I was cruising the job listings in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and found an interesting ad. I thought I'd share it here to show what at least one university is doing to help move toward more DE.
And the position is available at the University of the Sciences (in Philadelphia), if anyone's interested!
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Position Title: Instructional DesignerDepartment: Academic Technology
Reports to: Executive Director of Academic Technology
Position summary: The Instructional Designer will provide instructional as well as program design expertise for the development and support of hybrid courses, online courses, and specialized educational programs. This position is responsible for managing the instructional development process, setting standards for assisting faculty in the design of online curriculum and instruction, development of learning resources, and retooling of courses and course segments for online delivery methods.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
--Develop and institute instructional and pedagogical policies for the creation and delivery of online courses.
--Collaborate with faculty on instructional design issues and manage online course development. --Train and support faculty in the use of the learning management system (Blackboard/Angel) with special attention to building quality online learning programs, and online learning best practices via face-to-face workshops, webinars, and self-study screencast modules.
--Develop curriculum guides for courses and/or program components. Provide design and production assistance and supervise student workers to help faculty in the development of online content.
Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree required (Master's degree preferred) in Instructional Technology, Educational Technology, Technical Communication, or related field 3-5 years of experience in online course and curriculum design in higher education. Experience incorporating technology in a classroom setting and working with university faculty Experience with graphic and multimedia authoring software is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: Advanced knowledge of principle and practices of instructional design and e-learning; familiarity with multimedia and web design technology Excellent written and verbal communication skills; interpersonal skills; customer service orientation and ability to work in a team environment.
This position requires a highly motivated, take charge individual with a proven track record as a self-starter with excellent organizational skills.
Wow, thanks for sharing. It would be a long commute form California, but is interesting to see what kind of jobs other universities are creating to meet the needs of distance education. I would love to learn more about the org chart of this university and how they are teaching courses with other faculty.
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Will--I have adjunct taught for this specific university (I have a lot of my local U's in my adjunct history!) and I can tell you that this University is barely beginning to emerge into the modern age in many ways. One example--although they use Angel as an LMS and I could accept assignments and provide student feedback through it, it is not connected to their registrar's office. So to turn in final grades I had to fill in a form by hand and submit it (in person, during business hours, thus causing me to take half a day off of work) to the registrar's office. Nuts!
ReplyDeleteSo it did not surprise me that this university would be looking for this role advertised here. They clearly are looking for someone to pull the U into the 21st century. :)
Thanks for sharing! I always enjoy looking at job descriptions of organizations because I feel like youc an begin to see where some of their priorities and values are. And after reading your comment on this regarding your history with them- it looks like they be making some positive changes! -Melanie-
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