Instructional Design and Technology, PhD (IDT)

This program is available in the following Florida campuses:

Clearwater Campus, Daytona Beach Campus, Flagship Residential Campus, Fort Lauderdale Campus, Fort Myers Campus, Graduate School, Jacksonville Campus, Lakeland Campus, Melbourne Campus, Miami Campus, Naples Campus, New Port Richey Campus, Online Division, Orlando Campus, Pembroke Pines Campus, Port St. Lucie Campus, Sarasota Campus, Tallahassee Campus, Tampa Campus

Keiser University’s Doctor of Philosophy degree in Instructional Design and Technology prepares reflective scholars and capable professionals who apply instructional systems design, theory, tools, and technologies to achieve desired educational and training outcomes in various settings. The program fosters lifelong learning and values leadership, ethical and informed decision-making, diversity, assessment, program evaluation, effective communication, and technology.

Program Objectives

Keiser University’s PhD in Instructional Design and Technology program enables students to contribute to the education and training profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research. Upon completion of this program, students are able to:

• Evaluate and apply current practices in course, program, and training development using effective instructional design and models supporting technology-based learning in various instructional situations;
• Continue to renew and develop expertise in the field of instructional design technologies demonstrated by effective written, spoken, and digital communication;
• Evaluate and assess a range of technology-based learning models and integrate the use of effective technologies in supporting learner success;
• Explore and extrapolate implications in the advancement of future technologies in education and training on a global basis;
• Apply the skills and knowledge required in the use of multimedia applications in the development of training and learning activities;
• Student demonstrates professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents, presentations, and publications;
• Advance the body of knowledge through relevant, reflective, action-oriented research and scholarship.

Prerequisites for Major Courses

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution.

Note: Courses in the PhD program are eight-weeks in length and students are scheduled for one or two courses concurrently. Dissertation courses are eight-weeks in length and students are scheduled for two dissertation courses per semester.

Program Outline

To receive a Doctor of Philosophy in Instructional Design and Technology degree, students must earn 60 graduate semester credit hours. Fifty-four of the program hours must be completed through Keiser University. Program requirements are as follows:

Residency Requirement

Doctoral students must complete two residencies: one in the first year of the program; the second prior to taking RSM820.

DOPR Doctor of Philosophy Residency One
DOPR2 Doctor of Philosophy Residency Two

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