Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Pittsburgh is seeking an experienced Instructional Designer to support an ongoing university-wide initiative. This role involves collaborating with faculty to design and develop engaging online courses while ensuring accessibility and adherence to best practices in digital education.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Pitt EDGE design team to develop high-quality online and hybrid courses for both credit-bearing and non-credit programs
- Consult with University faculty to design engaging, accessible, and effective learning experiences
- Guide faculty through course design and development
- Analyze online teaching practices and recommend instructional strategies and evaluation methods that enhance student learning outcomes
- Apply best practices in online learning, digital accessibility, and copyright/fair use
- Create course development plans, edit and organize course materials, produce multimedia content, and build courses in the learning management system
- Leverage emerging educational technologies and conduct comprehensive quality assurance reviews to ensure excellence in course delivery
Skills
- Master's degree in Instructional Design or the equivalent
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in online learning, including higher education experience
- Knowledge of copyright and accessibility law compliance
- Experience and demonstrated competence in working with learning management systems/online learning platforms
- Experience with Web conferencing tools
- Experience with multimedia authoring tools
- Demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills
- Previous professional experience working in Articulate Rise
- Link to an online portfolio in resume or included as a 'media sample' in application
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