| Posted: 03/30/2021 Type: Full Time (37.5 hrs per week or more) Online App: 15873 Position Summary: The Institute for Creative and Collaborative Arts: Art, Communication, Music, and Design at Eastern Kentucky University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Instructional Design beginning in August of 2021. The Institute is seeking dedicated, experienced, dynamic and motivated individuals to provide leadership, engagement, and disciplined expertise to coordinate and teach in the Masters of Instructional Design and Learning Technology program.
The Master of Instructional Design and Learning Technology program is a fully online degree program. As a tenure-track faculty member, successful candidates should be specialists in learning design and design thinking with an emphasis on pedagogical innovations. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to student success through teaching and learning excellence that will move the program forward in innovative ways.
Candidates must use technology-based teaching and communication platforms to aid students in the development of competencies. The candidate will also need to exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present information clearly, concisely, and accurately with organized detail. Candidates should have a forward-thinking perspective with regard to learning experience design, as it relates to instructional design. Experience/research interests/teaching in one or more of the following areas:
Learning Experience Design
Design Thinking
User Experience Design
Learning Analytics
Emerging Instructional Technologies
Instructional Technologies
E-Learning Assessment Strategies
Evaluating e-Learning Impact
E-Learning Leadership and Management
Universal Design
Instructional Design Methods
Research Methods
Usability Testing
Instructional Design Project ManagementResponsibilities
Provide leadership in program
Coordinate and teach in program
Evaluation and measurement
Building community partnerships (external internships) and supervise candidates in field internship placements.
Supervise candidates in capstone portfolio
Data-driven decision-making needs analysis and evaluations
Participation in student recruitment, developing and revising curriculum; assessment of program learning outcomes;
Using software, computers and multimedia technologies
Collegial participation in departmental, college and discipline-specific professional activities.Minimum Experience: Ph.D. or Ed. D. degree from an accredited or internationally recognized institution in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Learning Sciences, Information Science or related field
Graduate Assistant teaching experience
Potential for ongoing effective teaching, service and scholarship/ creative activity
Fluency with technology-based teaching and communication platforms; current standard software, computer use and multimedia technologies
Previous experience with instructional design, learning experience design, e-learning, training.
Prior e-learning and learning management system (LMS) experience (e.g., Canvas, Blackboard, Sakai, Moodle)
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to present information clearly, concisely, and accurately
Strong organizational skills and detailed orientated.Position Title: Assistant Professor of Instructional Design Posting Number: F00233P |
