At Academic Partnerships, we drive change through innovation in online education using the strengths, experience, and creativity of our people. As a leader in online education, we are focused on facilitating the goal of scalable online program success for our university partners and the students they serve-bringing the dream of earning a degree to becoming a bold reality. Our company is built on the foundation of our mission - to increase access to top-quality, affordable and workforce relevant education delivered online. Join a company that helps make dreams become a reality!
Job Summary
Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Instructional Design and Strategy, the Instructional Designer will be a consultant and principal point of contact for university partners' program leadership and faculty members for course development, quality assurance, and ongoing support efforts related to online courses. The instructional designer will be responsible for course development consultation at universities from start-to-finish while providing guidance and resources for online learning design and development, program and course mapping, implementation of common program elements, online student orientation, technology tool recommendations, and branded university course shells. Responsibilities also include addressing program-level instructional design challenges, assisting faculty with the use of custom templates within a variety of Learning Management Systems, conducting faculty workshops both in person and virtually on course design and delivery topics, and building and cultivating relationships with university faculty, program chairs, and instructional design teams.
Work includes maintaining rigorous milestones and production deadlines through the lens of Quality Matters and other industry standards of excellence. Work could include additional tasks and projects, as assigned.
Main Responsibilities
- Serve as a thought partner for faculty and program directors to help deliver high-quality online courses and programs, keeping course projects successfully on track
- Provide instructional design recommendations based on learning science and design to contribute to student success
- Work collaboratively with on-campus online learning and technology teams to support their work with faculty
- Thoughtfully discuss multiple levels of course development, from program-level vision to course structure to hands-on guidance regarding specific course components and media.
- Track and manage course development timelines and deliverables as well as overall program timelines.
- Deliver online workshops for small groups of faculty, leveraging existing Academic Services resources and/or creating job aids, tools, resources, or templates to assist faculty or scale production processes.
- Actively contribute to the success of the Academic Services team with a spirit of continuous innovation, process improvement, and operational excellence.
Job Requirements
- MA/MS/MEd. in field related to Instructional Design, Training & Development; Educational Technology; Curriculum and Instruction; or comparable professional experience.
- Experience in online higher education as a trainer or instructional designer; or corporate training and development.
- Experience working with Learning Management Systems and other educational technology.
- Experience teaching at the secondary level in online or blended learning environments or experience mentoring faculty in course mapping and online course conversion.
- Knowledge of Quality Matters Rubric or OLC Scorecard.
- Passion for working with faculty and in team environments
- Ability to work well and communicate with others, both synchronously and asynchronously.
- Excellent follow-through, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
- Thorough knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theory.
Academic Partnerships
May 26, 2023 