Subject Matter Expert & Adjunct Faculty – Advanced Oceanography of Science in Climat

Responsibilities

• SMEs are responsible for:
  Creating a list of course learning outcomes
• Writing a course syllabus
• Recording video “lectures”
• Designing engaging visual representations to help students learn content
• Creating engaging assignments, group activities and presentations, writing interactive discussion board topics that enable students to delve more deeply into the content while building community
• Designing assessments to measure learning outcomes
• Creating an instructor guide to assist course facilitators
• Provide expert knowledge in Oceanography
• Develop learning modules that guide students through their educational experience while upholding and adhering to the CPS commitment to student success
• Willingness to analyze best practices in online oceanography education
• Curriculum design experience and familiarity with implementation of principle of backward design
• Demonstrated skill in creating learning activities and meaningful assessments of student learning
• Writing and editorial skill, understanding of copyright issues
• Technical skill in generating and editing graphics/images
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills
• Ability to work independently once a task is thoroughly explained and effectively during time-on-task
• Commit to weekly check-in meetings with the Instructional Design team and/or the Program
• Participate in drafting a schedule for deliverables
• Meet agreed-upon deadlines per the master course development schedule

• Adjunct Faculty are responsible for:
  Providing expert and graduate level knowledge in oceanography
• Guiding students through their educational experience while upholding and adhering to the CPS commitment to student success
• Providing timely response to student inquiries, within 24 hours
• Facilitating class instruction by engaging in the online course portal a minimum of 5 times per week
• Hosting a minimum of one hour of virtual office hours per week
• Having excellent collaborative and communication skills
• Willingness to analyze best practices in online oceanography education

• The ideal candidate has experience teaching online in an educational setting, has demonstrated expertise in curriculum development and assessment, and has a passion for teaching oceanography
• Master’s degree in Oceanography field – PhD preferred
• A minimum of three years teaching experience in the area of Oceanography
• A desire to motivate and encourage students in academic and professional settings
• Expertise teaching online and the desire to learn and apply new technological approaches to education
• Experience using the Brightspace/D2L Learning Management system preferred