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Identifying Learner Needs and a Research
School of Education
About This Course
WGU Catalog 2026-03Identifying Learner Needs and a Research Problem is the first of three capstone courses in the program. This course provides an introduction to design-based research and focuses specifically on the first two phases of the design-based research process: identifying and analyzing the learning problem and reviewing the literature. This course also requires that learners continue applying Design Thinking as they empathize with learners and define the instructional problem that their research will help them understand and address. Finally, this course teaches learners how to conduct a literature review to determine what research has already been done and what is unknown about their research topic. Learning Experience Design Lab is a prerequisite for this course.
Official catalog text — WGU-authored.
First in catalog2022-06StatusActiveCurrent degrees3Total degree appearances5
Included in Current Degrees (3)
- Master of Education, Education Technology and Instructional Design
- Master of Education, Education Technology and Instructional Design [MEDETIDA]
- Master of Education, Education Technology and Instructional Design [MEDETID]
Previously Appeared in Retired Degrees (4)
- Master of Science, Learning Experience Design and Educational Technology [[UNKNOWN]]from 2022-06
- Master of Science, Learning Experience Design and Educational Technologyfrom 2022-06
- Master of Education, Education Technology and Instructional Design [MEDETID]from 2023-11
- Master of Education, Education Technology and Instructional Design [MEDETIDA]from 2023-11
Also known as in catalog
- Identifying Learner Needs and a Research Problem
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