Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The California State University is committed to increasing online access to higher education for working adult learners. The Instructional Designer will support the development of innovative e-learning environments and collaborate with faculty to design high-quality online courses that reflect best practices in instructional design.
Responsibilities
- Consult with faculty and staff to adapt existing courses and programs for online delivery and other forms of e-learning
- Design and develop online instructional materials that support academic courses/programs grounded in sound educational theory and best practices in instructional design
- Create instructional course content in collaboration and partnership with faculty, departments, SJSU Online Staff and other stakeholders
- Work with faculty to develop teaching and learning environments that emphasize active learning and incorporate appropriate instructional technologies
- Create and facilitate the creation of accessible instructional content
- Design, develop, and maintain course templates within the learning management system for different SJSU Online programs
- Leverage the learning management system and/or other instructional technologies to serve the educational and administrative community with resources in support of instruction
- Support e-learning by designing, developing, and implementing tools and resources for students
- Conduct online workshops and support online course events for faculty related to using different department-supported technologies
Skills
- Equivalent to a bachelor's degree in a related field
- Two years of relevant experience. Additional experience which demonstrates acquired and successfully applied knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis
- Ability to communicate with constituents in a professional and respectful manner
- General awareness of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), and a willingness to develop skills in their appropriate, responsible, and ethical use in a higher education environment, consistent with institutional policies and practices
- Thorough knowledge in using learning management systems and other instructional technologies, as well as knowledge of software administration
- Ability to understand, analyze and diagnose faculty, staff, and student needs and translate these needs into instructional solutions
- Knowledge of best practices in quality assurance in online course design
- Proficiency and hands-on experience in web and mobile technologies
- Ability to enhance web-based courses with knowledge of best practices and e-learning principles
- Thorough knowledge and demonstrable skills in applying a variety of software applications and web-based authoring and publishing systems: e.g., Camtasia, Photoshop, HTML editors, Zoom, Microsoft Office
- In-depth knowledge of systems analysis and development, applications programming, and database analysis
- Ability to design and develop user-friendly interfaces that comply with accessibility as defined in Section 508
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Master's Degree in a related field
- Experience in educational technology, instructional design, distributed learning, or an equivalent discipline
- Advanced technical knowledge of Learning Management Systems and specialized higher education software
- Strong working command of accessibility standards and HTML to support online course design
- Experience collaborating on multi-functional team-based projects
- Experience in partnering with Faculty/Subject Matter Experts in course development and design from start to finish
- Experience in preparing professional development programming and/or teaching workshops in higher education
Benefits
- San José State University offers employees a comprehensive benefits package typically worth 30-35% of your base salary. For more information on programs available, please see the Employee Benefits Summary .
- SJSU will pay all costs associated with this procedure.
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