HIGHER EDUCATION - Instructional Facilitator

Job Classification

  

Position summary

Instructional Facilitators (IFs) working in DLiT assist with the course development process for faculty members who are teaching online or blended courses. IFs provide highly skilled professional instructional design support for faculty, following the specified course development steps. Instructional Facilitators report to the Course Manager and meet regularly with the Instructional Design Specialists and the Associate Dean for Online Higher Education.

Qualifications summary

Candidates with an MA degree and some teaching and/or curriculum development experience are preferred.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

• Support the design and production of interactive online courses.


• Provide online teaching support to new online faculty.


• Review current course to ensure it meets learning objectives.


• Review and edit curricular materials including competency statements, learning objectives, and other relevant documentation.


• Facilitate processes and tasks associated with course design and development.


• Contribute ideas to improve the quality and efficiency of course development processes.


• Develop course curricula according to Andrews University’s development model and quality standards.

Supervisory responsibilities

None

Qualifications

• Understanding of curriculum development and course design (online preferred).


• Curiosity about and commitment to learning cutting edge technologies for support of online and blended education


• K12 or higher education teaching experience (face-to-face or online or both)


• Knowledge of online course development standards and procedures (can be learned on the job)


• Experience providing professional development in group or individualized sessions 

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

• Intermediate to advanced skill in using web and media based technologies for education such as but not limited to learning management system(s), video recording and editing, GoogleDocs, webinar software, classroom response systems, and Web 2.0 tools to support blended and online learning (can be learned on the job)


• Knowledge of Moodle LMS preferred (at least LearningHub from the student perspective)

Interpersonal interactions

• Excellent people skills


• Excellent presentation skills


• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Physical demands

Must be able to focus on computer work; sit or stand at a desk for possibly a couple hours at a time; be able to physically communicate with faculty & students.

Work environment

Work is conducted remotely, from the home or at other location of choice.