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Resources for IDT Students
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Below are several important resources that you may need as you progress through the program. Please see the list below. We are continuosly developing and making resources available to you, as IDT students, so please check this page regularly. Click on the links below to view the specific resources.You will need Acrobat Reader to read many of these documents.
Advising Sheets
Click below to view advising sheets for the master and doctoral degrees. You can use these to plan your own term-by-term plan of the coursework you'll need to complete for your degree. Once completed, you should consult with your advisor before using it to complete your program of study form for the graduate school. This form is due after you have completed 12 credits of study in your program.
Master Degree Advising Sheet
- Course Listings/Rotations
Ph.D. Advising Sheet-No IDT Master's Degree
Ph.D. Advising Sheet-WITH IDT Master's Degree
Graduate School Masters Handbook
Graduate School Doctoral Handbook
Teaching & Learning Doctoral Handbook
Class Registration Instruction Sheets:
Registering for Classes
Dropping Classes
Swapping Class Section
Requesting Incompletes (Also see Registrar's policy here)
Internship
All M.S. and M.Ed. students are required to complete a 2 credit Internship in instructional design. Students may ELECT to do a practicum (Directed Studies in IDT). The following forms describe the requirements and differences for these experiences. Students are encouraged to identify internship possibilities that are close to them in proximity and which represent opportunities consistent with their career goals and interests. IDT has relationships with several organizationswhich have hosted paid and unpaid internships in the past, and a couple of them will consider "virtual" internships where students telecommute for a portion of the experience. Use the resulting documents to learn more and to complete the documentation requirements for the Internship and Practicum courses.
Internship Description (Describes the process.)
Internship Proposal form (Student submits this to advisor for approval prior to internship.)
Project Supervisor LOA (Supervisor where internship will occur completes this AFTER proposal is approved.)
Student Midterm & Final Evaluation (Completed by student at midway and final points. - Note: The same form is used for both.)
Student Instructions: Please save this form to your computer and email the completed form to your professor.
Supervisor Midterm & Final Evaluation (Completed by supervisor at midway & final points.)
Supervisor Instructions: Please save this form to your computer and email the completed form to the student's supervising UND professor.
Practicum
Students may ELECT to do a practicum (Directed Studies in IDT). Read the description of practicum experiences, and use the proposal form to start the approval process for a practicum experience.
Practicum Description (Describes the process.)
Practicum Proposal form (Student submits this to advisor for approval prior to internship.)
Scholarly Project
The scholarly project (IDT 995) is the capstone experience for the masters' programs, and is required of all students. This process involves the full instructional desing process from analysis through evaluation, must be conducted independently by the student, and is presented to and defended before the full IDT faculty and program advisory team. Unsuccessful defenses result in revisions to the project and delayed graduation. It is not possible to graduate without successfully defending your scholary project. Read the description below for more information, and use the proposal form to propose your scholalry project. NOTE: Be sure to check the graduation steps and requirements on this page to understand fully all the steps needed to apply for graduation, including those relating to the scholarly project.
Description of the Scholarly Project
Assessment Rubric
Scholarly Project Proposal Form
Scholarly Project Binding Instructions (Post Defense)
Scholarly Project Defense Example (video)
Graduate School Forms
Graduate School Forms
Follow the link to the UND Graduate School's list for forms for Master's students. Here you'll find the forms required for submitting or changing a program of study, proposal forms for the independent study, internship, scholarly project, and thesis, and other forms that may be useful to you.
Supervised Research Course
IDT 592: Supervised Research in IDT
This required (for M.S.) course provides you with experience in research IDT by pairing you with an ongoing research project. Please see the expanded description for more details.
Graduation Steps
Graduation Steps
Graduating from the IDT Master's program is a little more complicated than collecting your credits and donning your cap and gown. You'll want to start planning long before you reach your last term.
Program Orientation
Distance Education & IDT
The IDT Master of Science, Master of Education, and all certificate programs are offered as Hybrid-Blended Learning. Hybrid refers to the ability for both on-campus and distance students to take classes. This means that some students may enroll in campus classes and attend these classes in person, while others will enroll in them as online classes and attend classes via our distance technology as described below. Blended refers to the way we offer each course; some class sessions are done synchronously (“live” class sessions where all “attend” at the same time) and some are done asynchronously (students participate in class activities and sessions at their own time and place of choice). Because we are both hybrid and blended, both on-campus and distance students will experience the same live class sessions AND the same asynchronous learning during weeks where the class does not meet live.
How Does the Hybrid-Blended Model Work?
First, each course will have some synchronous (live) class sessions, with the rest being asynchronous (at the place and time of your choosing). For the live sessions, students may attend on-campus in the actual classroom, or they may participate through our audio/video conferencing system. This latter system is comprised of a camera feed of the classroom and any students attending in person. This feed goes out live to all distance students, with the potential for them to send video back to the classroom as well. Two-way audio between the instructor and students in the classroom and wherever the distance students are is provided in real time as well. In addition, the instructor is able to share his or her computer screen with everyone off campus, so they see whatever lecture and instructional materials (powerpoints, etc.) he or she is presenting to the students who are there in person. In this manner, class lectures, discussion, presentation, and collaboration are done seamlessly, in a nearly identical fashion to traditional classes.
The asynchronous sessions are handled through oiur course management systems, currently eZ and Blackboard. Distance and on-campus students use these tools to read material assigned by the teacher, turn in assignments, communicate through message systems, participate in discussions through threaded discussion tools, take tests, and see assignment grades. There are assignments and participation activities every week, whether the class meets live or not. In this way, students get the best of both worlds: the flexibility of distance learning and the personal contact and connection of face-to-face instruction. We have been using and refining this model since 2006, and it has been very successful.
IDT Bootcamp: Online Training for New & Continuing Students
Now that you know a little bit about the program in general, you may be wondering what it is like to take classes. Whether you are a distance or on-campus student, new to the program or just looking for a refresher, the IDT Bootcamp training will walk you through every aspect of participating in IDT classes, including live conferencing, discussion boards, class communication, uploading assignments, and watching back recorded sessions.
Please note that this training is mandatory for all new IDT students who have been formally offered admission by the graduate school via a letter, and highly recommended for all IDT students.
Once you are admitted*, you should begin the Bootcamp training process right away. This project was created by Adrienne Nelson as her final project in the Master of Science program, so you can also get a sense of the nature and scope of the training you will develop as a capstone experience in the program. To begin the Bootcamp training, click here:
IDT Bootcamp Training
*You are NOT admitted until you have responded to the offer letter in writing or by contacting the graduate school directly. Once you have done so, you should receive a letter with your EMPLID and password: wait 48 hours (two business days) for the system to be fully updated with your status once this has happened.
Being a Successful Student
Click here to view an orientation video from a past advising session for new and existing students, including how the program works, the paperwork that must be filed, when classes are scheduled, and other important information you need to be successful in your studies in IDT. NOTE: You may be prompted to install the Adobe Connect Add-in if this is your first time viewing one of these movies.
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