CON Director of Instructional Design and Technology: Difference between revisions
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===Professional Administration (50%)=== | ===Professional Administration (50%)=== | ||
====Strategic Leadership==== | ====Strategic Leadership==== | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Provide vision and direction for the College’s instructional design and educational technology strategies, ensuring alignment with the College’s strategic goals while working collaboratively with all CON divisions. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Serve as a key driver of change within the College by influencing policy, participating in high-level decision-making, and collaborating with senior leadership on strategic initiatives. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Act as a college’s liaison CON and UNMC IT for educational (LMS) coordinating and enhancing technical workflow and support services. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Directly supervise the work of instructional technologists and other design staff. </li> | |||
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====Program Development==== | ====Program Development==== | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Provide program oversight by leading the design and development of nursing courses in various course modalities (Classroom, Online, Hybrid learning). Ensure that courses meet institutional quality standards and integrate innovative pedagogical practices. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Coordinates resources, personnel, and processes needed to ensure that instructional design projects and course developments are delivered in a timely manner meeting the agreed upon goals and objectives. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Works with Associate Dean for Academic Programs team to develop schedule of course developments and redevelopments and other Instructional design projects, including faculty training and development. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Serves as an advanced level resource in providing consultations to faculty in the application of instructional design and the use of instructional technology. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Co-leads instructional technology design meetings and facilitates ongoing communication with all CON division leadership and technology members. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Evaluates and recommends for purchase the hardware, software, and peripheral needs for the academic program services and supports. </li> | |||
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====Course Quality Assurance==== | ====Course Quality Assurance==== | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Establish course quality guidelines, conduct regular evaluations of courses, develop and implement plan of correction when standards are not met. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Oversee continuous quality improvement efforts based on learning analytics and other data sources. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Identify trends and propose strategic improvements to enhance the student learning experience. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Ensure all learning materials and course designs meet accessibility standards and promote inclusive practices. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Foster a culture of equity and inclusion in educational design and technology use. </li> | |||
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====Faculty Development==== | ====Faculty Development==== | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"> </li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Develop and implement faculty development programs focused on integrating technology into teaching, enhancing digital pedagogy, and adopting best practices in various course modalities (Classroom, Online, Hybrid learning). </li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"> </li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Champion the adoption of new educational technologies and research-based instructional practices (e.g., AI, cognitive science findings). </li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Drive innovation in curricular design and delivery, leveraging data analytics to inform decision-making and continuous improvement. </li> | ||
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==Appointment Requirements== | ==Appointment Requirements== | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Earned doctoral degree in education, instructional design, educational technology, health professions education, nursing, or a closely related field. </li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Eligible for faculty appointment in the College of Nursing at a rank commensurate with education, experience, and scholarly accomplishments.</li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Demonstrated expertise in instructional design and educational technology, including course development for classroom, online, and hybrid learning environments and the effective use of learning management systems and emerging educational technologies. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Demonstrated experience in higher education teaching, faculty development, and curriculum design, preferably within nursing, health professions, or another professional education environment. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Demonstrated leadership and supervisory ability, including the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage complex projects, establish priorities, implement change, and work collaboratively across academic, administrative, and technology units. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Knowledge of course quality, accessibility, and continuous-improvement principles, including the use of data and learning analytics to evaluate and improve teaching and learning. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Evidence of scholarly activity or demonstrated capacity for scholarship related to teaching, learning, instructional design, educational technology, or health professions education. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;">Strong interpersonal, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills, with demonstrated ability to build partnerships and work effectively with faculty, staff, academic leaders, and institutional stakeholders.</li> | |||
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