Learning Designer

California State University•Allen, TX

11d

About The Position

The Division of Academic Affairs is seeking an Instructional Designer/Technologist III to serve as a Learning Designer. This role applies extensive expertise in online design theory, learning theory, and practices to ensure the design and facilitation of accessible, inclusive, and equity-minded online learning experiences at the course and program level. In collaboration with the Teaching & Learning Innovations team, the Learning Designer will contribute to the design, development, and facilitation of courses, programs, and resources to support faculty in designing, developing, and teaching online, blended, and digitally mediated courses. The role involves consulting with academic programs interested in blended and online learning, creating and facilitating training, workshops, templates, and design guides, and expanding an online community for faculty focused on innovation in teaching and learning. Additionally, the Learning Designer will develop and manage online teaching and learning quality assurance processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in any academic discipline required.
Must have a growing vision of the role of information technology services in higher education, grounded in advanced and comprehensive expertise in this field.
Demonstrable expertise in online and blended learning required.
Knowledge of a wide range of educational technologies is required.
Must possess an understanding of Learning Management Systems.
Recent experience in educational technology and blended or online teaching experience is also required.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Education or related field highly desirable.
Evidence of the ability to envision innovative programs and products, and to implement these programs and products on a university campus is highly desirable.
Knowledge about optimizing online learning desirable.
Knowledge of WordPress, Canvas, and emerging technologies (e.g., AI) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Applies extensive expertise in online design theory, learning theory, and practices to ensure the design and facilitation of accessible, inclusive, and equity minded online learning experiences at the course and program level.
In collaboration with the Teaching & Learning Innovations team, contributes to the design, development, and facilitation of courses, programs, and resources to support faculty in designing, developing, and teaching online, blended, and digitally mediated courses.
Consults with academic programs interested in blended and online learning programs.
Creates and facilitates training, workshops, templates, and design guides that help faculty and staff who work in student support capacities to develop skills in online course design and teaching.
Expands and maintains an online community for faculty on our campus who are focused on innovation in teaching and learning.
Develops and manages online teaching and learning quality assurance (i.e. processes that support informal online and mixed-modality course review/feedback).
Builds consensus on learning design decisions with faculty and team members' expertise.
Facilitates and updates course development and/or programmatic workflows.
Ensures instructional integrity with quality assurance and accessibility checks for learning design projects.
Maintains project timelines.
Coordinates efforts between the different roles of a project team.
Provides project status updates to key stakeholders and partners.
Consults available institutional data and current scholarly literature to inform program and design decisions.
Researches emerging technologies and effective practices for online and blended instruction.
Gathers and analyzes data to evaluate the impact of learning design projects on faculty and when possible, student success.
Collaborates with faculty via social media, email, blogs, and video conferencing to develop ideas for blended, online, and technology-enhanced instruction.
Along with the Teaching & Learning Innovations team, pilot emerging technologies focused on optimizing the online learning experience.
Assesses and evaluates learning design programs.
Collaborates with the Faculty Development unit for new faculty welcome to teaching at CSUCI.
Represents CSUCI at CSU Chancellor's Office meetings related to system-wide efforts for instructional design, Canvas, Online Course Services, and manages annual reporting requirements.