Instructional and Digital Learning Designer

Instructional and Digital Learning Designer

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As part of the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC), the Instructional and Digital Learning Designer role provides subject matter expertise on digital instructional design to the SEEC. The role acts as SEEC's subject matter expert (SME) in e-learning and instructional design, creating engaging and effective digital (and occasional non-digital) instructional materials for a range of delivery formats to support SEEC's program offerings and administrative projects.

The role works collaboratively with external corporate, public and non-profit clients, SEEC faculty, staff, and other subject matter experts, including the Teaching Commons, to determine and assess instructional needs, and to design and develop digital instructional materials to support desired course(s) implementation and evaluation. The Instructional and Digital Learning Designer continually explores and makes recommendations for leveraging digital instructional technologies, methods, and approaches to address instructional needs.

The designer provides expert advice and assistance to external clients, and York University faculty and staff on instructional theory, best practices, and design of effective learning strategies such as video-based learning, scenario-based learning, story-based learning, and gamification delivered through a Learning Management System (LMS) and eLearning software such as Articulate 360.

To be considered for this opportunity, you will bring the following:

• Education:
  
  Undergraduate degree in Instructional Design, Education, Educational Technology, Adult Education or related subject field.
• Experience:
  
  Five (5) years of recent and relevant instructional design experience, learning design experience and learning technology support experience, including designing and developing learning solutions in a range of delivery formats.
• Experience providing instructional design advisory services in an academic environment.
• Needs assessment experience to recommend effective learning solutions.
• Project management experience and a commitment to meeting and exceeding project expectations using formal project management methodologies and appropriate tools.
• Staff training experience considered an asset