On October 16, Dr. Liz Owens Boltz was named a 2024 Outstanding Supervisor by MSU’s WorkLife Office. Liz is the Director of three master’s programs in the College of Education: Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET); Master of Arts in Education (MAED); and Master of Arts in Learning Experience Design (MAXLD). In this role,… Read More »
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Highlights from the MALXD Spring Sprint Series
This spring, Michigan State University’s new Master of Arts in Learning Experience Design (MALXD) program hosted a two-day sprint series that brought designers from across the country together to learn about the ways social justice, accessibility, AI, and creativity interact with learning experience design. If you weren’t able to attend or are just here to learn, this post shares all of the resources you’ll need to work through the series on your own.
Fast-Track Your Learning Design Skills with the MALXD Virtual Workshop Sprint Series
Become a more socially-conscious, future-ready learning designer with peers who are interested in the same goals. The Master of Arts in Learning Experience Design (MALXD) program has received wonderful feedback for our recent four-part Wednesday Workshop series. We’ve loved connecting with everyone through conversation and shared questions and ideas! This made us think…how can we… Read More »
The MALXD Learner Insight Fellowship
The Master of Arts in Learning Experience Design (MALXD) program is excited to offer a unique fellowship opportunity to our inaugural cohort of MALXD learners! The Learner Insight Fellowship recognizes the ways MALXD enacts elements of our programmatic promise: We are able to offer 25 admitted MALXD learners a $1,000 Learner Insight Fellowship. Requirements: Funding… Read More »
New Master of Arts in Learning Experience Design (MALXD) program announced
MAET Design Series: Creating the Spark
Once we have done the critical reflection and planning required, we move to something that we like to call the “spark” of the MAET learning experience. This is that gut feeling…that creative twist…that extra bit of magic…that captivating element of the design that illuminates the learning experience. We’ve thought a lot about how we get… Read More »
MAET Design Series: Brainstorming Possibilities
We love to brainstorm! This is probably an understatement if you know us, so please allow us to emphasize it: we love to brainstorm! Whether we’re brainstorming around a challenge that has emerged, a creative vision that one of us has dreamt up, costumes for Halloween, or an idea to streamline a process, we have… Read More »
MAET at #MACUL23: GIFs of Imagination
This year’s theme of the MACUL Conference is, “Unboxing Education,” and it calls to encourage participants to imagine, innovate, and inspire. Every year at MACUL, we try to do something fun — and dare we say innovative — at our booth. We always hope that the interactive twist we put on a standard booth’s experience… Read More »
MAET Design Series: Focusing on the Learner
In keeping in line with the Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) program’s core principles, we make a commitment to provide support to our learners from application to beyond graduation. This is because the heart of the MAET program is our learners—they are the reason why we do what we do. Our learners are… Read More »
Welcome our new Academic Program Coordinator, Heather Williamson!
We are excited to welcome a familiar face to Team MAET – Heather (formerly Johnson) Williamson! As the MAET Academic Program Coordinator, Heather enjoys assisting all members of the MAET community – current students, prospective students, instructors, and alumni. Heather received her degree from Davenport University and has been a part of the MSU community… Read More »