Learning, Design and Technology Program

University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been ranked #23 for the Best Online Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology

Expert Faculty

Our program includes three full-time faculty members working in online learning and technology integration. Our esteemed instructors are consummate learners and avid contributors to the discipline of LDT through publications, conference presentations, community outreach, and leadership positions within professional organizations. Our faculty also engage their students at the forefront of flourishing technological development, including grant-funded research opportunities, such as a National Science Foundation-funded project researching digital citizenship. Our professors also strive to provide a rigorous and relevant classroom environment, by keeping informed of current and emerging competency standards within the various professional organizations in the field of LDT, promoting job postings via our online alumni community network, and incorporating the latest tools and technologies in the field into our courses, which demonstrates the high-quality education and career preparation you can expect to receive as a student in our program. 

Coursework/Practicum/Internships

Our program provides numerous avenues for practical experience and hands-on learning. We encourage our students to convert classroom projects into research presentations to hone their understanding of the real-world applications of their classroom learning. Our program includes an internship in which our students produce work for an external client, offering opportunities for potential employer networking, production examples for their professional portfolio, and experience in the field. The capstone project, which students must complete prior to graduation, presents another opportunity to showcase the knowledge and skills learned in our master’s program for a real-world client, as students are required to engage with every level of their project from conception to completion- including analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of their final product.

If your organization is interested in hosting an internship or Capstone student, please fill out this form and one of the LDT faculty will be in contact with you. 

Career Options

Our graduates are gainfully employed in a variety of roles. The school specialist concentration provides exceptional training for K-12 system instructional technology specialist positions, including technology facilitator, technology director, media specialist, technology specialist, technology coach, and many other essential roles within the school system. Students from the online learning and teaching concentration can pursue higher education and K-12 roles as faculty support specialists, instructional technology coordinators, learning management specialists, distance education specialists, education media specialists, instructional designers and much more in both public and private institutions ranging from universities and community colleges to elementary schools and private educational facilities. Graduates of our training and development concentration are employed as instructional designers and developers, instructional technologists, e-learning specialists, corporate trainers, content developers, project managers, program evaluators, or instructional design consultants in environments ranging from corporate to government to nonprofit sectors. In whatever field you choose, you can excel as a vital member of your working community as an LDT specialist. 

The LDT program prepares professionals to work on instructional design and technology positions in Education (K-12 and higher education), Corporate, Government, and Military.

Some of the positions that you might be eligible to work for are: