AI Education Specialist

About the role

The Artificial Intelligence Academic Initiatives (AI2) Center team, a unit within UFIT, is currently seeking an intermediate level AI Education Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Create interactive trainings that enables educators to critically engage with AI technologies, understand their broader impacts, apply them to their courses, and help prepare learning experiences for instructors.
• Present and facilitate AI professional development programs, courses, and workshops for faculty and instructors from diverse disciplines, emphasizing theoretical knowledge and practical applications of AI for education.
• Act as a content expert and support for AI faculty learning communities (FLC).
• Organize workshops, seminars, and training sessions specifically for educators, focusing on effective pedagogical strategies to integrate AI and academic integrity into their teaching.
• Advise faculty on meaningful inclusion of AI within their teaching practice and extended curricula.
• Develop AI course sites, online modules, learning aids, and materials to support learning experiences.
• Create and distribute pedagogical resources, including instructional materials and multimedia content, to enhance faculty’s capability to teach AI concepts.
• Set up faculty development networks or communities of practice focused on AI education, where faculty can exchange ideas, strategies, and experiences.
• Support and consult with UF faculty interested in conducting scholarship of teaching and learning projects about AI in their learning contexts.
• Keep abreast of the latest advancements in AI technologies and their impact on various industries.
• Regularly inform and update faculty with pertinent insights, research findings, and practical applications of AI that can be integrated into their teaching methods.

Requirements

• Master's degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and four years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable instructional design / professional development training experience.
• Proficiency with learning/course management systems and platforms.
• Practical knowledge of AI applications in a variety of educational contexts.
• Understanding of fundamental concepts underlying AI technologies and awareness of ethical considerations related to AI in educational settings.
• Knowledgeable about learning theories and teaching methodologies as they apply to educator professional development.
• Experience in visual design and the integration of multimedia tools used to facilitate online education.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience working in a higher education setting.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent intrapersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Adobe, Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Ease with learning new programs and competence in project management skills is desired.

Skills

• Instructional design
• Professional development
• Learning management systems
• AI applications in education
• Teaching methodologies
• Visual design
• Collaboration
• Higher education
• Communication
• Adobe
• Microsoft Office

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$65,000 - $70,000; commensurate based on education and experience.

Schedule

Not specified.