Online Master of Education
with a concentration in eLearning

Gain the knowledge necessary to create high-quality eLearning courses, as well as the skills to deliver and assess eLearning programs for tomorrow’s students and workforce.

 

Program Summary
Tuition
Schedule/Courses
Additional Information

 

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Program Summary

A master's degree in Human Resource Education with a concentration in eLearning from the University of Illinois can give you a broad and detailed understanding of the development, delivery and management of eLearning. A growing proportion of higher education is being delivered via the Internet because of widespread access and the potential for high quality interactive teaching. Universities, colleges, and community colleges are beginning to encourage their faculties and instructors to gain formal training in online pedagogies and technologies. Corporations are also increasingly relying on eLearning to educate, train, and motivate their employees, suppliers, and customers.

This program will award a Master of Education (Ed.M.) degree after the completion of 36 credit hours (eight 4-hour courses and two 2-hour courses). The requirements may be completed in two or more years.

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Certificate Option

For those interested in a certificate rather than a master's degree, HRE Online offers four, four-course eLearning Graduate Certificate programs:

• Foundations of eLearning
• Management of eLearning
• Innovation of eLearning
• Evaluation of eLearning

These professional development options are available for those who have completed a bachelor's degree. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of four courses in the eLearning program: three core courses; one elective. This option does not require admission to the HRE Department.

See the Certificate Page for additional information.

 

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Tuition

The 2008-2009 tuition rate for each 4-hour course is $1,928 (USD) and $964 for 2-hour courses. The tuition rate for 2009-2010 (begins in October 2009), will be $2,012 (USD) for each four-hour course and $1007 for two-hour courses. This rate includes both tuition and fees. Reading materials are not included in this amount. The tuition rate is the same for in-state, out-of-state, and international students. The cost for future courses is subject to moderate changes in accordance with the actions of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

This is a self-supporting program and DOES NOT accept the following tuition and fee waivers (TFWs): Cooperating Teacher waivers, Non-Academic waivers (including UIUC employees and employees of other state institutions), Academic waivers from UIUC, UIC and UIS employees, Related Agency waivers, Field Supervisor waivers or Retiree waivers. 

This program DOES accept statutory waivers (veterans grants, etc) and waivers granted through fellowships/assistantships as governed by the Graduate College at UIUC.  The waiver policy above is subject to moderate changes in accordance with the actions of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

Please see the Financial Aid page for additional information about tuition waivers.

 

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Schedule/Courses

Course instruction is 100% online, allowing students great flexibility in scheduling their learning. Course requirements include a time each week when students participate in synchronous online group sessions live synchronous online class sessions. Students are part of a cohort and enroll in one course per 10-week term, in addition to completing an applied integrative project (HRE 495). This schedule allows students in the cohort to complete their degrees in two years. However, the degree may be completed at a slower pace if arranged with the online programs coordinator.

The Course Calendar displays the course sequence for the following required courses:

• HRE 490F: Foundations of Online Teaching and Learning

• HRE 470: Design of Learning Systems

• EPSY 408: Learning and Human Development with Technologies

• HRE 495 I: Research in Organizations and Institutions (2 hours)

• HRE 472: Learning Technologies

• HRE 474: Evaluating eLearning Technologies

• EPS 415: Information Technology and Ethics

• HRE 490M: Management of Online Programs

• HRE 590: Innovations in eLearning

• HRE 495 II: Capstone Project (2 hours)

eLearning Cohort 1
Courses Begin : January 2010
Application Deadline: September 1, 2009

 

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