Instructional Design Assistant

4 months ago

Kingston, Canada Queen's University Full time

Instructional Design Assistant

About Queen's University

Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.

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Job Summary

The Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship (OPDES) offers a variety of academic services to meet the educational and research needs of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). Services include individual, departmental, faculty-wide and institutional consultations on all aspects of the educational process at the Faculty level; providing support and leadership with curriculum and course design and development; building and maintaining courses for online delivery; assessment strategies; program evaluation; research on teaching and learning; and accreditation.

Supervised by the Director, Online Learning, managed by the Department Manager, Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship, and taking direction from the Lead Instructional Design Assistants (LIDA), the Instructional Design Assistant (IDA) is a member of the Course Development Team. The IDA applies their content knowledge and experience to enhance student learning through educational best practices and innovation in online and blended learning.

**Job Description**:

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Assist the Course Development Team in developing online learning modules for Faculty members and Subject Matter Experts
- Source and collect various types of information for learning modules, including but not limited to, conducting supplementary research, ensuring contextualization of content, researching and curating appropriate multimedia for modules and developing level-appropriate learning activities.
- Participate in the quality assurance process to provide student-centred feedback pertaining to logical information chunking, flow of content and student learning experience.
- Complete other duties and special projects as assigned in support of the team.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Two (2) year post secondary program in a relevant field (i.e. Health/Life Sciences, Biology, Psychology or Education).
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Learning Management Systems (LMS), PeopleSoft and website technology considered an asset.
- Demonstrated competence in training, research, or quality assurance processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of the University’s policies, procedures, and operating requirements is considered an asset.
- Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

**SPECIAL SKILLS**:

- Promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
- Excellent computer skills with an ability to learn and adapt to emerging technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, with mínimal supervision, as well as cooperatively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Strong communication skills with emphasis on writing and editing course related materials on various platforms.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills specifically an ability to critically analyze course content and create purposeful, level-appropriate learning activities.
- Excellent organizational skills for dealing with multiple demands and meeting deadlines.
- Ability to set priorities when duties appear to compete and when there are frequent interruptions.

**DECISION MAKING**:

- Able to determine when to utilize own judgment or defer to other team members.
- Determine the best recommendations to make to the Course Development Team regarding improvements to the structure and quality of courses on the basis of best practices and feedback from students and Instructors.
- Recognize when the timely completion of a project is in jeopardy and bring that to the attention of supervisor and course development team.
- Decide when to defer issues to other staff based on their roles, responsibilities, and expertise
- Make recommendations for new or additional services and systems to better meet the needs of the Course Development Team.
- Make decisions about the best formats, structure, language, etc. in drafting documentation for course development teams.

Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

**Skills**
- Attention To Detail
- Collaboration
- Communications
- Time Management

**Reference**
- 333263

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