INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER — CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY
+The Instructional Designer will work collaboratively with the edX content and engineering teams to plan, develop and deliver highly engaging and media rich online courses. The Instructional Designer will be a flexible thinker, able to determine and apply sound pedagogical strategies to unique situations and a diverse set of academic disciplines.
+Responsibilities:
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- Work with the video production team, product managers and course staff on the implementation of instructional design approaches in the development of media and other course materials. +
- Based on course staff and faculty input, articulate learning objectives and align them to design strategies and assessments. +
- Develop flipped classroom instructional strategies in coordination with community college faculty. +
- Produce clear and instructionally effective copy, instructional text, and audio and video scripts +
- Identify and deploy instructional design best practices for edX course staff and faculty as needed. +
- Create course communication style guides. Train and coach teaching staff on best practices for communication and discussion management. +
- Serve as a liaison to instructional design teams based at X universities. +
- Consult on peer review processes to be used by learners in selected courses. +
- Ability to apply game-based learning theory and design into selected courses as appropriate. +
- Use learning analytics and metrics to inform course design and revision process. +
- Collaborate with key research and learning sciences stakeholders at edX and partner institutions for the development of best practices for MOOC teaching and learning and course design. +
- Support the development of pilot courses and modules used for sponsored research initiatives. +
Qualifications:
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- Master's Degree in Educational Technology, Instructional Design or related field. Experience in higher education with additional experience in a start-up or research environment preferable. +
- Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal), project management, problem-solving and time management skills. The ability to be flexible with projects and to work on multiple courses essential. Ability to meet deadlines and manage expectations of constituents. +
- Capacity to develop new and relevant technology skills. Experience using game theory design and learning analytics to inform instructional design decisions and strategy. +
- Technical Skills: Video and screencasting experience. LMS Platform experience, xml, HTML, CSS, Adobe Design Suite, Camtasia or Captivate experience. Experience with web 2.0 collaboration tools. +
Eligible candidates will be invited to respond to an Instructional Design task based on current or future edX course development needs.
+If you are interested in this position, please send an email to jobs@edx.org.
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