Instructional Designer

University of Wisconsin Stout • Green Bay, WI

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) is searching for an Instructional Designer to help our faculty thrive as educators in the era of AI and other advanced technologies. The successful candidate will work as part of a collaborative and innovative team of other designers and technologists who strive to support educators from their new faculty orientation through communities of practice for highly experienced instructors. The team is committed to student success. Opportunities exist for individual and program consultations on course design and evidence-based teaching, faculty development programming, and more.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree at time of application
• At least one year of experience in higher education
• Education and/or experience that has led to a strong understanding of the principles and practice of instructional design, along with pedagogy and/or andragogy
• Experience with and/or knowledge of artificial intelligence and its potential impact on and integration within education (e.g., on teachers, learners, the curriculum)

Nice To Haves

• Master’s, Ph.D., or post-graduate certificate
• Advanced degree/certificate is in a relevant field (e.g., instructional design or a core discipline offered at UW-Green Bay)
• Two or more years of experience working in a higher education setting
• Knowledge of current best practices in distance education and/or experience teaching in a distance education modality
• Experience with Canvas
• Ability to discuss and apply equity-minded and inclusive pedagogies and design principles
• Capacity to work effectively with educators from a variety of disciplines
• Experience with a range of learning technologies
• Knowledge of digital accessibility and its application to learning materials
• Ability to support web or blog development/design
• Knowledge of or experience with the scholarship of teaching and learning

Responsibilities

• Advises and supports groups working on program-level curricular design and development by facilitating the work, and by contributing expertise in pedagogy/andragogy, instructional design, and learning technology. May also contribute subject matter expertise.
• Collects, organizes, interprets, and disseminates data related to instructional program needs and faculty development programs
• Designs, develops, and delivers faculty development and engagement programs and activities (e.g., Canvas-based courses, communities of practice, and grant programs related to faculty development, teaching and learning strategies, instructional modalities or contemporary issues, such as artificial intelligence)
• Works as part of a team to identify and implement interventions to promote the use of evidence-based pedagogies across instructional modalities
• Infuses principles of equity, inclusion, and universal design into faculty professional development opportunities and engagement programs and activities
• As time and opportunity allow, participates in SoTL or program evaluation research
• Collects, organizes, interprets, and disseminates data to identify instructional program needs and enhance effectiveness

Benefits

• Several health insurance options, with annual deductibles as low as $250/individual and $500/family.
• Dental, vision, several life insurance options, AD&D and Accident insurance and Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), where employer contributions begin immediately, and employees are fully vested after 5 years of service.
• Supplemental retirement savings programs including a 403(b) and Deferred Compensation.
• Several types of paid leave benefits, which are prorated for employees working less than 100%.
• 9 legal holidays, 36 hours of personal holiday and between 96-130 hours of sick leave annually and paid parental leave.
• 13-27 days of vacation each year, depending on years of service and employment type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level