Assistant Director Online Teaching and Course Development

Assistant Director Online Teaching and Course Development

Title: Assistant Director Online Teaching and Course Development

Department: Assoc Provost for Online Programs

Reports To: Associate Provost for Online Programs

Position Type: Staff

Position Summary: The position is principally responsible for the coordination and implementation of plans for delivering and evaluating a broad range of Instructional Design services in support of the efficient and effective use of digital technologies in teaching and learning.

The position coordinates the work of a team of instructional designers providing best practice guidance for the use of technology in multiple course delivery modes; and works closely with faculty, program directors, program advisors, and both internal/external service partners in the ongoing planning and delivery of digital programs and courses.

As the day-to-day lead in support of Instructional Design services, the position is expected to exhibit a high level of creativity and resourcefulness, is competent to work on fairly complex digital learning initiatives with minimal supervision, and can coordinate multiple projects concurrently.

The position works closely and collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff to implement the university’s plans for digital learning; and partners with the IST (Instructional Services and Technology) and CEIE (Center for Educational and Innovational Excellence) departments to build a university-wide IT infrastructure that seamlessly supports existing credit and non-credit online education initiatives.

In collaboration with the marketing team members, generate content that focuses on the online student learning experience and provide insight that translates into impactful strategies for the online marketing campaign.

• Coordinates and co-evaluates the work of instructional designers, learning support specialists, and LMS administrative specialists.
• Works closely with faculty, directors, and program partners in developing plans for digital programs and online course development; manages the assignment of instructional designers working with faculty on contracted individual course development projects; monitors and reports regularly on the status of these projects.
• Working with central university and unit-based leadership, develop policies – and the infrastructure/processes - that support the responsible development and delivery of online education for all NJIT campuses.
• Develop highly intentional online education professional development and processes that support online education for all NJIT faculty.
• In partnership with the Associate Provost for Online programs, develop quantitative resource allocation-based matrices that account for instructional design team members’ labor and effort.
• In partnership with Digital Marketing and Enrollment team, develop digital on-demand student-facing collateral that will heighten prospective student engagement and lead generation.
• Ensures that quality standards adopted for digital course delivery are incorporated into course design; and provides strategies for faculty to manage student learning in digital environments and provides support mechanisms for such.
• Manages operational communications and relationships with internal and external partners (including vendors) in the design and delivery of online digital programs.
• Creates, designs, and leads presentations, workshops, discussions, and individual meetings with faculty and instructional staff on best practices for course design, pedagogy, assessment, applications of instructional technology, and a variety of related topics.
• Stays abreast of current regulations and standards covering online and digital programs and works with colleagues to ensure digital and online programs meet state, federal, and accrediting body standards, including accessibility guidelines.
• Supports the development of new programs by preparing and delivering presentations at appropriate venues.
• Collaborating with IST to continually evaluate new opportunities for innovation within online learning.
• Demonstrates proficiency leveraging Artificial Intelligence-based instructional design…