Instructional Designer

Description

Life University seeks an instructional designer (ID) for the university to execute our mission of providing a high-quality, global online educational experience through excellence in instructional design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculty subject matter experts (smes) and other relevant stakeholders to systematically (re)design standardized online courses as well as a variety of resources related to the enhancement of online learning experiences;

• Guide faculty smes through the systematic analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of online instruction, assignments, assessments, interactions, and technologies;

• Ensure instructional alignment in online courses;

• Ensure that courses are designed at the appropriate level based on how they are mapped to the program-level curriculum;

• Ensure that online courses adhere strictly to Quality Matters instructional-design standards;

• Train and support faculty smes in the application of best practices in online course design;

• Promote a student-centered approach to instruction, assignments, assessments, interactions, and technologies;

• Promote active learning strategies;

• Promote instructional techniques that maximize transfer of learning to real-life professional contexts;

• Promote low- and no-cost instructional materials whenever possible;

• Promote inclusive, diverse, and accessible learning experiences;

• Conduct quality assurance checks on all faculty SME deliverables;

• Postproduce instruction in our Blackboard learning management system.

Requirements

Education, Training and/or Experience

• A Master's degree in instructional design, instructional technology, or related field from an accredited College or University.

• Five or more years of related experience in higher education.

• Quality Matters peer reviewer training.

• Three or more years of experience using Blackboard or similar LMS.

• Experience using authoring tools such as Camtasia, SoftChalk, and Articulate.

Preferred

• Professional certification in online course design.

• Experience teaching online and/or face-to-face courses

• Experience using Adobe creative software such as Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrate, etc.