Micro-Credentialing Instructional Designer

Micro-Credentialing Instructional Designer

Job  |

Location:

Norman | Department:
Finance, Grants & Business Operations, College of Education | Campus: S09

Pay Range: Targeted salary $45,600 - $60,400 annually, based on experience

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends)

Travel: May be required

The Online Instructional Designer will use evidence-based practices to craft, deliver, and support a micro-credentialing initiative. The designer will develop a standards-based curriculum for students, professional learning experiences for educators, and college and career readiness activities for all stakeholders. This professional will collaborate with subject matter experts, K20 Center staff, and other stakeholders to identify meaningful learning outcomes and select the most appropriate instructional approach (face-to-face, hybrid, or online) to realize those objectives fully.

The Instructional Designer will utilize learner-centered instructional practices that foster higher‑order thinking through real‑world connections and substantive conversations that increase the depth of knowledge.

• Utilizing a literature review and selected standards will craft meaningful learning outcomes.
• Selecting the appropriate instructional approach (face‑to‑face, hybrid, or online) to fully realize the learning objectives.
• Designing lessons, professional development workshops, and standards‑based learning experiences that reflect evidence‑based learning theories in order to address the needs of students, teachers, parents, and/or other stakeholders.
• Using a collaborative approach with stakeholders to plan and design micro‑credential learning activities, standards‑based lessons, professional development workshops, and/or other learning experiences that use a learner‑centered instructional approach that meets the needs of a diverse group of learners in meeting the measurable learning objectives.
• Employing a variety of learning methods and emerging technologies to reach learning outcomes.
• Identifying appropriate evaluation techniques and applying them to measure the impact of the learning experience; and
• Publishing high‑quality resources to K20's LEARN repository.

• Determining the nature and extent of the information needed, selecting the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems, and evaluating information and its sources critically.
• Preparing an annotated bibliography of selected sources that summarizes the central theme and scope of a book or article; and
• Producing a summary and explanation of the complete and current state of knowledge on a selected topic (e.g. instructional approach) as found in academic books and journal articles.

• Applying the components of effective eLearning instructional design and learner motivation;
  Understanding how interactivity affects online learning.
• Leveraging eLearning tools and trends to engage the remote learner.
• Ensuring that instructional experiences are learner‑centered to foster higher‑order thinking through real‑world connections and substantive communications that result in an increase in the depth of knowledge.
• Applying the principles of effective eLearning design and navigation.
• Evaluating eLearning programs and making recommendations for improvements.
• The incumbent will review existing eLearning content and make recommendations for improvement.

• Identifying, planning, and implementing instructional projects that address an identified need.
• Coordinating with K20 Center stakeholders (e.g., project director, peer collaborator, Instructional Technologist, etc.) to manage the various components of the instructional project.
• Coordinating with Art and Writing teams to incorporate their expertise into the appropriate stage of an instructional project.
• Reporting on instructional project outcomes and using feedback to drive future improvements, and using K20 selected platforms (Jira, LEARN) and processes to support stakeholder communication and cross‑team collaboration.

• Reviewing instructional approach, content, and activities to ensure that…