Events
MLTD Info Session: June 4th
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Virtual
Please join us via Zoom for an information session about the fully-online Master of Learning and Talent Development degree program. Meet staff and faculty, and get answers to all of your questions!
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The University of Minnesota campuses were built on the traditional homelands of the Dakota and Ojibwe, and scores of other Indigenous peoples who have walked on these lands from time immemorial. It is important to acknowledge the peoples on whose land we live, learn, and work as we seek to improve and strengthen our relations with our tribal nations. We also acknowledge that words are not enough. We must ensure that our institution provides support, resources, and programs that increase access to all aspects of higher education for our American Indian students, staff, faculty, and community members.
About the MLTD program
The Master of Learning and Talent Development (MLTD) is an entirely online graduate degree that prepares you to lead training and development in organizations, assess when various development strategies are needed, and implement and evaluate solutions for organizational change.
As a student in the online MLTD program, you are part of virtually everything our department, college, and world-class university have to offer graduate students (although it may be more accurate to say everything offered virtually, unless you happen to be located near campus). OLPD hosts workshops, seminars, and networking events every semester which are accessible online via Zoom. The Graduate League of OLPD (GLO) is open to all of our graduate students, totaling nearly 500 people across more than 20 graduate programs. You'll receive full access to the University's library system and associated resources, student benefits, and much, much more.
MLTD students gain the capacity to:
- Demonstrate how HRD contributes to organizational strategy and apply appropriate models and methods as part of strategic planning
- Communicate effectively in front of both small and large groups of people, both in person and online
- Quickly assess and distill the necessary skills and knowledge needed in the subjects for which they design and implement training
- Provide people-based solutions to their organizations or clients, both in-person and online
- Become a better leader of people and projects
- Design and deploy organizational learning programs
- Design and implement DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs for an organization
- Assess, design, implement, and evaluate training, leadership, and organization development programs
- Explore and develop soft skills needed by leaders, such as effective emotional intelligence, proactive social awareness, and relationship management.
It is possible to remain fully employed while completing requirements for this degree.
Program curriculum
This is an online, asynchronous program for career-minded individuals looking for additional academic support and skills in learning and talent development. The program consists of eleven courses totaling 33 credits:
- Consulting for Organization Change
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Evaluation in Human Resource Development
- Introduction to Applied Research for HRD Professionals
- Instructional Design for E-Learning
- Introduction to Human Resource Development
- Leadership Training
- Organization Development
- Strategic Human Resource Development
- Strategies for Teaching AdultsTraining and Development
Your host
Ana Carolina Rodriguez
Dr. Rodriguez is the faculty Coordinator of the MLTD Program and also a doctoral alumna of the department (PhD, Human Resource Development). She has over 20 years of experience in the fields of Organization Development and Human Resources, having worked as an HR/OD manager, an OD consultant, and leading her own small consulting business.