eLearning ILT Competencies

The ILT Competencies are milestones students are required to reach to graduate with their MA degree from the ILT program. The Competencies are based on standards established by professional organizations such as AECT, ISPI, IBSTPI, and ISTE. As you progress through the program, you will demonstrate these competencies by completing specific projects in different courses.

There are 10 ILT Competencies, listed below.

	Competency	eLearning Course(s)
1.	Adopt a reflective-practice stance to your work	IT 5650: Policies and Planning for eLearning Programs
2.	Conduct a needs assessment for learning or performance interventions	IT 5660: Developing Educational Websites
3.	Applying theory and best practices, conduct an analysis of learners, content and context for instruction, and design activities and experiences for learning	IT 5660: Developing Educational Websites IT 5670: Strategies for Online Learning
4.	Accommodate the needs of diverse learners through media and technology	IT 6740: Learning Processes in Instructional Technology IT 5130: Instructional Message Design
5.	Use tools and apply message-design principles to develop products and resources to support learning and performance	IT 5680: Media for Web-based Learning Environments IT 5130: Instructional Message Design
6.	Implement and evaluate effectiveness of programs, products, or practices	IT 6720: Research in Information and Learning Technologies
7.	Assess student/participant learning	IT 5670: Strategies for Online Learning IT 6720: Research in Information and Learning Technologies
8.	Utilize research methods to investigate a learning, organizational, or performance problem	IT 6720: Research in Information and Learning Technologies
9.	Manage a development or related project	IT 5160: Managing Information and Learning Technologies Programs
10.	Participate in a change process and provide leadership in helping people adopt new technologies or practices	IT 5650: Policies and Planning for eLearning Programs