An Academic Program Profile: Purdue University

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• 作者：Marisa Exter and James Lehman
• 刊名：Performance Improvement
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May/June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：55
• 期：5
• 页码：14-33
• 全文大小：316K
• ISSN：1930-8272

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Located in Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University has a well-established history as a land-grant university with strong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. Purdue’s learning design and technology (LDT) program resides in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction within the College of Education. Residential PhD and master’s programs as well as fully available online master’s programs are provided. The LDT program has specialized offerings in a corporate or education track for their master’s students, embracing various needs and interest in corporate, government, and non-profit settings as well as K-12 and higher education settings, respectively. The LDT program has 10 full-time well-established faculty members, and they are actively involved in research and development activities, often involving students. The program is working on developing the knowledge and skills of the program’s graduates by incorporating innovative approaches such as competency-based programs, badging, and portfolios.