University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Position Vacancy Announcement

Instrumentation Innovator – Instruction

Learning Technology Center

Academic Affairs

Working Title: Instructional Design Consultant

Appointment Type/%: Ad Hoc, Academic Staff, 50-100%, 6 months

Position Description: The person in this position plays a key role in UWM's efforts to develop and deliver hybrid/ blended, online, and technology-enhanced courses. This person works with faculty and teaching staff and provides them with the pedagogical consultation, instructional design support, and software instruction needed to develop successful and effective hybrid /blended, online, and technology-enhanced courses. In order to better understand the needs of faculty and teaching staff and the challenges they face using technology for instruction, this person is expected to teach a course or course module each year.

Duties and Responsibilities

§ Provide individual pedagogical and instructional design consultation for faculty and teaching staff who need assistance and support developing hybrid /blended, online, and technology-enhanced courses.

Responsible for coordinating instructional design services for one or more UWM's hybrid/blended programs and/or online programs.

§ Assist with the planning, designing, promotion, and teaching of faculty development programs, educational technology workshops, and demonstrations designed for faculty and teaching staff who are developing hybrid/blended, online, and technology-enhanced courses.

§ Help provide the workshops, support, and consultation needed by faculty and teaching staff to effectively use the campus course management system, Desire2Learn.

§ Provide assistance for faculty who are using rich media, podcasting, student response systems (clickers), and other technologies in their courses.

§ Teach or contribute to the teaching one section of a credit course for an academic department each year.

§ Assist with the development and writing of grant proposals and with identifying extramural sources of funding for LTC activities related to hybrid/blended learning, online learning, and learning technologies and, when appropriate, help coordinate the activities of these projects.

§ Participate in professional development activities such as workshops and conferences in order to keep abreast of new developments in the instructional uses of technology, and help present papers and reports on LTC initiatives at professional conferences.

Required Qualifications for Instructional Designer

Masters degree
Teaching experience at the college level that includes hybrid /blended, online, or technology-enhanced courses.
Experience and skill in using course management systems such as Desire2Learn, Blackboard, and WebCT.

Preferred Qualifications for Instructional Designer

Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree.
Experience and success consulting with faculty and academic staff on instructional design issues, including the development of hybrid/blended and online courses and the effective use of technology for teaching and learning.
A demonstrated commitment to providing the best quality of service and support to faculty and teaching staff.
Experience working with rich media, podcasting, and student response systems is preferred.
Effective public speaking, presentation, and listening skills.
Excellent writing and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of a small, tightly-integrated unit.
Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a very busy and rapidly evolving department.
Excellent organizational and problem-solving/troubleshooting skills.

Salary/Pay Basis

Salary Range: $45,000 to $61,000, 12 month annual basis.

Application Procedures:

Please send brief letter of application, vita, names and contact information of three references, and a two-page writing sample to Tanya Joosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu.

Tentative starting date: January, 2012

UWM is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

All finalists for this position will require a criminal records review consistent with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act

The names of nominees and applicants who have not requested in writing that their identities be withheld and the names of all finalists will be released upon request.

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