Instructional Designer, Online Programs

Instructional Designer, Online Programs

As a valued unit within the Office of the Provost and the larger Villanova community, the Office of Online Programs embraces an intentionally designed hybrid work schedule to ensure that all employees can enjoy the benefits of belonging to a vibrant campus community. Ignite Your Career at Villanova University! Whether undergraduate or graduate, faculty or staff, each community member brings with them a wealth of experiences that enrich our University and shift our perspectives. As a part of this community, your work will improve lives and ignite change!

Posting Details

Posting Number: 20244106S
Position Title: Instructional Designer, Online Programs
Position Type: Staff
Location: Villanova, PA
Recruitment Type: Internal/External Applicants
Work Schedule: full-time/12-months

Position Summary: As our Instructional Designer for Online Programs, you’ll be at the forefront of revolutionizing how we learn in the digital age. Collaborating closely with our Learning Experience team, you’ll breathe life into online courses, crafting engaging experiences that captivate and inspire learners across Villanova University and our campus. This is a hybrid role with the opportunity to work remotely up to two days per week.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Partners with faculty and LXDs to explore, select and ultimately develop and revise innovative technology-enriched courses through the University’s LMS.
• With a cross-functional design team, engages in upfront faculty consultations to explore potential use cases of technological applications based on an initial needs assessment.
• At the conclusion of the design process, the ID-OP will support the LXDs in the development phase by creating and producing the course in the LMS.
• Activities include:
  • populating and formatting desired content, developing assessments in the LMS, designing interactive learning objects, etc.
• Works closely with the multimedia team on the inclusion of any multimedia elements into the course and builds and coordinates timelines to ensure that the course development remains on schedule.
• Works iteratively with the faculty member and the LXD to review draft versions of the course shell until finalized.
• Conduct a quality assurance review and are responsible for ensuring all technology is operating efficiently and effectively in the final build.
• Assume operational responsibility for courses that are duplicated and in need of minor updates each term in support of the OOP and university programs.
• Engages in team activities that promote the effective use of technology, champions innovative technology applications and supports the development of best-in-class online courses.
• Activities could include delivering group and individual trainings and consultations, engaging in strategic projects and researching/testing new instructional technologies (in conjunction with UNIT as needed).
• Contributes to regular team process improvements to ensure operational success and adherence to designing “the Villanova Way”.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• At least two years of experience of development and building fully online educational courses in a learning management system.
• Prior experience working in higher education is a highly preferred.
• Experience in a multi-vendor computing environment.

• Expert knowledge of building and designing courses in learning management systems (e.g. Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Learn).
• Experience working with Articulate, Rise and other authoring applications for creating interactive learning objects.
• Experience with software and hardware used in technology-based web conferencing software for online courses (e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams), and other instructional technologies (e.g. blogs, wikis, Web 2.0 technologies, student response systems, etc.)
• Knowledge of accessibility, WCAG 2.1, and universal design principles.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot issues with learning technologies software accessed through desktop and mobile devices (e.g., LMS, Zoom, Tablets, webcams).
• Working knowledge of HTML or willingness to learn basic HTML for course formatting.
• Familiarity with federal guidelines governing online education.

• Desire to work in a mission-driven, cross-functional, team-based environment with a commitment to process improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to understand and solve complex problems which require follow-up with both internal and external constituencies.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills.
• Experience managing complex projects with limited resources.
• Strong written, oral communication, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Adept at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines in a very fast-moving organizational environment.
• Commitment to equity and inclusion as it relates to the design of best in class courses.
• Working knowledge of design thinking or willingness to learn design thinking as it relates to multi-modal, stakeholder driven course design and development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in instructional technology, instructional design or related field is a plus.

References Needed

Minimum Number of References Needed: 3
Maximum Number of References Needed: 3

Documents needed to complete your application:

• Cover Letter / Letter of Interest
• Resume / Curriculum Vitae

• Other Document