Director of Online & eLearning

About the role

The Director of Online & eLearning is a newly created position housed in the Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. The successful candidate will provide University-level long-term and day-to-day management of e-Learning activities (online and hybrid courses and programs and quality assurance) offered by the University.

Responsibilities

• Works with faculty to develop appropriately unified course format and packaging to provide students with seamless and user-friendly online learning as they take different courses and to explore and develop new fully online/hybrid course offerings (graduate and undergraduate).
• Mets regularly with the Deans and Chairs and the Departmental Program Committees to develop and revise responsive plans for the Colleges and Departments’ initiatives in online education, and to revise online curriculum, and online program delivery.
• Works with the Faculty Information Technology Committee (FITC) to update policies and administrative practices and to collaborate with academic stakeholders to develop strategic plan for online/hybrid learning.
• Coodinates the approval process for new and revises online/hybrid courses/programs and monitors faculty online/hybrid courses (for compliance with policies).
• Develops faculty workshops on online pedagogy, understanding and applying Quality Matter rubric, and certification for teaching online.
• Conducts formative assessments of faculty online teaching abilities, recommending opportunities for improving those abilities.

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Experience: Minimum of three years’ experience in online education, distance education, or related field.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Other Characteristics: Good writing skills for higher education communications, Understanding of adult learning theories and online learning theories, Ability to provide professional development for faculty, Minimum of three years’ experience with a learning management system (Blackboard Learn preferred), Quality Matters Certified, OLC Certified.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in online education, distance education, or related field.
• Minimum of three years’ experience with a learning management system (Blackboard Learn preferred).
• Quality Matters Certified, OLC Certified.

Skills

• Good writing skills for higher education communications.
• Understanding of adult learning theories and online learning theories.
• Ability to provide professional development for faculty.
• Minimum of three years’ experience with a learning management system (Blackboard Learn preferred).
• Quality Matters Certified, OLC Certified.

Benefits

Coppin State University offers a competitive benefits package to include health insurance options (medical, dental, vision), life and disability insurance, retirement plan contributions, as well as paid leave and federal holidays for all regular employees. Please see the link below to view the benefits that Coppin State University has to offer. https://www.coppin.edu/benefits.

Pay

$110,000 annually

Schedule

N/A