UNIV - Instructional Designer, Team Manager - College of Health Professions

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the Instructional Design Team (35%)
• Provide day-to-day oversight of the Instructional Design Team’s operations (intake, prioritization, task assignment, timelines, and status reporting).
• Cook up work across instructional and technical partners; assign/sequence tasks within the Instructional Design Team to meet academic timelines.
• Lead the promotion, integration, and use of learning technologies.
• Oversee current instructional design and learning technology knowledge and share updates and recommendations with the team and DEIT.
• Provide faculty, staff, and student support (25%)
• Provide front-line support for the Learning Management System (LMS) and related teaching tools; triage issues and escalate as appropriate.
• Create, maintain, and standardize instructional reference materials (guides, templates, job aids) for faculty and students to support consistent tool use.
• Develop and manage faculty relationships to implement improvements to new and existing courses; coordinate team consultation (20%)
• Consult with faculty on course revisions; coordinate updates to online course content based on feedback, outcomes, and best practices.
• Cook with faculty (in person and remotely) and subject matter experts to design, develop, support, and evaluate high-quality online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses.
• Support faculty in meeting course objectives by providing targeted lessons and resources on instructional design best practices.
• Cook with DEIT to establish a strategic roadmap and coordinate the Instructional Design Team’s efforts to support the successful launch of three semesters each year.
• Consult regularly with faculty, staff, and students on their use of technology; solicit feedback, analyze trends, and recommend improvements.
• Perform other duties as required.

  Qualifications

  • Hold a terminal degree in education, education technology, instructional design, or a related field.
  • Have at least three years of experience in instructional design.
  • Have administrative, leadership, and teaching experience.
  • Experience in project management through formal training and demonstrated responsibilities.
  • Experience designing courses within an LMS (preferably D2L).
  • Experience working closely with SMEs in a higher education environment to design courses in online and hybrid formats.
  • Experience developing interactive course content utilizing digital creation tools such as Articulate and H5P.
  • Knowledge of best practices for supporting and/or integrating Universal Design for Learning, digital accessibility, and Open Educational Resources.
  • Must be responsive, team-oriented, reliable, and detail-oriented.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and project management skills.

    Required Experience & Additional Skills

    • Hold a terminal degree in education, education technology, instructional design, or a related field.
    • Have at least three years of experience in instructional design.
    • Have administrative, leadership, and teaching experience.
    • Experience in project management through formal training and demonstrated responsibilities.
    • Experience designing courses within an LMS (preferably D2L).
    • Experience working closely with SMEs in a higher education environment to design courses in online and hybrid formats.
    • Experience developing interactive course content utilizing digital creation tools such as Articulate and H5P.
    • Knowledge of best practices for supporting and/or integrating Universal Design for Learning, digital accessibility, and Open Educational Resources.
    • Must be responsive, team-oriented, reliable, and detail-oriented.
    • Excellent interpersonal communication and project management skills.