Job Details
The Whiting School of Engineering's Center for Teaching and Learning Design (CTLD) is seeking an Instructional Designer to provide instructional design, development, and evaluation services to faculty with technology-enhanced instruction that will promote learning technologies for online, blended and face-to-face courses. This position will assess instructional design and development learning opportunities/needs and provide individual training and coaching for faculty to meet those needs. This…
role will join a team that works collaboratively to support the teaching and learning mission of the university.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Coordinate the development of instructional materials that are functional, informative, and consistent with sound pedagogical and instructional design principles.
- Collaborate and consult with faculty on the effective use of Web-based resources, multimedia technologies, and instructional software and systems to improve teaching both online and on-campus.
- Execute instructional design plans, using visual design skills and multimedia development skills, to develop engaging and effective learning experiences (online, face-to-face, or print).
- Work in partnership with subject matter experts, to develop design documents and/or storyboards outlining instructional objectives, methods, and assessment plans.
- May serve as project manager leading teams with web developers, technical writers, multimedia specialists, graphic illustrators for the timely development of courses or special projects.
- Plan, develop and teach faculty and staff workshops and other activities that will promote teaching, learning, and assessment in areas related to learning strategies, instructional technology, and student learning outcomes.
- Conduct individual training and coaching for faculty to meet instructional design and development learning opportunities and needs.
- Research and evaluate new and emerging technologies, instructional design theories, and approaches and policies for potential application to instructional opportunities.
- Evaluate the instructional effectiveness of programs, courses, and training products.
- Create and maintain documentation for faculty and staff on pedagogy, course design, tools and techniques for teaching and learning.
- Collaborate and consult with other distance education and instructional technology staff at Johns Hopkins and other universities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Curriculum Design or related field.
- Three years of professional experience designing, developing, and managing online, blended or other technology-mediated instruction.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with academic course design, project management, and Storyline or other course authoring tools.
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
- ADA Compliance - Developing
- Adult Learning Principles - Developing
- Educational Technologies - Developing
- Evaluation and Assessment - Developing
- Instructional Design - Developing
- Instructional Strategies - Developing
- Learning Management Systems - Developing
- Project Management - Developing
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Instructional Designer
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/ME
Starting Salary Range: $33.95 - $59.55 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule: M-F, 20 hrs wkly
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: Center for Teaching and Learning Design
Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering