Our Graduate Certificate in Learning Experience Design and Technology (LXDT) teaches you today's in-demand learning design skills through meaningful, learner-centered experiences and flexible, customizable coursework. Today's learning designers are facing unique and rapidly evolving challenges. They must create environments that combine in-person, online, and mobile learning while taking advantage of our media-rich, digital, networked world. For your educational design career to grow and thrive, you need to stay on top of not only today's trends but also tomorrow's advances.<br>Northeastern's Graduate Certificate Learning Experience Design and Technology provides an experience-based curriculum designed for the challenges facing today's learning designers, educators, trainers, and instructional technologists in higher education, pre-K-12, government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. Youll strengthen your design and instructional thinking to create educational experiences that meet today's demands and expectations.<br>Youll receive both foundational and advanced design-related coursework taught by industry experts. And youll be able to hone your classwork through real-world, skill-building opportunities to expand your expertise and network.<br>Plus, your certificate can stack into the Master of Professional Studies in Learning Experience Design and Technology program for those who arent ready for a full master's program.<br>Career Outlook<br>Educators with the skills and experience to tackle today's educational design challenges are finding themselves in demand across the industry:<br><br>Employment for training and development specialists is projected to grow 9% between 2019 and 2029much faster than the average rate. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)<br>It's projected that 37,300 job openings will be available for training and development specialists between 2019 and 2029. (ONET Online)