Learning Designer I

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: Commensurate with experience

Position Summary

The Center for Teaching and Learning is looking for a Learning Designer to partner with faculty on the design of blended and online learning experiences for the purpose of advancing departmental curriculum goals. The Learning Designer would collaborate in the planning and development of educational projects defined by faculty or school partners.

Responsibilities

• Partners with faculty on the design (developing learning objectives, designing assessments, and co-creating deliverables) of student-centered learning experiences for blended and online courses. Partners with faculty on the implementation of designs for a variety of modalities, platforms, and scales often leveraging emerging educational technologies, learning science research, and learning analytics. 
• Manages (timeline and scope) learning design for small teaching and learning projects like on-demand resources, learning objects, or course design, often collaborating with other learning designers. instructional materials for using technologies covered in the course.  Provides guidance to programmers and designers on development of digital materials.
• Conducts outreach and follow up with assigned departments and schools. Develops strong working relationships with academic staff and effectively accesses institutional resources.  Provides guidance and direction for key stakeholders/clients and maintains office open hours.
• Collaborates on the development of related resources such as documentation, on-demand resources, and educational development materials. Designs and delivers workshops for instructors on a variety of online tools and media services especially LMS support materials.
• Stays abreast of emerging research in learning design and evolving standards in educational practice.  
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and a minimum of 2-4 years of related experience.

• Extensive experience using Macs and Windows machines.

• Knowledge of educational technology, research in the learning sciences, and data analytics.

• Proficiency with HTML and CSS.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity of pedagogical concepts and instructional technology issues.

• Familiarity with programming concepts and techniques.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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