Instructional Designer Job

Duties/Functions

• • Support faculty, programs, and course teams to incorporate instructional design theory, teaching and learning pedagogy, and best practices in online education through course design and delivery.
  • Develop course design templates, checklists, guidelines, and best practices.
  • Through consultation with faculty, design and develop digital media assets to enhance instruction and support the attainment of student learning outcomes. Remain proficient in the use of digital media tools and software.
  • Apply student-centered, evidence-based learning theory and best practices to course design.
  • Support faculty assessment of student learning outcomes, especially in integrating measurable outcomes and mapping and reporting learning outcomes in a Learning Management System.
  • Utilize learning outcomes and other analytical tools to measure student outcomes.

• Train faculty on various instructional design topics such as pedagogical best practices, course design, learning theory, effective use of instructional technology tools, Quality Matters, accessibility, and compliance requirements.
• Develop instructional support materials
• Model best practices in online teaching while facilitating training in asynchronous and synchronous formats.

• Demonstrate knowledge of online learning regulatory and compliance agency requirements including: UDL, ADA, Section 508 compliance, FERPA, and other applicable laws, rules and regulations related to online learning.
• Collaborate with Disability Access Services to ensure ADA compliance of instructional materials.
• Coordinate the eLearning peer review process through continual communication to instructors whose courses are under review and work with assigned faculty teams to provide detailed feedback.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply project management processes to instructional design projects.

• Evaluate, select, and assess new instructional technology tools, strategies, and resources.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

• Serve on college committees as requested.
• Participate in job-related workshops and training to enhance job performance.
• Attend departmental meetings and the college’s All Personnel meetings.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Difficult Challenges

• Working with faculty to ensure compliance with Quality Matters standards.
• Review of courses for ADA compliance.
• Faculty adoption of course templates across all GTCC disciplines

Contacts

• Faculty
• eLearning staff members
• eLearning Director
• Deans
• Associate Vice President of Instruction
• Vice President of Instruction

Education Required

• Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction, Distance Education, Learning/Instructional Design, or related degree from a post-secondary institution.
• Quality Matters Higher Education Peer Reviewer Certification or possess the qualifications to attain it within nine months of hire. Eligibility requirements to become a QM Certified Peer Reviewer include:
  • • Successful completion of the Applying the QM Rubric Workshop and the Peer Reviewer Course.
    • Current for-credit online teaching experience (within the last 18 months).
    • Complete an Application and a Memo of Understanding. Submit to QM.
    • Be a current Higher Education Subscriber (Affiliated with an institutional subscriber or Individual Subscription)

Education Preferred

• Doctoral degree in Curriculum & Instruction, Distance Education, Learning/Instructional Design, or Educational Learning Technology from a post-secondary institution.

Experience Required

• One year instructing post-secondary online: credit-bearing college courses or higher ed faculty professional development training.
• Two years of experience with instructional design and curriculum development incorporating technologies across all modalities of instruction, i.e., blended, hybrid, and online.
• Experience using a learning management system such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc.
• One year experience with content authoring software such as Adobe Captivate, Storyline, Camtasia, etc.

Experience Preferred

• Greater than one year of designing and instructing post-secondary online: credit-bearing college courses, community college continuing education courses, or faculty professional development training.
• More than two years of experience with instructional design and curriculum development incorporating technologies across all modalities of instruction, i.e., blended, hybrid, and online.
• Greater than one year experience with content authoring software such as Adobe Captivate, Storyline, Camtasia, etc.
• Experience with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 508 standards in the creation of instructional content
• Experience with instructional design processes, e.g., ADDIE, UDL, backwards design, Nine Events of Instruction etc.
• Experience developing, implementing, and supporting successful higher education faculty development programs regarding optimal instructional design, i.e., workshops, online modules, etc.
• Participation and leadership in local, regional, or national groups/organizations focused on distance/online learning, e.g., NC3ADL, Educause, OLC, etc.

KSA Required

• Multi-task projects. Ask for immediate assistance in setting priorities
• Respect diversity and promote an inclusive, culturally responsive environment
• Adapt to the changing nature of the college calendar. Respond accordingly based on the demands on eLearning
• Demonstrate through instructional design the importance of a learner-centered environment
• Communicate and promote eLearning with a wide range of individuals and constituents
• Demonstrate initiative, independent judgment, diplomacy, and service-oriented attitude
• Demonstrate ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects
• Demonstrate organizational, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

KSA Preferred

• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and thoughtful, reflective thinking.

Department/Job Specific Requirements

• • Ethics
  • Safety/Shooter on Campus
  • Personal Information Protection Training (PIP)
  • Anti-Discrimination/Harassment & Title IX

Physical Demands