Senior Learning Design Consultant, Online Course Development

Are you passionate about online learning and innovative course design? Join our team as a Senior Learning Design Consultant, Online Course Development, and help shape engaging, high-quality online programs across certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and graduate offerings. Working collaboratively with subject matter experts and internal academic partners, you'll create learner‑centred, accessible, and impactful online learning experiences while supporting innovation and excellence in digital education.

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The Senior Learning Design Consultant, Online Course Development is a collaborative leader who works closely with subject matter experts and internal academic partners to design, develop, and build high quality certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and graduate online courses—from initial framework to final production.

In addition to leading and guiding course architecture, outcomes alignment, AI‑supported content development workflows, and online course production, this role provides mentorship and coaching to strengthen internal capability, develop documentation and best practices, and support continuous improvement across UFred's online learning portfolio. The consultant helps ensure academic quality, learner‑centred design, accessibility, and consistency across all online courses.

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Design, Educational Technology, Curriculum Studies, or a related field.
• At least four years of recent experience designing and developing online courses in a post‑secondary environment or a closely comparable adult‑learning setting.
• Demonstrated experience working with SMEs or faculty to move a course from initial outcomes and assessment design through to fully developed online delivery materials.
• Demonstrated experience with course and program outcomes alignment, including CLO‑to‑PLO or equivalent mapping and assessment alignment.
• Advanced, hands‑on experience with at least one enterprise LMS.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning, online pedagogy, assessment design, accessibility, and universal design for learning.
• Strong writing, editing, facilitation, and project‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple course developments at once.
• Proactive and open attitude towards the use of AI tools responsibly in content development, review, and quality assurance workflows.
• Experience in peer‑to‑peer coaching, mentoring, and/or leading colleagues through learning and/or instructional design best practices.

• Master's degree in Education, Educational Technology, Curriculum, or a related field.
• Hands‑on experience with Articulate 360 or similar.
• Experience designing both undergraduate and graduate courses.
• Experience in a Canadian university or college environment, especially in online or distance education.
• Experience with accessibility practice, multimedia coordination, and course‑template governance.

• Lead structured design conversations with SMEs to define the course description, syllabus, course learning outcomes, CLO‑to‑PLO mapping, weekly topics and subtopics, assessment plan, and assessment‑to‑CLO mapping.
• Translate program expectations, academic standards, and level requirements into coherent course frameworks and learning pathways.
• Provide expert guidance on sequencing, scope, workload, learning progression, and academic integrity considerations in course design.
• Develop, refine, and maintain reusable templates, checklists, and design standards for course‑framework approval.

• Use approved AI tools and prompt patterns to accelerate the generation of draft learning content, examples, activities, case studies, feedback, and assessment items.
• Work closely with SMEs to verify content accuracy, currency, breadth, depth, and appropriateness for the intended academic level.
• Transform draft content into engaging learning materials that are clear, instructionally effective, and learner‑centred.
• Apply institutional expectations…