Senior Instructional Technologist

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Pay Range: $80,700.00 - $

• Manages the build process for new courses and learning experience and attends to continuous improvement of assigned projects.
• Ensures that quality standards are reflected in all aspects of the student experience
• Is a leader on the online learning development team to build superior online courses that are supported by research-based best practices in online learning.
• Drive the team to ensure alignment of learning outcomes, content, and assessment during the build of courses in the selected platform.
• Work with Project Managers and other team members to ensure all deadline dates are met throughout the design and development process.
• Conducts quality assurance reviews on courses and implements revisions
• Identifies and resolves challenges related to technology, online delivery of content and assessments, and learning experience.
• Mentors and enables others to do the same.
• Stays informed and informs others about updates, changes, innovations, and opportunities related to WGU’s selected platforms and delivery tools and processes
• Creates examples, models and templates which can be used by others to improve quality, process, or efficiency
• Trains and mentors team members on assigned WGU technologies.
• Leads cross-college task forces or committees and recommends process or design improvements to development team leadership
• Leads college-specific special projects as assigned

• Current, solid knowledge of instructional design and learning theory
• A drive to build "near perfect" online courses according to project requirements and style guide
• Strong interpersonal skills and history of positive results achieved collaboratively
• Advanced ability to lead through influence across complex organizational structures
• Experience with ADA and copyright compliance
• Experience with existing quality standards for course design
• Advanced ability to learn new technologies, solve emergent technical problems, and share learnings and suggestions with a team to come to a quick, value-driven solution.
• Commitment to adding value to the team through efficiency and lean, iterative development
• Portfolio of proven experience building beautiful, friction-free learning experiences.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects at different stages while meeting deadlines and quality standards
• Ability to work independently, under minimal supervision
• Advanced skills in planning, organizing, and self-management
• Problem Solving
  
  Skills:
  
  Investigates appropriate resources and involves partners when appropriate; future-oriented; assesses what is important.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Deals with others in a considerate, respectful, and unbiased manner; approaches conflict proactively; solicits and shares feedback openly; listens with empathy and maintains composure.
• Accuracy:
  Draws on factual information garnered from careful cultivation of a broad knowledge of WGU’s goals and processes; investigates beyond assumptions.
• Adaptability:
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