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Stories, strategies, and actionable knowledge — putting HGSE’s powerful ideas into practice.
With deep expertise that connects research, practice, and policy, HGSE faculty are leaders in the field.
Get to know our community — and all the ways to learn, collaborate, connect, develop your career, and build your network.
Faculty-led programs to deepen your impact and build your effectiveness as an educator and leader.
Access the premiere education subject library for Harvard University.
Access the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, Career Services, and other key resources.
Explore opportunities to grow, build connections, and create change.
Explore our programs — offering exceptional academic preparation, opportunities for growth, and the tools to make an impact.
Find everything you need to apply for and finance your graduate education.
Stories, strategies, and actionable knowledge — putting HGSE’s powerful ideas into practice.
With deep expertise that connects research, practice, and policy, HGSE faculty are leaders in the field.
Get to know our community — and all the ways to learn, collaborate, connect, develop your career, and build your network.
Faculty-led programs to deepen your impact and build your effectiveness as an educator and leader.
Access the premiere education subject library for Harvard University.
Access the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, Career Services, and other key resources.
Explore opportunities to grow, build connections, and create change.
Degrees & Programs
If you have program-specific questions, please contact LDIT Assistant Director Rilda Kissel.
If you have admissions-related questions, please email gseadmissions@harvard.edu.
In our Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology (LDIT) Program, you will tackle promising and challenging frontiers of education — leveraging the science of learning, applying innovations in education technology, and developing powerful pedagogies to improve learning outcomes. You will experience a diverse, inclusive, and high-energy environment, while learning from leading HGSE faculty and top industry practitioners, as well as your fellow cohort members. Our LDIT Program will equip you to work in educational media and technology, instructional design, and curriculum development, to create new learning materials and experiences for preK–12 schools, colleges and universities, 21^st century workplaces, and informal settings.
“So much of young people’s learning today takes place out of school, and it impacts how we need to design learning experiences. In this program we study the evolution and science of learning — exploring the impact of innovations in pedagogy and technology, identifying ways these insights and tools can help us improve learning designs, and making progress toward generating better student outcomes.”
Joe Blatt 
Faculty Co-Chair
After completing the LDIT Program, you will have gained a deeper understanding of core competencies that explore how to: 
The LDIT Program is designed to help you gain the knowledge and practice the skills essential to designing and implementing learning experiences. A minimum of 42 credits are required to graduate with an Ed.M. degree from HGSE.
The main elements of the 2022–23 academic year curriculum are:
To fulfill the program requirement, you must take a minimum of 12 credits specific to LDIT, including the following:  
Explore our course catalog.
Note, all information and courses are subject to change.
Students will work closely with faculty associated with their area of study, but students can also work with and take courses with faculty throughout HGSE and Harvard. View our faculty directory for a full list of HGSE faculty.
Joe Blatt is an expert in children’s media, interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior.
Karen Brennan directs the Creative Computing Lab at HGSE and focuses on the design of learning experiences in K–12 computer science to cultivate agency.
The LDIT Program prepares you for a variety of career pathways, including: 
Though LDIT, you will join a remarkable cohort of passionate educators and creative thinkers who represent diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experience levels. Guest speakers, alumni networking, student-organized initiatives, and social events all contribute to the creation of a cohesive and supportive peer group. The LDIT community also is part of the larger HGSE family — preparing you and your cohort members for the opportunity to change the world through your impact on excellence and equity in education.
Tell us about yourself so that we can tailor our communication to best fit your interests and provide you with relevant information about our programs, events, and other opportunities to connect with us.
Explore examples of the Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology experience and the impact its community is making on the field:
Master’s student breaks out in Hollywood as she breaks stereotypes
Degrees & Programs
If you have program-specific questions, please contact LDIT Assistant Director Rilda Kissel.
If you have admissions-related questions, please email gseadmissions@harvard.edu.
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Explore our programs — offering exceptional academic preparation, opportunities for growth, and the tools to make an impact.
Find everything you need to apply for and finance your graduate education.
Stories, strategies, and actionable knowledge — putting HGSE’s powerful ideas into practice.
With deep expertise that connects research, practice, and policy, HGSE faculty are leaders in the field.
Get to know our community — and all the ways to learn, collaborate, connect, develop your career, and build your network.
Faculty-led programs to deepen your impact and build your effectiveness as an educator and leader.
Access the premiere education subject library for Harvard University.
Access the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, Career Services, and other key resources.
Explore opportunities to grow, build connections, and create change.
Explore our programs — offering exceptional academic preparation, opportunities for growth, and the tools to make an impact.
Find everything you need to apply for and finance your graduate education.
Stories, strategies, and actionable knowledge — putting HGSE’s powerful ideas into practice.
With deep expertise that connects research, practice, and policy, HGSE faculty are leaders in the field.
Get to know our community — and all the ways to learn, collaborate, connect, develop your career, and build your network.
Faculty-led programs to deepen your impact and build your effectiveness as an educator and leader.
Access the premiere education subject library for Harvard University.
Access the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, Career Services, and other key resources.
Explore opportunities to grow, build connections, and create change.
Degrees & Programs
If you have program-specific questions, please contact LDIT Assistant Director Rilda Kissel.
If you have admissions-related questions, please email gseadmissions@harvard.edu.
In our Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology (LDIT) Program, you will tackle promising and challenging frontiers of education — leveraging the science of learning, applying innovations in education technology, and developing powerful pedagogies to improve learning outcomes. You will experience a diverse, inclusive, and high-energy environment, while learning from leading HGSE faculty and top industry practitioners, as well as your fellow cohort members. Our LDIT Program will equip you to work in educational media and technology, instructional design, and curriculum development, to create new learning materials and experiences for preK–12 schools, colleges and universities, 21^st century workplaces, and informal settings.
“So much of young people’s learning today takes place out of school, and it impacts how we need to design learning experiences. In this program we study the evolution and science of learning — exploring the impact of innovations in pedagogy and technology, identifying ways these insights and tools can help us improve learning designs, and making progress toward generating better student outcomes.”
Joe Blatt 
Faculty Co-Chair
After completing the LDIT Program, you will have gained a deeper understanding of core competencies that explore how to: 
The LDIT Program is designed to help you gain the knowledge and practice the skills essential to designing and implementing learning experiences. A minimum of 42 credits are required to graduate with an Ed.M. degree from HGSE.
The main elements of the 2022–23 academic year curriculum are:
To fulfill the program requirement, you must take a minimum of 12 credits specific to LDIT, including the following:  
Explore our course catalog.
Note, all information and courses are subject to change.
Students will work closely with faculty associated with their area of study, but students can also work with and take courses with faculty throughout HGSE and Harvard. View our faculty directory for a full list of HGSE faculty.
Joe Blatt is an expert in children’s media, interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior.
Karen Brennan directs the Creative Computing Lab at HGSE and focuses on the design of learning experiences in K–12 computer science to cultivate agency.
The LDIT Program prepares you for a variety of career pathways, including: 
Though LDIT, you will join a remarkable cohort of passionate educators and creative thinkers who represent diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experience levels. Guest speakers, alumni networking, student-organized initiatives, and social events all contribute to the creation of a cohesive and supportive peer group. The LDIT community also is part of the larger HGSE family — preparing you and your cohort members for the opportunity to change the world through your impact on excellence and equity in education.
Tell us about yourself so that we can tailor our communication to best fit your interests and provide you with relevant information about our programs, events, and other opportunities to connect with us.
Explore examples of the Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology experience and the impact its community is making on the field:
Master’s student breaks out in Hollywood as she breaks stereotypes
Degrees & Programs
If you have program-specific questions, please contact LDIT Assistant Director Rilda Kissel.
If you have admissions-related questions, please email gseadmissions@harvard.edu.
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