Online EdS in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation

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Tap into creativity and innovation to drive instruction into the future.

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Tap into creativity and innovation to drive instruction into the future.

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Course-Based: July 10, 2023

Advance Learning in any Setting With a Learning Specialist Degree

In a changing world, instructional experiences must be continually reinvented and refined. Gain innovative strategies for impacting current and future learning environments with an Education Specialist (EdS) degree in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation (Non-Licensure) from Walden.

A learning specialist degree helps educators create effective learning experiences through authentic, engaging practices and assessments. This non-licensure program is ideal for K–12 teachers and administrators, military or corporate trainers, medical educators, and others who want to initiate and implement cutting-edge teaching and assessment practices.

Why Choose Walden?

Learn Strategies for Success

Build advanced skills in creativity, innovation, and leadership to drive new possibilities for learning.

Build Your Confidence

In your capstone, consult with an actual school or organization to identify a performance gap and propose an informed solution.

Expand Your Options

Prepare for new opportunities with research and leadership skills that can serve you both professionally and academically.

Program Details

Curriculum

Completion Requirements

  • 45 quarter credits
  • Capstone project

View the COMPLETE CURRICULUM PLAN.

Time to completion will vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-768-0539.

Admission Requirements

Completed online application and transcripts. Please note that the materials you are required to submit may vary depending on the academic program to which you apply.

More information for international applicants.

Tuition and Fees

Curriculum Component Requirements Cost amount
Tuition 45 quarter credit hours $640 per quarter hour $28,800
Technology Fee Per quarter $170 $1,530
      $30,330*

*This sequence represents the minimum time to completion. Time to completion will vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 855-646-5286.

Tuition and fees are subject to change. Books and materials are not included.

 

Paying for Your Education

Our Enrollment Specialists can help you outline a plan and find resources for funding your education.

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PROGRAM SAVINGS

You have the drive and determination to be an education innovator. We want to help you reach your goals. Receive up to a $4,000 grant if you start this program on July 10, 2023. Contact one of our Enrollment Specialists to learn more.

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Program Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

All EdS graduates will be prepared to:

  • Apply discipline-specific knowledge to address issues in educational settings.
  • Apply evidence-based practices to address a problem within the academic and/or work environment and propose a solution.
  • Communicate information to a variety of stakeholders using oral and written formats.
  • Practice ethically as a professional in the field of education.
  • Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to promote continuous improvement in educational settings.
  • Advocate for social change to make a positive impact in educational settings.

Specialization Learning Outcomes

In addition to the shared EdS learning outcomes above, Learning, Instruction, and Innovation graduates will be prepared to:

  • Create innovative instruction, curriculum, and assessment grounded in theory and previous research.
  • Create innovative solutions to learning challenges.
  • Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders.
  • Analyze instructional needs to develop innovative intervention plans for learning.
  • Evaluate problems and issues in learning, instruction, and innovation.
  • Ground decisions based on research in learning, instruction, and innovation.
  • Participate in the profession ethically.
  • Support global diversity and multiculturalism through the use of innovative curriculum and assessment in designing instruction.
  • Utilize research to create innovative instruction, curriculum, and assessment to effect social change in the workplace.
     

Become a Catalyst for Better Learning

Creativity and critical thinking are driving forces behind human innovation and progress. During Walden’s EdS in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation program, you’ll harness these processes to lead bold, new approaches to learning and development. Build hands-on skills relevant to each step of the learning process. Explore how to best meet the needs of today’s global community of learners.

Career Outlook

Academic settings and a variety of workplaces need educators who can engage learners through new and creative instructional experiences. Become a catalyst for change in your school, district, or organization with an EdS in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation from Walden.

A learning specialist degree can prepare you to lead instructional innovation that transforms learning in any environment. Position yourself to pursue specialized educational roles. Earn a respected academic credential in less time, and at a lower cost, than it typically takes to earn an EdD or PhD in Education—and transfer seamlessly into a doctorate program later if you choose to.

An EdS in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation can prepare you to pursue career options such as:2

  1. Learning and instruction director/administrator
  2. Director of innovation
  3. Instructional coach/professional development administrator
  4. Director of center for teaching and learning

An EdS in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation can prepare you to work in settings such as:

  1. K–12 education
  2. University teaching and/or faculty development centers
  3. Military instructional setting
  4. Medical instructional setting

 

Walden’s Riley College of Education and Leadership has nearly

60,000

alumni.1

 

Resources

Meet Your Academic Team

Stacy Wahl
Associate Dean II
Dr. Wahl is the Associate Dean II of the Riley College of Education and Human Sciences' doctoral programs and has graduated over 60 doctoral students. Dr. Wahl authored book chapters on critical thinking and decision making, published numerous articles, and presents at national conferences. She is an RN with board certification in critical care and professional development. Dr. Wahl is passionate about life-long learning and fostering the academic growth of her students. Her research interests include culturally inclusive pedagogies, burnout, thought leadership, emotional intelligence, improvement science, employee retention and satisfaction, and trauma informed pedagogy. She is a Walden diversity, equity, and inclusion ambassador, and in December of 2021, Dr. Wahl received Walden University's Teaching Excellence Award.
Darci Harland
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Harland has twelve years’ experience as a public-school teacher who taught middle-level science, high school science, and English. Her book The STEM Student Research Handbook encourages high school students to conduct their own research at the highest levels of inquiry. Dr. Harland taught a variety of courses addressing literacy, general secondary methods, secondary science methods, lab methods of science teaching, and educational technology. Her research interests include digital colleague connectedness, depth of reflection of inservice/preservice teachers, best practices of online instructors, and how graduate faculty use technology to support online capstone writers.
Debra Chester
Academic Coordinator
Debra is a 31 year public school educator who taught middle grades and high school English. She then became a school Media Specialist. Debra is currently the Specialization Coordinator for the MS Instructional Design and Technology in the School of Education and Human Services with The Richard W. Riley College of Education at Walden University.

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1Source: Walden University Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), as of July 30, 2019.

2Source: (Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights™). Industry Analysis, Active selections "nationwide" and last "12 months” and “Industry: educational services” AND “education: master’s.” Retrieved April 2020

Note on Educator Licensure or Certification
This program does not lead to educator licensure or certification. Educators are advised to contact their individual school districts as to whether this program may qualify for salary advancement.