What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Designer position at New England College?
Under general supervision of the Director of Online Operations, the Instructional Designer (ID) serves as an innovative resource providing consultation, training, and support to subject matter experts (SMEs) in their efforts to create and maintain instructional components to be delivered within an interactive online learning environment.
The ID provides expertise and knowledge on various pedagogical approaches and effective practices to support course delivery. The ID will follow the course development processes at New England College (NEC) which includes alignment of outcomes, assessments and activities, and assists SMEs in the completion of a course blueprint. Aligning the course to a course quality rubric, providing feedback, and building the course in the learning management system are required.
Essential Duties Summary
- Apply instructional design theories, practice, and methods in the course development and redevelopment processes.
- Design and build quality courses in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs) within contractual time.
- Maintain the flow of tasks and monitor due date timelines for SMEs to complete course development projects.
- Collaborate with SMEs to develop an integration table and blueprint for the course.
- Align a course quality design rubric to new course development and provide constructive and supportive feedback to SMEs.
- Provide faculty training as appropriate.
- Monitor developments in andragogy, and effective practices in online curriculum design and delivery.
- Evaluate existing and emerging technologies, processes, products, services, and leading industry performance benchmarks.
- Establish and work within strict project deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree from an accredited college or university
- Minimum 5 years of experience in higher education
- Evidence of experience with online course quality
- Online learning instructional support experience
- Evidence of experience interacting with faculty at the college level
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Knowledge of learning management systems, specifically Blackboard
- Knowledge of MS 0365
Preferred Qualifications
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