"Instructional Designer 1 (AU Online)"

Job Summary

The Instructional Designer (ID) will guide and support the development of innovative online programs and courses through direct consultation with individual faculty and faculty groups regarding online course design, delivery, and quality assurance. The designer will work across various programs and disciplines. The Instructional Designer is responsible for working collaboratively with faculty, subject matter experts, and cross-departmental stakeholders in the conceptualization, design, development, and on-time delivery of high-quality online courses and learning experiences. This person will work within AU Online and collaborate with IT, faculty, staff, and administrators to design, develop, and deliver quality online courses and programs that effectively integrate teaching methods, technology tools and assessments to enhance student learning to meet both instructional quality and student experience standards.

Responsibilities

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Collaborate with colleagues and faculty on learning design best practices for effective online learning. Help faculty take advantage of available campus technologies, assist faculty members with the development of media materials to be incorporated into online courses; and assist faculty in using media, software and educational technologies to enhance their instruction. In some cases, the instructional designer will build and oversee project management to support program design and development. The designer will be able to create high quality and valid assessment plans and artifacts to assess evidence of learning for both formative and summative performances to maximize learner understanding and retention of content. Specific responsibilities include: Sourcing/creating dynamic content to ensure learners remain engaged; Reviewing and updating existing instructor-led and online content and curating the most relevant content; Working closely within teams to guide, PowerPoints, online resources, websites, and handouts for all training delivery channels; Making informed recommendations on changes and adjustments to learning experiences using performance data, and instructor/student feedback as required.
• QUALITY ASSURANCE: Support quality assurance processes for online courses: apply rubrics to evaluate the quality of course design and teaching practice; consult with instructors regarding accessibility of electronic materials, copyright, and compliance with pertinent regulations, policies, and accreditation standards.
• FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND CONSULTATIONS: Support the development of faculty training aimed at assisting faculty in the development of engaging and interactive online programs and courses. Consult with faculty as they incorporate software and educational technology into the development of learning experiences; coordinate projects for online programs to ensure high quality faculty experience with the online design and development process.
• ONGOING PROFESSIONAL GROWTH: Update and improve one's own knowledge, skills and attitudes pertaining to the instructional design process, faculty development, new models of instruction, emerging technologies, and related fields.
• OTHER DUTIES: Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree in instructional design, educational technology, or a related field from an accredited college/university. OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum of two years of related experience working with a learning management system such as Daylight/D2L.

Preferred Qualifications

Two years of experience in instructional design, educational technology or a related field; Several years of experience as a team member; Experience designing asynchronous, synchronous, hybrid, flipped, and face-to-face instruction; Successful online and/or hybrid teaching experience in higher education; Experience implementing a variety of rubrics and standards for quality assurance purposes; Demonstrated success working with faculty members or other instructional staff to improve teaching and learning; Experience developing and facilitating professional development opportunities to faculty members; Experience with learning analytics; Presentation and/or publication in peer-reviewed contexts; Video production management.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

KNOWLEDGE: Effective use of a variety of educational technology tools (examples: Desire2Learn, Echo360, MS Teams, Adobe Creative Suites); Competency in web-related technologies including HTML.
SKILLS: Use active listening skills; Communicate effectively in visual, oral, and written form; Effective communication with all groups of faculty members, staff, and others; Solicit, accept, and provide constructive feedback; A strong commitment to all within academics and the community at large; Excellent detail orientation and organizational skills.
ABILITIES: Ability to maintain confidentiality; Ability to apply an appropriate instructional design process to a given instructional project/problem; Ability to apply quality rubrics to improve course design and online teaching; Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships with internal and external clients; Ability to guide faculty in creative and effective use of available campus technologies; Ability to assist faculty members with the development of multimedia materials and manage recording technologies and studios; Ability to learn and support new emerging technologies used in the delivery of online and blended courses; Ability to work independently or in a team setting; Ability to function in a distributed collaborative work environment; Ability to manage multiple projects and meet departmental objectives and deadlines; Ability to acquire new knowledge and skills as needed to create effective solutions to novel problems; Ability to develop innovative and engaging instructional strategies and materials.

Shift/Salary/Benefits

Shift: Days/M-F (Work outside of normal business hours may be required); Pay Band: B10; Salary: Minimum $52,500/annual; Salary to be commensurate with the qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range. Recruitment Period: Until Filled. Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees.

About Us: Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care. Our mission and values can be found at https://www.augusta.edu/about/mission.php. The University System of Georgia Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct. USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.