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California State University-Sacramento · 1 month ago

Instructional Designer, Center for Teaching & Learning

Sacramento, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$6,492/mo - $9,458/mo

California State University-Sacramento is dedicated to enhancing student learning experiences through innovative teaching practices. The Instructional Designer will focus on providing instructional design and learning analytics support, as well as developing professional development curriculum for faculty.

EducationHigher EducationUniversities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Serve as an Instructional Technologist for the Center for Teaching and Learning's Student Success efforts providing instructional design and learning analytics support

Provide culturally responsive hybrid and online course design services for Center for Teaching and Learning core programs

Manage and assess special course design and faculty professional development projects as funded by Federal, State, and CSU system external grants

Lead and develop professional development curriculum for workshops and faculty learning community programs

Work collaboratively with a diversity of faculty and administrators across the university as well as private and public granting agencies

Qualification

Instructional design theoriesLearning management toolsQuality Matters standardsVideo conferencing toolsMicrosoft Office SuiteEducational technologyData analysisProblem solvingConflict resolutionInterpersonal communicationFlexibility

Required

Knowledge of instructional design theories, pedagogical methods, online/hybrid teaching strategies, and accessibility principles

Knowledge of academic technologies such as learning management tools, survey tools, and video conferencing

Knowledge of standards for quality online course design and remediation strategies for improving quality, such as Quality Matters (QM)

Knowledge of Microsoft package applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Onedrive, Teams

Demonstrated skill in developing course materials and training a wide range of audiences in the use of technology and universal design for teaching and learning

Demonstrated skill at the Information Technology Consultant - Career skill level, including the use of educational technology (hardware and software), university information systems, data sources and systems, and common office software packages (ex. Microsoft applications) and equipment (ex. scanners, video and audio recording devices)

Applied analytical and critical thinking skills to investigate, define, and analyze problems

Applied problem solving and conflict resolution skills to facilitate teamwork and mediate interpersonal communication

Ability to design and develop face to face, hybrid, and online courses in consultation with faculty and staff

Ability to use interpersonal and intercultural communication skills to deliver course design, technology, and learning assessment workshops to technical and non-technical audiences at diverse levels of the organization (student assistants, staff, faculty, administrators)

Ability to work independently with self-direction skills to initiate plans, organize, prioritize, multitask, and coordinate work in an innovative and fast paced unit with competing priorities and distractions

Must be able to independently solve a wide range of technical and education technology problems by researching, developing, piloting, and assessing practical solutions

Ability to anticipate problems and address them proactively

Ability to work flexibly, respond to new center priorities, and collect and use data to inform and assess course design projects and collaborative teams

Ability to learn new hardware and software tools to design instructional materials and analyze data

Ability to pass a background check

Preferred

Masters degree in instructional design, educational technology, computer or data science, information systems, or similar coursework or work experience

Equity issues in Higher Education teaching, learning and technology accessibility

Alternative, formative, and low stakes learning assessment tools and formats

Demonstrated skill with video capture and interactive software applications such as Camtasia, Adobe Creative Cloud, Playposit, Zoom, Panopto

Demonstrated skill in creating hybrid, online, and hyflex courses that are taught by multiple instructors

Creating program proposals, plans, and assessments (Ex. Program to redesign high fail rate or large equity gap courses)

Experience working collaboratively in a higher education environment and adaptive design for accessible learning

Capable of effective communication and listening skills to identify faculty and/ or program needs and problems from multiple stakeholder perspectives

Ability to independently collect course design and faculty professional development program impact data and make presentations at campus meetings and CSU system and national education conferences