Learning and Technology

Overview

You're fascinated by how people learn. And you want to improve the learning experience.

The Learning and Technology program from Royal Roads University is designed for people who create or manage contemporary learning environments, whether you train staff, facilitate sessions, lead workshops or coordinate programs.

In the graduate diploma program, you'll study learning theories and technology and assess their impact on learning design and delivery.

You'll examine learning environments and the innovations that make them exemplar.

You'll learn leadership skills, so you can successfully create and implement digital learning environments in your workplace.

In this textbook-free program, you'll take some of the same courses as the Master of Arts in Learning and Technology.

Program outcomes

The goal of this program is to build the knowledge and practical skills of professionals working at the intersection of learning and technology.

This program helps meet the growing need for effective facilitators in digital learning environments and people at the management level who have the knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in program design, development and evaluation.

Graduates will have the skills to:

• develop, evaluate and facilitate digital learning environments
• analyze, design, develop, implement and evaluate instructional design projects
• evaluate current educational technology research and recommend appropriate learning strategies

Graduates may find themselves working as:

• training and development coordinators or managers
• instructional developers
• learning analysts, leaders, coordinators or managers
• education and development managers
• educational program leads
• training advisors, coordinators or managers
• learning designers, managers or directors
• faculty members or instructors
• K–12 educators or administrators