Full-Time Instructional Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, create, and sustain fully online undergraduate asynchronous and competency-based education (CBE) courses and modules.

• Collaborate with faculty and subject matter experts to ensure alignment of curriculum, course learning outcomes, instructional content, learning activities, and assessments.

• Create course design maps, storyboards, syllabi, resources for instructors and learners, instructional content, multimedia elements, assessments, and rubrics.

• Construct and/or transfer instructional content into the designated Learning Management System (LMS).

• Implement evidence-based instructional design along with adult-learning and andragogical principles.

• Develop resources for faculty development that emphasize effective online teaching and create resources for student development that support success in asynchronous and CBE settings.

• Establish and manage community sites for faculty and students.

• Review, update, and maintain existing courses, modules, links, media, assessments, and other instructional materials.

• Assist in identifying and rectifying inaccurate, outdated, missing, or broken course content.

• Adhere to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and Universal Design for Learning principles.

• Conduct usability testing, peer reviews, quality assurance, and/or pilot testing of course components, and aid in the development of QA reports.

• Coordinate with stakeholders, incorporate feedback, and adhere to established schedules for course development and maintenance.

• Provide technical support for LMS/course content as required, including help with course navigation, content access, assignments, quizzes, multimedia, and other course functionalities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of proven experience in developing online asynchronous and competency-based education (CBE) courses for accredited colleges and universities, as well as for military-affiliated educational institutions.

• At least 7 years of experience implementing andragogical best practices in instructional design for working adults, demonstrated through the development of two (2) or more programs for this demographic.

• A minimum of 7 years of demonstrated experience and expertise in designing and developing faculty-development courses or programs aimed at improving online teaching effectiveness (online pedagogy) at accredited institutions.

• At least 7 years of proven experience in creating online courses that equip students with the necessary skills, strategies, and habits for success in online learning environments (traditional asynchronous and CBE).

• A minimum of 7 years of demonstrated experience in operating and maintaining a Learning Management System (LMS) at scale, including new course development and ongoing course maintenance, within a higher education or government training environment.

• Applicants must possess authorization to work in the U.S.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health benefits

• Financial benefits

• Retirement benefits

• Paid leave

• Professional development

• Tuition assistance

• Work-life programs

• Award programs recognizing exceptional performance and superior demonstration of service standards

• W2 employee opportunity