JOB The Instructional Designer works as part of an instructional development team and under limited supervision, is responsible for designing and reviewing effective, quality instruction for technology-enabled learning environments.
This position serves in a mentoring role to Instructional Designers 1. In this way, it has some responsibility for leadership within the group.
This is a hybrid position with some remote and some in-office days each week. EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:-
Highly-developed organization skills
-
Excellent analytical skills
-
Well-developed critical thinking skills
-
Strong problem-solving abilities
-
Ability and willingness to question status quo practices and influence others through persuasion and demonstration
-
Ability to conceptualize innovative ideas and solutions
-
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
-
Ability to concurrently manage multiple assignments
-
Solid understanding of Learning Theory and Instructional Design Theory
-
Fluency and comfort in the use of technology in everyday life
-
Fluency in using popular productivity software (MS Office suite or equivalent) on Windows or Mac platforms
-
Fluency in navigating the web and using web-based tools to facilitate work, learning, collaboration, productivity, research, etc.
-
Sound understanding of, and ability to use fundamental web development technologies and tools
-
Ability to work independently, with limited direction
-
Ability to take the lead among professional peers and partners
-
Ability to influence and mentor others by example and the use of constructive criticism
-
Ability to represent/defend interests and concerns of a group to others
-
Ability to quickly and accurately evaluate the work of others
-
Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
-
Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:-
Designs effective, quality instruction for technology-enabled learning environments, including on higher profile, larger, and more complex projects (i.e., projects involving multiple college departments/faculty, projects external to the college, etc.)
-
Cultivates close, collaborative and professional working relationships with faculty, content experts (CEs) and other members of the development team
-
Applies systematic instructional design methods in real world, online instructional settings
-
Reviews the instructional quality of courses/products
-
Identifies and clarifies instructional objectives
-
Assesses faculty and content expert teaching style(s) and student audience and applies appropriate learning theory, instructional design theory, and/or technology to instructional situation
-
Questions and influences the practices of faculty & content experts in a course/product in order to enhance instruction
-
Implements innovative approaches and strategies in a course/product to solve instructional problems
-
Selects appropriate technologies, including specific applications, to enhance instruction in a course/product
-
Identifies areas of weakness in courses/products, and employs strategies for improvement
-
Uses course/product design documents that are based on sound instructional design principles and which communicate to stakeholders the vision of a course/product
-
Collaborates with content experts on updates and revisions to courses/products
-
Performs web development tasks using fundamental web development technologies and popular web and elearning development tools
-
Documents (often via the web) progress/status of assigned tasks for review by others
-
Reports regularly to Project Managers and informs other team members on assignments and progress
-
Provides accurate time and effort estimates on assigned tasks/projects
-
Serves as Instructional Design Lead on projects involving more than one instructional designer
-
Mentors Instructional Designers 1 on the fulfillment of their responsibilities
-
Models use of the SLCC Online Learning Model(s) in their own instructional design practices/approaches
-
Facilitates and/or participates in eLearning faculty credentials and other training resources or other events in areas of instructional design and instructional technology tools
-
Designs eLearning faculty credentials and other training resources or other events in areas of instructional design and instructional technology tools
- Leads internal instructional design subgroups/committees when assigned
-
Reviews work produced by Instructional Designers 1 and provides suggestions for improvement
-
Remains current with and has a thorough understanding of technology tools and trends in online and higher education
-
Remains current with learning theory and instructional design theory
-
Completes other duties as assigned
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
- Master’s Degree in Instructional Design or Instructional Technology
-
Experience designing courses according to current accessibility guidelines
-
Experience teaching in higher education
