Position overview
Salary range: A reasonable estimate for this position is $6,000 per online course development project.
Percent time: Part-time by agreement on a project-by-project basis.
Anticipated start: Position is expected to begin in August 2026.
Review timeline: Review of applications begins immediately and will continue as needed.
Position duration: Project length differs depending on the number of credits, number of online course modules, subject, and level. Projects typically range from approximately 4 to 6 months. Further agreements may be assigned based upon program needs, meritorious performance, and funding availability.
Position description
UC Berkeley Extension (UNEX), the continuing education branch of the University of California, Berkeley, has been building bridges between UC Berkeley and the public since 1891. UNEX serves the professional and continuing education goals of thousands of people each year and plays an essential part of the University mission to: extend the research and scholarship of UC Berkeley to a global community; increase access to higher education for non-traditional, online, and international students; and improve the workforce.
Course developers will serve as subject matter experts and develop one or more professional continuing education online courses for our Professional Sequence in Editing within our Arts and Humanities department.
All duties are performed remotely. All work must be performed in the United States, whether in person or online. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Course Topics
Course developers will develop one or more online courses that may include the following Editing course topics:
- Advanced Copyediting
- Substantive Editing
- Editorial Tools (including AI Tools)
- Multi-Stage Editing Projects
- Copyediting
- Developmental Editing
- Fiction Editing
- Freelancing for Editors
- Indexing
- Proofreading
- Scientific and Medical Editing
General Duties
For each online course, the general duties include but are not limited to:
- Develop a new asynchronous online course or redevelop/refresh an existing asynchronous online course.
- Collaborate with the academic department on course design, roadmap and framework and determine the number of course modules for each course.
- Collaborate with Academic Department on creating teaching strategies that support the success of all students through inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy.
- Collaborate with Academic Department to create a media plan for the course.
- Collaborate with the Academic Department on design of learning activities and learning strategies.
For each course module, develop and provide original raw content for the following common elements:
- Learning Objectives;
- Online course topic outline and syllabus;
- Lecture segments, including but not limited to video and PowerPoint slides;
- Narrative textual content;
- Reading assignments;
- Learning Activities, including but not limited to discussion prompts, quizzes, assignments with instructions; and
- Assessments, including 3-4 projects with answer keys.
Produce course media with direction and collaboration from the academic department:
- Write scripts and produce PowerPoint slides for all media.
- Provide imagery examples or descriptions for each script to produce media.
Meet weekly or biweekly (twice a month) with the Academic Department over zoom.
Review completed course content within LMS and provide content quality assurance including media content.
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