Title : Instructional Designer
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
Employee Classification : Professional - HRLY
Campus : University of North Texas - Health Science Center
Division : HSC-Provost & Exec VP
SubDivision-Department : HSC-VP, Academic Innovation
Department : HSC-Academic Innovation-300530
Job Location : Fort Worth
Salary : $35.43 per hour
About Us - Values Overview :
Welcome to the University of North Texas System. We are one team committed to excellence, curiosity, and innovation, transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education.
Department Summary
The Division of Academic Innovation leads the HSC efforts in online learning, designing traditional face-to-face courses, educational media creation, faculty and staff development in education and technology, and continuing education credit for clinicians participating in our activities.
Position Overview
The Instructional Designer is responsible for translating needs and performance requirements into behaviorally-based learning products, designing and developing processes, content, and materials for online, face-to-face, and microcredential courses.
This part-time position is funded for one year (12 months).
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Create and revise curriculum in accordance with sound instructional design principles.
- Manage course revisions in collaboration with development team, including program chairs, subject matter experts, librarians, media designers, etc.
- Define behaviorally-based learning outcomes and create course assessments.
- Determine appropriate instructional strategies and delivery technologies to meet objectives.
- Assess business constraints, audience characteristics, technical environment, budget, and other factors to determine the right media and technologies to deliver the learning.
- Act as lead designer and project manager responsible for executing the end-to-end analysis, design, and development process for individual projects.
- Design and revise course materials to meet common compliance standards regarding accessibility and copyright.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in instructional design, learning technologies, curriculum & instruction, education, or related field and four (4) years of related experience;
or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience with Canvas learning management system as an administrator or faculty.
- Experience designing courses to meet quality standards, such as the Quality Matters rubric for higher education or OLC Scorecard.
- Teaching experience in higher education preferred.
- Public speaking experience preferred.
- Health sciences / medical education experience preferred.
- Ability to apply principles of accessible design and universal design for learning.
Job Duties :
- Create and revise curriculum in accordance with sound instructional design principles.
- Manage course revisions in collaboration with development team, including program chairs, subject matter experts, librarians, media designers, etc.
- Define behaviorally-based learning outcomes and create course assessments.
- Determine appropriate instructional strategies and delivery technologies to meet objectives.
- Assess business constraints, audience characteristics, technical environment, budget, and other factors to determine the right media and technologies to deliver the learning.
- Act as lead designer and project manager responsible for executing the end-to-end analysis, design, and development process for individual projects.
- Design and revise course materials to meet common compliance standards regarding accessibility and copyright.
Work Schedule : This part-time position is funded for one year. 19 hours a week.
Security Sensitive : This is a Security Sensitive Position.
Special Instructions : Please be prepared to share some of your work with us!
EEO Statement : The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit discrimination, harassment, or retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, facilities, and employment practices.
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