Instructional Designer

The Student Instructional Designer will use evidence-based practices to plan, design, develop, and support the delivery of professional learning experiences for cohort students. This professional will collaborate with subject matter experts, K20 Center staff, and other stakeholders to identify meaningful learning outcomes and select the most appropriate instructional approach (face-to-face, hybrid, or online) to realize those objectives fully. The Student Instructional Designer will utilize learner-centered instructional practices that foster higher-order thinking through real-world connections and substantive conversations that increase the depth of knowledge.

Instructional Design:

The incumbent will engage in instructional design by:

• Utilizing a literature review and selected standards will craft meaningful learning outcomes
• Selecting the appropriate instructional approach (face-to-face, hybrid, or online) to fully realize the learning objectives
• Designing lessons, student-based activities and workshops, and standardized-based learning experiences that reflect evidence-based learning theories in order to address the needs of students and the teachers, parents, and/or other stakeholders who support them
• Using a collaborative approach with stakeholders to plan and design learning activities, standards-based lessons, student-based activities and workshops, and/or other learning experiences which use a learner-centered instructional approach that meets the needs of a diverse group of learners in meeting the measurable learning objectives
• Employing a variety of learning methods and emerging technologies to reach learning outcomes
• Identifying appropriate evaluation techniques and applying them to measure the impact of the learning experience
• Publishing high-quality resources to K20’s LEARN repository

Project Management:

The incumbent will manage projects by:

• Identifying, planning, and implementing instructional projects that address an identified need
• Coordinating with K20 Center stakeholders (e.g., project director, peer collaborator, Instructional Technologist, etc.) to manage the various components of the instructional project
• Coordinating with artists and writers to incorporate their expertise into the appropriate stage of an instructional project
• Reporting on instructional project outcomes and using feedback to drive future improvements, and using K20 selected platforms (Jira, LEARN) and processes to support stakeholder communication and cross-team collaboration

Evidence-Based Practice:

The incumbent will conduct a needs assessment to understand the need and based on that learning topic will conduct literature reviews of theory and evidence-based practices:

• Preparing an annotated bibliography of selected sources that summarizes the central theme and scope of a book or article
• Producing a summary and explanation of the complete and current state of knowledge on a selected topic (e.g. instructional approach) as found in academic books and journal articles
• Determining the nature and extent of the information needed, selecting the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems, and evaluating information and its sources critically

eLearning Design:

The incumbent will design, develop, and maintain online learning resources by:

• Applying the components of effective eLearning instructional design and learner motivation;
  Understanding how interactivity affects online learning
• Leveraging eLearning tools and trends to engage the remote learner
• Ensuring that instructional experiences are learner-centered to foster higher-order thinking through real-world connections and substantive communications that result in an increase in the depth of knowledge
• Applying the principles of effective eLearning design and navigation
• Evaluating eLearning programs and making recommendations for improvements
• The incumbent will review existing eLearning content and make recommendations for improvement

Editor :

The incumbent will support the publication of only the highest-quality resources by serving as a peer editor for lessons:

• Reviewing instructional approach, content, and activities to ensure that they align with K20’s…