Western Governors University (WGU) is looking for an individual to participate as a Subject Matter Expert for our Scripting and Automation course congruence check project. This position is 100% remote.

Subject Matter Experts provide valuable real-world knowledge and experience to the development of the courses we offer our students. This is a part-time/project-based position, where you would work with WGU as an Independent Contractor.

Subject Matter Experts MUST meet the following criteria:

• Graduate degree in Computer Science or Software Development or Information Technology OR a graduate degree in related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience AND scripting and automation experience in PowerShell and BASH.

Project Information

Dates: 9/22 to 9/26 (Subject to slight change)

Application Deadline: 9/15

Location: Remote

Time commitment: Approximately 5 hours

Compensation: $375.00

Other compensation and benefits: This position is for an independent contractor and is not eligible for other compensation or benefits.

Scope of work:

• In the Course Congruence Check, SMEs look at curriculum and assessments and provide feedback on alignment between these elements.
• SMEs perform a side-by-side comparison, answering one simple question: “Does the course provide adequate information for students to be successful on each task prompt or assessment item?”
• SMEs answer “yes” or “no” for each prompt or item on the assessment.
• For performance assessments, SMEs also provide feedback on whether they feel that each rubric aspect appropriately measures candidate competence of the corresponding task prompt.
• Review may use the following deliverables and technologies: Word documents, Google documents, Excel spreadsheets, Assessment Center.
• Review may involve a full review of course content.

Meetings/Workshops:

• No specific meetings are required. Meetings will be scheduled as needed or requested by the SME.

If you are chosen, you will be sent an email with the next steps to join the project. If you do not hear from us, it is because we have either filled all the spots, or your experience/degree did not match the criteria. 

Thank you for your interest.