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Closing: Not specified
Job Summary
Dates
- Opening date: 05-06-2024
- Closing date: not available
Responsibilities
- Lead and Manage Project Execution: Spearhead the course development process by crafting detailed project timelines in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), faculty, and academic program staff. Ensure regular updates and transparent communication with all stakeholders regarding project progress and adaptations.
- Quality Assurance and Enhancement: Ensure that all projects achieve high standards of quality and add value in addition to meeting deadlines. Regularly engage with program administrators to strategize on the continuous improvement of online programs and curriculum through innovative design and significant course redesigns.
- Collaborative Course Design: Work closely with faculty to develop and redesign courses that adhere to online instructional best practices, optimizing the learning experience for students and the teaching experience for faculty.
- Instructional Strategy and Analysis: Conduct thorough analyses of existing courses and consult with faculty to refine design elements, learning objectives, activities, and assessment methods. Recommend instructional tools, media, and methodologies to enhance educational outcomes, including emerging and innovative tools and approaches.
- Faculty Development and Support: Facilitate and participate in regular course development meetings to offer pedagogical guidance and support to faculty. Provide targeted faculty development initiatives to improve assessment techniques and student achievement.
- Course Launch and Maintenance: Prepare and oversee the launch of new and existing courses each term, ensuring course consistency and readiness. Maintain and update course materials, including syllabi, calendars, grade book configurations, and links to resources and accessibility.
- Content Quality and Accessibility: Apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and accessibility standards to ensure all course content is inclusive and compliant with Section 508 and ADA guidelines. Conduct thorough quality checks and functionality testing to uphold quality assurance benchmarks.
- IP Compliance and Ethics: Monitor and ensure compliance with institutional intellectual property guidelines throughout the course development and maintenance processes, including ethical approaches to AI-assisted content production.
- Responsive Support and Troubleshooting: Provide ongoing support to faculty using online course management tools and respond swiftly to any issues raised by faculty, professional staff or students to minimize disruptions in the learning process.
- Innovative Technology Integration: Stay current with emerging technologies and educational trends to continuously integrate innovative tools and practices into the learning environment, enhancing both student engagement and instructional effectiveness, adhering to ethical use of technology tools.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in instructional design principles, online pedagogy, learning science, assessment, and adult learning theory.
- Instructional Design Prototyping: Ability to quickly prototype and test elements of instructional design to ensure they meet user needs before full-scale implementation.
- Strong strategic skills in curricular assessment and planning.
- Knowledge of creating learning experiences or automating content delivery and assessment assisted by AI and ML.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, skills in video and audio editing and multimedia production techniques for creating engaging content.
- Ability to use analytics to improve course effectiveness and student engagement, strong analytical and creative thinking skills.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, strategize, and deliver major instructional design deliverables for online initiatives.
- Experience with project management software and approaches to manage and iterate on instructional design projects more effectively; proven ability to prioritize projects and activities, analyze processes, assess workload, and suggest improvements.
- The ability to persuade, lead, motivate, instruct, and act as part of a highly effective team.
- Demonstrated experience with online teaching and learning programs in higher education or corporate settings, and familiarity with common Learning Management Systems.
- Experience designing various kinds of assessments and rubrics.
- Skills in UX design principles to enhance the usability and accessibility of online learning environments.
- Ability to adapt in a dynamic and rapidly changing team environment under tight deadlines, with creativity and good humor.
- Enthusiasm for and evidence of ongoing professional development in instructional design and technology to stay abreast of the latest trends and tools.
Benefits
- UNE offers a generous comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The package includes varied health and dental plans; a retirement plan that includes up to an eight percent match; extensive paid leave including holidays, vacation, sick, and personal time; and educational benefits. Please visit the Human Resources Benefits site for additional information regarding UNE’s benefits package.
Notes
- Position Type: Professional Staff
- Faculty Track: missing
- Employment Status: Full Time
- Months: 12
- Campus: Portland, ME
- This is a hybrid position with the Incumbent required to work onsite at the Portland Maine campus Tuesday-Thursday with the option to work remotely on Monday and Friday. Additional on-campus time may be required as needed.
- About the University of New England: UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.
- EEO Statement Summary: Consistent with federal and state law and University policy, the University of New England is committed to the fundamental concept of equal opportunity for all of the members of the University community. The University prohibits, and will not tolerate, discrimination in employment, the provision of academic services or in any other area of University life based on race, color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, ethnicity, genetic information, HIV status, or status as a veteran. Prohibited bias factors should not motivate decisions regarding students, employees, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, contractors, volunteers or participants in and/or users of institutional programs, services, and activities.
- COVID Vaccination Statement: Employees in clinical settings must meet the State of Maine’s immunization requirements for clinical activity.
- Posting Number: 2022PS0430P
- Open Date: 06/05/2024
- Close Date: missing
- Open Until Filled: Yes
Closing: Not specified
Job Summary
Dates
- Opening Date: Not Available
- Closing Date: Not Available
Location
- Campus Ultimo, NSW Remote
Salary
- Not Available
Responsibilities
- Teaching across a range of classes in Game Design and Development and Game Programming degrees.
- Preparing, delivering, and assessing subjects to ensure students attain learning outcomes.
- Providing student support and performing light administrative duties.
Requirements
- Previous experience teaching in the higher education sector.
- PhD qualified or a minimum master’s degree qualification with equivalent industry experience.
- Extensive experience working with Unity and Unreal.
- Strong working knowledge of industry-standard game design and production methodologies.
- Proficiency in 2D Concept Art, Maya, Substance Painter, and/or zBrush is favorable.
- Proficiency in C# and expertise in database and networking fundamentals is an advantage but not essential.
- Current and valid working rights for Australia.
Benefits
- Positive workplace environment fostering a global, entrepreneurial mindset.
- Academic culture connected to industry and community.
- Access to internal opportunities promoting professional growth.
- Flexible working arrangements.
Notes
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- All applicants require current and valid working rights for Australia.