New Jersey Institute of Technology

Title:

Assistant Director Online Teaching and Course Development

Department:

Assoc Provost for Online Programs

Reports To:

Associate Provost for Online Programs

Position Type:

Staff

Position Summary:

The position is principally responsible for the coordination and implementation of plans for delivering and evaluating a broad range Instructional Design services in support of the efficient and effective use of digital technologies in teaching and learning.

The position coordinates the work of a team instructional designers providing best practice guidance for the use of technology in multiple course delivery modes; and works closely with faculty, program directors, program advisors, and both internal/external service partners in the on-going planning and delivery of digital programs and courses. 

As the day-to-day lead in support of Instructional Design services, the position is expected to exhibit a high level of creativity and resourcefulness, is competent to work on fairly complex digital learning initiatives with minimal supervision, and can coordinate multiple projects concurrently.

The position works closely and collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff to implement the university’s plans for digital learning; and partners with the IST (Instructional Services and Technology) and CEIE (Center for Educational and Innovational Excellence) departments to build a university-wide IT infrastructure that seamlessly supports existing credit and non-credit online education initiatives. 

In collaboration with the marketing team members, generate content that focuses on the online student learning experience and provide insight that translates into impactful strategies for the online marketing campaign.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates and co-evaluates the work of instructional designers, learning support specialists and LMS administrative specialists.
• Works closely with faculty, directors, and program partners in developing plans for digital programs and online course development; manages the assignment of instructional designers working with faculty on contracted individual course development projects; monitors and reports regularly on the status of these projects.
• Working with central university and unit-based leadership, develop policies – and the infrastructure/processes – that support the responsible development and delivery or online education for all NJIT campuses.
• Develop highly intentional online education professional development and processes that support online education for all NJIT faculty
• In partnership with the Associate Provost for Online programs, develop quantitative resource allocation-based matrices that account for instructional design team members’ labor and effort. 
• In partnership with Digital Marketing and Enrollment team, develop digital on-demand student facing collateral that will heighten prospective student engagement and lead generation.
• Ensures that quality standards adopted for digital course delivery are incorporated into course design; and provides strategies for faculty to manage student learning in digital environments and provides support mechanisms for such.
• Manages operational communications and relationships with internal and external partners including vendors) in the design and delivery of online digital programs.
• Creates, designs, and leads presentations, workshops, discussions, and individual meetings with faculty and instructional staff on best practices for course design, pedagogy, assessment, applications of instructional technology and a variety of related topics.
• Stays abreast of current regulations and standards covering online and digital programs and works with colleagues to ensure digital and online programs meet state, federal and accrediting body standards, including accessibility guidelines.
• Supports the development of new programs by preparing and delivering presentations at appropriate venues.
• Collaborating with IST to continually evaluate new opportunities for innovation within online learning.  
• Demonstrates proficiency leveraging Artificial Intelligence based instructional design applications that foster new pedagogical approaches and efficiencies at scale. 

Additional Functions:

• Keeps current with emerging technologies, new products, methodologies, applications, and trends in the context of digital learning best practices.
• Works on specialized cross-departmental marketing projects, complex projects and other duties as assigned. 
• Providing insight on prospective partnerships with third party vendors.
• Analyze data analytics student performance and engagement and make recommendations for course improvements.

Prerequisite Qualifications:

• This position requires a Master’s degree in education, instructional design, or a related Field.
• Four to Six years progressive higher education experience working with faculty applying best practice principles of instructional design and application of educational technology to enhance the delivery of instruction; demonstrated experience working with faculty individually and in small groups.   
• Demonstrated experience in project management and coordinating the work of others in a non-supervisory role.
• Proven ability to work well in a team environment.
• Demonstrated creativity and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• At the university’s discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be excepted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with Instructional Design principles and Quality Matters.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing courses on an admin level within a learning management systems and related technologies.
• Experience leveraging AI-informed instructional design and content-generation applications.
• Experience with external, vendor-based online course delivery platform integrations (e.g., Coursera).

Bargaining Unit:

PSA

Range/Band:

26

FLSA:

Exempt

Full-Time

About Organization

Welcome to New Jersey’s science and technology university. We're proud of our 130 years of history, but that's only the beginning of our story - we've doubled the size of our campus in the last decade, pouring millions into major new research facilities to give our students the edge they need in today's demanding high-tech marketplace.

NJIT is New Jersey's science and technology university. We're proud of our 125 years of history, but that's just the beginning. We've doubled the size of campus in the last decade, pouring millions into major new research facilities to give our students the edge they need in today's demanding high-tech marketplace.