Graduate Certificate in Learning Experience Design and Technology (Online)

Our Graduate Certificate in Learning Experience Design and Technology (LXDT) teaches you today’s in-demand learning design skills through meaningful, learner-centered experiences and flexible, customizable coursework. Today’s learning designers are facing unique and rapidly evolving challenges. They must create environments that combine in-person, online, and mobile learning while taking advantage of our media-rich, digital, networked world. For your educational design career to grow and thrive, you need to stay on top of not only today’s trends but also tomorrow’s advances.Northeastern’s Graduate Certificate Learning Experience Design and Technology provides an experience-based curriculum designed for the challenges facing today’s learning designers, educators, trainers, and instructional technologists in higher education, pre-K-12, government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. You’ll strengthen your design and instructional thinking to create educational experiences that meet today’s demands and expectations.You’ll receive both foundational and advanced design-related coursework taught by industry experts. And you’ll be able to hone your classwork through real-world, skill-building opportunities to expand your expertise and network.Plus, your certificate can stack into the Master of Professional Studies in Learning Experience Design and Technology program for those who aren’t ready for a full master’s program.Career OutlookEducators with the skills and experience to tackle today’s educational design challenges are finding themselves in demand across the industry:Employment for training and development specialists is projected to grow 9% between 2019 and 2029—much faster than the average rate. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)It’s projected that 37,300 job openings will be available for training and development specialists between 2019 and 2029. (ONET Online)

Online applicationStatement of purpose (500–1000 words): identifies your educational goals and expectations from the program; please be aware that the university's academic policy on plagiarism applies to your statement of purposeProfessional resuméUnofficial undergraduate transcripts; official transcripts required at the time of admissionEnglish language proficiency proof: Students for whom English is not their primary language must submit one of the following:Official associate or bachelor's degree transcript from an accredited college or university in the U.S., stating degree conferral and date