Instructional Designer, Office of Online Education

As an instructional designer in the Office of Online Education, you will collaborate and lead teams of faculty and staff in designing high-quality online and blended learning experiences across schools, programs, and departments at Wake Forest University. Working closely with faculty and staff colleagues, you will consult on instructional activities; evaluate educational technologies and teaching practices; manage course design projects; build courses in the Learning Management System (LMS), collaborate with faculty on the design and delivery of their courses;

design faculty development experiences; and contribute to related work on special projects, as needed.

This position is not eligible forsponsorshipof non-immigrant or immigrant visa status through Wake Forest University. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply.

This is a hybrid position that requires the employee to work on campus at Wake Forest University at least one day per week. Additional on-campus presence may be required as needed.

• Ensure instructional integrity of the course development projects through a method of systematic design and clear course standards and objectives.
• Provide recommendations for interface design, sequencing of instruction, use of assessments, and online interactive activities.
• Serve as project manager for online and blended course development, coordinating course teams, including instructors, relevant academic support staff, and multimedia specialists, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Build out learner-friendly course experiences using Wake Forest’s online course platforms and learning technologies.
• Support faculty during the delivery of their online courses, identifying and resolving instructional issues that occur while a course or project is active.
• Identify and develop instructional best practices for online and blended learning environments.
• Contribute to a transparent and equitable organizational culture where ethical and equity policies and practices are understood and lived out by all staff.

• Consult with faculty on the effective use of instructional design strategies, web-based resources, multimedia technologies, and instructional software to improve teaching for online delivery.
• Research and evaluate new and emerging technologies, instructional design theories, and approaches and policies for potential application to instructional opportunities.
• Evaluate the instructional effectiveness of programs, courses, and training products using new and existing standards.

• Support constituent groups served by online education at the university through training, on-demand help guides, and secondary technical support.
• Propose and contribute to special projects that support educational goals of various schools or programs and align with the Office’s work on campus.

• A bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g., education, instructional design, learning sciences, curriculum and planning, educational technology, design thinking) and at least 2 years of relevant experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in instructional design working with credit-bearing courses in higher education.
• A demonstrated ability in at least one Learning Management System and additional learning technologies relevant to online instruction in higher education.
• Strong and comprehensive oral, written, and interpersonal skills that enable one to collaborate effectively with multiple constituencies in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.

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