Learning Designer I

Responsibilities

• Partners with faculty on the design (developing learning objectives, designing assessments, and co-creating deliverables) of student-centered learning experiences for in-person, hybrid, and/or online courses.
• Supports 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 to design instructional materials for using technologies covered in the course.
• Provides guidance to programmers and designers on the 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 support for office open hours and knowledge-base and ticketing.
• Collaborates on the development of workshops and related resources such as documentation, on-demand resources, and educational development materials.
• Offers support 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and or its equivalent.
• 2-4 years of related experience.
• Extensive experience using Macs and Windows machines.
• Knowledge of educational technology, research in the learning sciences, and data/learning analytics.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.