Instructional Designer
- Employer
- University of North Texas
- Location
- Fort Worth
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- Academic Affairs, Instructional Design, Technology, Instructional Technology & Design
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Welcome to the University of North Texas System, or UNT World as we like to call ourselves. UNT World includes the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of North Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region and we are committed to transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. Over the past decade, combined UNTS enrollment has grown by more than 25 percent to nearly 44,000 students.
Posting Title:Instructional Designer
Department:HSC-Center for Innov Lrning-300520
Job Location:Fort Worth
Salary Information:Salary to commensurate with experience
Department Summary:This is NOT a remote position
The Center for Innovative Learning offers a wide variety of services and assistance to assist in creating excellent teaching and learning at UNTHSC. We help educators interact with each other, innovate teaching and learning and inspire student success.
Vision: To be among the forefront of leading innovations and best practices in teaching, learning, and the scholarship of education.
Mission: To create and nurture a community of faculty educators dedicated to enriching student learning and advancing health sciences education.
Goal: To help make UNTHSC the team of choice for education, discovery and health care.
We provide specialized services in the following areas. Please click on the links for more information:
•Canvas Administration oversees the Canvas Helpdesk, user account management and other Canvas related issues.
•Instructional Design and Educational Technology provides expertise in a wide range of instructional solutions, from the traditional to the cutting edge, including media production, online, blended and face to face learning tools and environments, instructional design, the development courses and curriculum, and more. We also facilitate the Quality Matters Program at UNTHSC, provide Assessment Assistance for tests, rubrics, surveys, and use of PeerWise and Qualtrics and oversee Online Course Design and Delivery at UNTHSC.
•Faculty Professional Development at the CIL includes Development, Training and Events on teaching and learning topics of all kinds.
•Multimedia Production can assist you with creating multimedia assets for online, blended and face to face courses.
•Curriculum assistance includes syllabus analysis, student focus groups to obtain information on student learning and perceptions and classroom assessment visits designed to improve students’ performance across health sciences courses.
The Instructional Designer is part of a 5 person design team. Each Designer is responsible for the efficient and timely design of assigned health sciences courses according to Quality Matters standards using the LMS Canvas. Designers are also expected to contribute to faculty development presentations and individual faculty assistance.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Knowledge of Educational Design, curriculum development, adult learning principles, writing skills, communication skills, collaboration mindset, analytical skills, project management, assessment knowledge
Preferred Qualifications:*Instructional design degree
*Doctoral degree, and/or Educational degree preferred
*Quality Matters peer reviewer
*Medical education experience
*Canvas experience as teacher or admin preferred
*Teaching and Public Speaking experience preferred
Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm with flexible scheduling available
Driving University Vehicle:No
Security Sensitive:This is a security sensitive position.
EEO Statement:The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.
Classification Title:Instructional Designer
Physical Requirements:Lifting up to 10 pounds, Sitting, Standing, Walking, Writing, Talk or Hear
o:•Create and revise curriculum in accordance with sound instructional design principles.
o:•Supports faculty in collaborative program review, assessment, and improvement processes.
o:•Aids faculty in troubleshooting curricular challenges.
o:•Facilitates design meetings with faculty and professional practitioners.
o:•Manages course revisions in collaboration with development team, including program chairs, subject matter experts, librarians, media designer, etc.
o:•Define behaviorally-based learning outcomes and create course assessments.
o:•Determine appropriate instructional strategies and delivery technologies to meet objectives.
o:•Assess business constraints, audience characteristics, technical environment, budget, and other factors to determine the right media and technologies to deliver the learning.
o:•Act as lead designer and project manager responsible for executing the end-to-end analysis, design, and development process for individual projects.
Posting Number:S1455P
Special Instructions to Applicants:Applicants must submit a resume, a cover letter and a list of three professional references with their online application.
Quicklink for Posting:Organization
Working at University of North Texas
Since 1890, the University of North Texas has been a catalyst for transformation for its students and the North Texas region. As the nation’s 26th largest public university, UNT is dedicated to providing an excellent educational experience to its 36,000 students while fueling the intellectual, economic and cultural progress of one of the largest, most dynamic regions in the United States.
A student-focused public research university, UNT graduates more than 8,500 students each year from its 12 colleges and schools and offers 97 bachelor’s, 82 master’s and 35 doctoral degree programs, many nationally and internationally recognized. As UNT’s strengths in science, engineering and technology grow, the university continues to nurture its core areas of distinction in music, education, social sciences, business, the arts and humanities. Leading Texas public universities in the number of Goldwater Scholars and designated a “Best in the West” university by The Princeton Review, UNT is known for its academic excellence.
By providing access, welcoming diversity and strengthening collaborations with our many educational, business and community partners, as well as building new partnerships across the globe, UNT's faculty and staff work each day to prepare students for the challenges they will meet in our changing world.
Fostering global understanding and promoting cultural appreciation are central to preparing tomorrow's successful global leaders. Our strategic international partnerships seek to improve quality of life, facilitate the exchange of ideas and culture, and allow for important research addressing global issues. UNT's campus benefits from a rich diversity of about 2,500 international students representing 140 countries.
UNT faculty produce groundbreaking research in a wide range of disciplines spanning the sciences, mathematics, engineering and technology while also making nationally recognized contributions in the arts and humanities. The College of Music is one of the nation’s best music colleges with an internationally respected jazz program. UNT has the oldest program in emergency administration and planning and a unique program in applied philosophy and environmental ethics.
UNT also is home to many national centers and institutes, including the Net-Centric Software and Systems Center — a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center; the Center for Electronic Materials Processing and Integration; the Institute of Applied Science; the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling; and the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity.
UNT has developed many state-of-the-art research facilities, such as the federally funded Center for Advanced Research and Technology, one of the nation’s most extensive facilities for powerful materials characterization and analysis; a high-performance computational facility; and a clean room/nanofabrication research facility (under construction). UNT’s research extends outside the academy as well, with field stations as close as a neighboring lake and as far away as southern Chile.
In addition, UNT is developing Discovery Park, a research park with technology incubator facilities on a 300-acre property near the main campus. The university also has developed a Design Research Center in the heart of the Dallas design district.
As the largest and most comprehensive university in the North Texas region, UNT is growing as a national leader in education, research and scholarship, student support and community engagement — the pillars of a great public research university. UNT’s ultimate mission is to give a green light to greatness by helping its students, region, state and nation excel.
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