Hear from our students about their journey to Boise State Online’s Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning (OPWL) program.
Steven Zeller
The OPWL program has expanded Steven Zeller’s skill set in his instructional design career. Learn more about his experience building community and connecting with faculty in the program. Closed captions and a video transcript are available.
Featured Students and Alumni
Jess Finer
“I gained project management and executive engagement skills in the program. I definitely leverage the backbone of human performance improvement in my day-to-day job to ensure that we’re driving towards a strategic initiative and hitting our goals.”
Rob Guerin
“The other students in the program are equally — if not more — supportive [than the faculty]. You develop a community pretty quickly, and even though it’s online, you form relationships. You are going to have growth.”
Lenz Bayas
“I was pleasantly surprised at the sheer depth and breadth of knowledge and experience I had amassed in such a short amount of time. I’ve successfully made the pivot to independent consulting and am not looking back!”
Claudia Achilles
“When I started this program, I wondered if I could do it because no one in my family has done this before. I know I’m trailblazing, and it’s really exciting. I hope somebody somewhere else recognizes that there’s a place for them and that they belong here.”
Sarah Poe
“Everybody in this program gets a bit of a bespoke experience. That’s not available in a lot of online learning settings — especially at giant universities. Boise State has been doing this for so long that they are way ahead in the field. It’s been an incredible experience.”
Alexis Bolick
“I work in a huge health system, where some of my curriculum design decisions can affect thousands of people. However, I know they trust me to do this work because of the OPWL program and the evidence-based practices I employ. Every class has been relevant to my job.”
Hear From Students and Graduates
Teachers Transitioning into Instructional Design
Are you considering leaving the classroom and transitioning to the private sector and working in learning and development? We have experience helping educators shift fields and find success.
The Association for Talent Development blog series articles are written by graduates of the Master of Science in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning and the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Instructional Design. See what others from a similar background were able to accomplish!
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If you are not yet accepted into the program, please contact a student success coach for support.
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