and Learning Online in K-12 settings.
The course is designed for anyone with interests in K-12 education to explore foundational methods, issues, and trends in online education. The course includes online “microteaching” experiences where the student develops and delivers a few online lessons, receiving feedback from classmates and the instructor. The class is number 3051 in LionPATH, and will run from May 6 to July 16.
Hidden Treasure
Knowing that only the most conscientious of our students read our blog, we’d like to let you in on a little secret. [Read more…]
Summer 2018 Registration Update
Registration for Summer 2018 courses opened on 5 February 2018. After one month of our current students being eligible to register, our course offerings are filled to about 60% of our capacity. This is great news for our program! Now that we know our current students’ needs and intentions for taking summer courses, we will be able to enroll a substantial class of new students to begin in May 2018. We are growing all of the time! Please know that our first admissions for Summer 2018 will happen mid-March, and our courses will fill shortly afterward. Any current certificate or degree student who has not yet taken summer courses is advised to register today for their desired Summer 2018 courses. This is the final reminder for current students. [Read more…]
Fall 2018 Registration Information
We’re approaching the time of year when the end of the Summer 2018 course registration period overlaps with the beginning of the Fall 2018 course registration period. Current students should have already registered for their Summer 2018 courses, and should be planning and preparing to register for their Fall 2018 courses. New students arrive with quick work to do, as you must register for Summer 2018 courses as soon as possible, and then continue your planning for the fall term. If the registration periods are overlapping, new students should process their summer and their fall course registrations in the same sitting. [Read more…]
PAECT Student Chapter Forming at Penn State
Students in the LDT doctoral program have recently formed a student chapter of the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology (PAECT). The parent organization seeks to support the use of educational technologies to enrich learning and teaching across Pennsylvania. The student chapter was formed to bridge the gap between theory and practice around the utilization of technology in K-12 settings. The student chapter is welcomes all LDT students, regardless of where they reside, to learn more about the chapter’s planned activities and future goals. If you have interests in K-12 learning and innovative educational technology integration, please connect with us! Anyone interested in learning more about the chapter is asked to please send an email to Sagun Giri (email) or Nate Turcotte (email).
LDT Online Programs’ Grad Assistant Receives State Award
An astonishing amount of detail-oriented work goes into the production of the Learning, Design, and Technology Program’s online degree and certificates programs. For the past three years, Nate Turcotte has been a major contributor to the program’s success. Nate is a PhD candidate in the LDT program. His contributions to innovative online course development and educational methods were one part of the recognition that he received as the 2018 recipient of the Paul W. Welliver Outstanding Student Award from the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology. [Read more…]
Summer-Only Courses — Get ’em while they’re HOT!
The LDT program offers three courses only during the summer term. If any of our summer-only courses interest you, be sure to register for them while you can, as they will likely not be offered until next summer. Our LDT Courses page offers student-friendly descriptions of all of our courses, including those listed below. The Summer 2018 term will feature three of our summer-only courses: [Read more…]
Standing Advisement for e-Learning Design Students
Welcome to the Learning, Design, and Technology Program, and to Penn State University! We are happy to have a diverse student population studying in our programs, including professionals working in K-12 and higher education, corporate, military, and community training, informal learning institutions, and many others who work to facilitate learning for others.
The Postbaccalaureate Certificate in e-Learning Design (code name: ELEARN) is a 12-credit professional development experience offered by the Learning, Design, and Technology Program via Penn State World Campus. The certificate is designed to prepare students for designing and developing digital and/or online learning resources, particularly course lessons (modules) delivered via an online course management system (CMS) like Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, etc. The coursework is focused more on the design and delivery of learning than it is on the technical processes related to programming or managing digital software and hardware. Professionals who work as instructional designers, training developers, instructors, trainers, or administrators of any such personnel would be able to immediately apply the lessons from this certificate into their daily work.
The program is straightforward: successfully complete the four required online courses for the certificate and students earn the certificate. The courses for this certificate have either the LDT or the ADTED prefix, and are 3 graduate credits each. The four required courses for the certificate are: [Read more…]
Admissions Timetable – From Certificate to Degree
The LDT Online Programs has an established admissions timetable, which includes specific deadlines for the receipt of complete applications for degree and certificate programs.
Applications for admission must be complete by the deadlines listed below in order to be reviewed for admission:
- APRIL 1 – Complete Application Deadline for Summer Start
- JUNE 15 – Complete Application Deadline for Fall Start
- NOVEMBER 1 – Complete Application Deadline for Spring Start
My name is wrong! – Name Changes at PSU
Has your name legally changed since the time that you first connected with Penn State University? If so, your previous name may be displayed on all of Penn State’s digital systems, including your Penn State Access Account and your Canvas (course management system) profile. Fixing this is relatively straightforward, but you’ll need to fill out a form and provide some documentation of the legal name change status. The Penn State Registrar’s office provides instructions and forms for this name change process.
Specialized Name Changes
The Penn State Registrar’s office, mentioned above, is equipped to process documented legal name changes due to marriage, divorce, and court-ordered action. There are other cases when a student may wish to change the display of her/his name on Penn State information systems, and those cases are handled by the offices mentioned below. [Read more…]