Learning Designer

About the role

The Learning Designer is a member of a course development team within the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning whose work focuses on designing and developing high quality online learning experiences. This position will collaborate with faculty to create inclusively designed online courses for new, online graduate degree programs.

Responsibilities

• Supporting faculty in the development of courses by applying knowledge of learning sciences research, design methodologies, and expertise with learning technologies to the vision of a large portfolio of programs and courses.
• Developing and delivering resource materials, workshops and presentations to support faculty’s digital pedagogy.
• Documenting and sharing course development benchmarks, outcomes and metrics for success.
• Solving high-level problems as faculty employ instructional design & technology methods.
• Piloting new technological and pedagogical strategies.
• Collaborating with diverse campus groups to support online teaching and learning.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in learning sciences, education, or related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in instructional design and/or online course design in higher education required.
• At least 1 year supporting faculty with designing new fully-online asynchronous online programs (for positions on the Digital Learning & Design online team) or at least 1 year of supporting faculty with designing in multi-modal programs including blended, noncredit, in-person and online (for the Digital Learning & Design design team) required.
• Postsecondary teaching and/or training experience required.
• Experience applying adult learning theory and learning design methodologies to a learning experience, required.
• Experience applying project management methodology to effectively leading instructional projects, required.