Editor Note: This is a review of our D.Sc. Instructional Design and Technology program completed by former graduate student, Jeanne Stork,D.Sc., and as published on her educational technology online portfolio website where she reports and gives insights into the use of technology in Special Education.
Review: D.Sc. Instructional Design and Technology
By Jeanne Stork
Special Education Instructional Technology Teacher
I am very pleased with my education at Blue Marble University.
The lessons that I learned help me in my current career and may assist me to begin a second career when I retire from teaching. I am delighted that my D.Sc. in Instructional Design and Technology has been evaluated as equivalent to a United States doctorate degree by a foreign transcript evaluation company!
This was a successful program for me. I previously earned master’s degrees from two different accredited United States universities and am working under two teaching certifications (special education and instructional technology). I chose a different path for my doctorate. I know people with Ph.D. degrees from prestigious accredited brick-and-mortar United States universities who could not find work in their fields. Nothing is certain in life regardless of our choices, but I am happy that I took a chance on Blue Marble University. I wanted a better balance between practical, theory, and research classes than I felt that I could get at typical American universities.
Thank you, Blue Marble University! I already use much of what I learned with the students and staff in my current job, and anything that helps me to be a better teacher and technology coordinator is a good thing.
I chose Blue Marble University after researching various options. I chose Blue Marble University’s Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Instructional Design and Technology program after having been accepted into three well-respected (including one quite prestigious) post-graduate (master’s degree required) programs in fully accredited United States universities. I had to drop out of each of these programs because of now- resolved personal issues that needed my time and full attention. Instead of returning to one of my previous universities, I weighed all of my options and chose Blue Marble University, knowing full well that it is not accredited by a United States agency. I did not dislike the other programs; I just felt that Blue Marble University was a better match to help me to achieve my personal goals. I particularly enjoyed the larger number of project-based courses. The less expensive tuition was a very nice bonus! As I told one of my bosses, I liked Blue Marble University’s balance between educational theory, advanced practical skills, and personal research.
If knowledge and practical skills are what you are after, you can learn them at Blue Marble University. My original idea was to go to a U.S. university and then become a college professor, but I know too many out-of-work professors. I decided to take a different path. My focus was on learning new skills to help my students and my school as a whole.
I am extremely happy with my doctorate program at Blue Marble University. One transcript evaluation clearly states: “JEANNE STORK holds the U.S. equivalent of a DOCTOR OF EDUCATION IN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY awarded by Regionally Accredited Universities in the United States.”
Another evaluation states that my degree is equivalent to a “Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.) … awarded by the regionally accredited colleges and universities of the United States of America.” There are foreign degree and transcript evaluators that will give you positive results when evaluating degrees and transcripts from Blue Marble University, but you might have to try several different companies (or you might have success the first time). Maybe soon more evaluators will see the benefits of alternative educational studies.
I am pleased with my decision and encourage anyone who is considering innovative alternative education to look into Blue Marble University’s Doctor of Science in Instructional Design and Technology. Some employers and schools will accept the foreign transcript evaluators who provided me with positive evaluations. Other employers and schools might only accept evaluations from their own narrow lists of pre-approved foreign transcript evaluation companies that may or may not give you a positive degree evaluation. My work does not offer a pay increase for having a doctorate degree, so it was not important for me to attend a United States accredited university. As I previously mentioned, there are no guarantees in life even for graduates of accredited United States brick-and-mortar universities, but I feel prepared for whatever the future may bring.
Blue Marble University was the correct choice for me.
Excerpted from Jeanne Stork website permitting Reblog:
https://drjeanneestork-specialedu-dscedutech.com/2019/06/07/reviewdscinstructionaldesignandtechnology/
Doctoral Programs at Blue Marble University: https://bluemarbleuniversity.com/list-of-doctoral-degrees-offered/
How to Apply: https://bluemarbleuniversity.com/application-to-doctoral-programs/
Tuition only $3,750 USD per year:
https://bluemarbleuniversity.com/tuition-and-other-costs/