Professional Studies - Instructional Design Leadership

Overview

As an industry, learning and development is burgeoning. In fact, with more than $165 billion (not to mention thousands upon thousands of work hours) spent annually, learning and development is taking its rightful place within organizational hierarchies.

As a result, instructional design professionals are becoming more in demand at both leadership and educational levels.

Learning executives and consultants, for example, are being asked to bring more focus and cohesiveness to organizational development needs; to facilitate and exponentially expand knowledge transfer; to further develop senior leadership competencies; and to create advanced cultures of inspiration.

Learning, design and technology educators, too, are being asked to do more, including advancing research, understanding and application of discovery, learning and engagement.

Hone your expertise at a renowned intersection of theory and practice

When it comes to curriculum design and development we practice what we teach. Through the scholarship and leadership of our faculty, Franklin’s International Institution for Innovative Instruction has built a reputation for solving real-world learning challenges in both academic and professional settings. From government entities and K-12 schools to higher education and industry-leading organizations, our partners around the world reap the benefits of the applied knowledge of our faculty – and you will too.  

The Institute also houses our School of Education in which our faculty of teaching and learning experts collaborate with cooperating teachers at nearly 200 partner schools mentor aspiring K-12 teachers. 

Become a learning leader who leads  

Because people are inherently an organization’s most valuable asset, employers are continuing to demand more from their human capital investment. Forces such as global competition, developments in technology, greater job specialization, and a rise in knowledge-based industries have driven the need for a more educated workforce.

From verbal and written competencies, to technical and technological abilities, to advanced interpersonal aptitude, employers need leaders who can envision, direct and provide the kind of human capital development that aligns with company goals, transforms corporate culture and moves an organization forward.

Such leadership doesn’t come readily or routinely – instead, it requires proficiencies of the highest level. That’s why Franklin University is the first and only nonprofit institute of higher education to offer a professionally oriented doctoral degree in instructional design and leadership. Our terminal degree can prepare you to make smart, relevant connections between classroom learnings and real-world development effectiveness.

A practitioner-oriented education like Franklin’s differs from a research-based degree. Whereas a Doctor of Philosophy or Ph.D. in instructional design focuses on substantive advancement of theoretical research within a discipline, an applied doctorate degree like Franklin University’s transfer-friendly Professional Studies - Instructional Design Leadership program, focuses on knowledge expansion within the discipline combined with knowledge application in the real-world setting.