Learning and Innovation Specialist

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

The Center for Instructional Innovation advances excellence through teaching and learning with faculty, staff, and students. As a team with varied talents, we are committed to a philosophy rooted in experiential learning, technology-enhanced teaching and best practices in instructional design.

The Instructional Innovation Specialist 3 (IIS) is a critical instructional technology consultant for Augusta University faculty, staff, and students. Augusta University students, leadership, faculty, and staff rely on the IIS for consultation, training, systems analysis, and support for using enterprise instructional technologies. Including learning management, lecture capture, secure digital assessment, course evaluation, communication, and collaboration tools.

The Instructional Innovation Specialist 3 is a seasoned instructional technology professional with a well-developed understanding of the curricula for the multiple programs of study at Augusta University. They are also subject matter experts for the software and systems that Augusta University uses.

• Instructional Systems Consultations: Provides systems administration and/or systems analysis for support and troubleshooting for enterprise instructional systems for students, faculty, and staff, including support for student digital testing and associated urgent incident resolution.
• Professional development, training, and consultations: Provides customized training and documentation for individuals and groups for enterprise instructional systems. Collaborate with colleges to develop and implement faculty, staff, and student orientations using the variety of modalities and formats available.
• Quality assurance: Consult and advise faculty and academic leadership on the use or potential use of new or existing instructional technology tools. Support and incorporate evidence-based instructional design practices that are developed by the Center of Instructional Innovation. The Instructional Innovation Specialist 3 looks for patterns in how instructional technology positively or negatively impacts students, faculty, and staff and intervenes with training, process engineering, or new instructional technology solutions for improving that community's teaching and learning experience.
• Collaborative Actions with Augusta University: Leads and assists with projects that have a broader university impact, to ensure that all programs have the support they need before, during, and after product and feature rollouts, system upgrades, and other potentially challenging instructional technology experiences.
• Other duties

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in academic/educational technology, or related field of study, and 5 years experience in relevant field of work.

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Education, Instructional/Educational Technology, or related field, experience in a higher education environment, and teaching and/or training experience.

ABILITIES

• Ability to type 45 wpm or more.
• Ability to conduct and evaluate systems testing.
• Ability to interpret and respond to user problems.

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of analysis and instructional design techniques.
• Knowledge of data…