Department

School Of Public Health – Bloo (BL-SPHB-IUBLA)

Department Information

The SPH-B Office of Online Education (OOE) Instructional Designer Associate plays a crucial role with responsibilities for the support of both the SPH-B OOE and the Marketing and Communications team’s core operational functions. 

Job Summary

Department Specific Responsibilities 

• Works in close collaboration with SPH-B OOE leadership and Marketing and Communications team, the SPH-B OOE Instructional Designer Associate will join an instructional consulting team that works with the School of Public Health-Bloomington staff, online graduate students, faculty members, and associate instructors.
• Under the supervision of SPH-B OOE leadership and the Marketing and Communications team, the SPH-B OOE Instructional Designer Associate consults with faculty and staff on a variety of digital resources and video production, training, student onboarding, course design issues, continuous improvement opportunities, identifying student learning outcomes, Quality Matters, competency-based education, fostering active and engaged learning, selecting and implementing appropriate instructional technologies, and assessing student learning.
• SPH-B OOE Instructional Designer Associate participates in the development of project planning and implementation. 
• Works closely with the SPH-B OOE leadership, the Associate provides design estimates and documentation for these proposals. Tasks are varied, including just-in-time ID consultation (email, phone), workshops and presentations, development of asynchronous training programs, support on the design of student services online modules, and team-based design and development projects. 
• SPH-B OOE Instructional Designer Associate will also work alongside the Marketing and Communications team to produce a variety of schoolwide videos, testimonials, and visual assets through post-production work.
• In close collaboration with the SPH-B OOE leadership, the SPH-B OOE Instructional Designer Associate will:
• Consults with faculty on course development and instructional strategies. 
• Plays a supporting role in online instructional design consultation with faculty and school wide offices and initiatives. Assists on reviews of proposed instructional design approaches.
• Assists on the use and documentation of instructional design best practices for digital education.
• Consults with faculty and staff on a variety of course design issues, including identifying student learning outcomes, fostering active and engaged learning, selecting and implementing appropriate instructional technologies, faculty development, and assessing student learning. 
• Advises on the effective use of distance education and learning technologies.
• Assists faculty, associate instructors, and SPH-B staff with Canvas; digital video production; training and course websites; classroom presentations; technology selection; and other projects. Works with SPH-B faculty and business units providing instructional design and digital resources production related services. 
• Works in concert with SPH-B OOE leadership in the development of practices, procedures, and workflows in conformance with SPH-B strategic and operational plans to provide design and development assistance and direct support to staff, online students, faculty and graduate online programs. 
• Supports SPH-B OOE in identifying, testing, and evaluating emergent digital learning tools (e.g. Top Hat, Quality Matters, Badging, etc.). 
• Researches and identifies resources for instructional design, educational technology, and pedagogy.
• Develops digital assets such as videos, digital ads, social media testimonies and more, to accurately promote the School of Public Health-Bloomington as one of the top schools of public health in the nation.
• Represents SPH-B OOE in SPH-B professional, teaching/learning community projects and initiatives, conferences, workshops and meetings related to online course design and development. 
• Maintains currency with the leading edge of online course design and models of online course delivery. Collaborate with team members to create workshops, job aids, seminars, and other resources.
• Contributes as needed to graduate online student onboarding initiatives.
• This position is a split assignment with instructional design and digital production responsibilities. 
• Supports SPH-B OOE leadership in delivering best practices used in the SPH-B OOE’s course design quality assurance initiative and support of staff/faculty in the creation of digital assets and the use of technology in administrative processes and online teaching and learning. 
• Decisions by this position will have a direct impact on how the school audits, evaluates, implements, and supports online learning.  
• Responsible for supporting SPH-B OOE leadership in identifying and applying emerging instructional design approaches and digital resources productions which will continue to shape and impact the way the School of Public Health-Bloomington at Indiana University Bloomington conducts online teaching and learning, impacting both students and instructors.
• Plays a key role in supporting the SPH-B OOE leadership to execute its goal of providing effective, compliant, and accessible digital solutions for SPH-B. The Associate has a measurable impact on SPH-B OOE functions maintaining, measuring, and evaluating quality in digital resources production and the design and development of training and instructional products.

General Responsibilities

• Consults with faculty in planning, developing, initiating, testing, and using new and innovative approaches to learning, instruction, and assessment; recommends appropriate technologies in developing course materials, delivery mechanisms, and course/instructor/student assessments to support effective teaching.
• Serves as an information resource to faculty both in creating and conducting online courses; conducts individual, small group, and large audience training sessions; develops, designs, and prepares workshop materials; supports faculty learning communities for key instructional technology initiatives.
• Provides instructional technology expertise and coordinates on selected initiatives as assigned; implements instruction design practices, procedures, and workflows in conformance with strategic and operational plans.
• Assists in the development of multimedia assets, such as web pages, videos, mashups, and audio presentations, for online courses.
• Contributes to quality assurance testing and requirements gathering for course management, portfolio, and collaboration systems.
• Researches and stays up-to-date with instructional design literature and other areas of related expertise.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education. 

Education

Required

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in computer science, instructional technology/design, or related field)

Preferred

• Master’s degree

Work Experience

Preferred

• Some experience in instructional development and/or instructional technology consulting, and/or training, and/or teaching (face-to-face or online) or providing instructional design with online instructional technology, preferably in a higher education context

Skills

Required 

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Familiarity with multimedia technologies such as software video editors, e-learning authoring software, and collaboration learning management systems

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Core

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: Instructional Technology

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