Instructional Technology Specialist Job Description
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Instructional Technology Specialist Job Description
- Model exemplary planning and delivery of instruction
- Support district and campus instructional initiatives
- Collaborate with others in Academic Performance and Support to develop and deliver high quality professional development
- Respond to inquiries from the campus community about RIS and LITS resources and services
- Assist librarians in preparing for and providing information literacy instruction
- Provide technical support and instruction for academic software such as Moodle, WordPress, PollEverywhere, and Zoom Videoconferencing
- Test, evaluate, and document library and instructional technology tools supported and maintained by RIS
- Staff RIS service points such as the Research Help Desk, Media Teaching Area, and Language Resource Center
- Complete departmental and course support projects
- Participate in RIS committees
- Master's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Curriculum and Instruction, or related academic discipline – Ph.D
- 3+ years’ experience evaluating course quality using an established rubric - , Quality Matters, OLC Scorecard
- Strong analytical, verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills - including those needed to create and maintain positive interactions and provide intelligent and persuasive guidance to “strong personalities”
- Outstanding communication skills with teachers who are facile with technology those who struggle
- Commitment to customer service and team-oriented management
- Conceptual understanding of audio/visual tools
Instructional Technology Specialist Job Description
- Lead projects to develop and implement innovative uses of technology for teaching, student learning and/or community building
- Identify stakeholders and understand user requirements in order to evaluate, develop, and adapt learning technology software solutions
- Act as a partner for the Instructional Technology Lead by being a power user of all learning technologies used at the GSB, supporting technology administration, and staying abreast of platform developments and roadmaps
- Understand how learning technology choices fit within the broader GSB landscape, and assist with providing cross-functional collaboration for using technology to complement the student and teaching experiences
- Provide assistance to learning designers, faculty support, and program staff in selecting and implementing technology into course curricula or co-curricular learning
- Consult with and help instructors and/or departments to incorporate technologies into faculty research projects, in support of student learning goals at the course or (co)curricular level
- Lead the development of resources, seminars, or workshops to disseminate information about uses of learning technology
- Additional duties may include participating in meetings, performing research, providing opinions, concerns and suggestions
- Work in collaboration with subject matter experts, stakeholders and other internal customers to plan, design and develop multi-platform training solutions using strong instructional design methodology, applying adult and cognitive learning theory, and forming competency-based evaluations to ensure training solutions are effective and aligned with business and compliance requirements
- Conduct analysis to determine learning and performance objectives and scalable instructional strategies and solutions
- Master’s degree plus three (3) years of work related experience
- Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Curriculum and Instruction, or related academic discipline – preference for Ph.D
- Excellent understanding of instructional design principles, online pedagogy, learning theory, emerging brain / cognitive / learning science, the arts, and technology that influence design learning environments, coupled with experience applying this knowledge to real world projects
- Ability to produce design documents, develop storyboards for learning experiences and environments, and rework content from faculty, SMEs, and outside content providers according to University design standards
- Demonstrated learning and continual professional development in emerging technologies in educational technology, pedagogy, and teaching and learning methodologies
- Ability to research and recommend emerging technologies and instructional strategies to advance course development, faculty teaching, and student learning
Instructional Technology Specialist Job Description
- Manage web-based, eLearning and classroom course development projects through all phases
- Monitor, amend and revise training content and materials as necessary in coordination with subject matter experts
- Serve as subject matter expert in development trends, training tools, and learning platforms while continuously exploring new and innovative approaches to the design, development and delivery of learning solutions
- Collaborate with teachers and other instructional staff to develop Common Core curriculum materials and multidisciplinary lesson plans that integrate technology to help students develop and enhance their 21st century skills
- Collaborate with the school media specialist to provide leadership in the school’s use of instructional technology resources to enhance learning
- Models the delivery of curriculum resources and lessons that facilitate the implementation of the school technology plan
- Coach teachers to improve teacher effectiveness in best practice technology integration
- Lead the coordination of and conduct workshops, seminars, and training sessions with school staff to increase effective technology integration
- Develop and implement technology-infused collaborative projects that assist students in building understanding and problem solving
- Assess teacher’s technology proficiency to develop and deliver differentiated professional development for teachers based on their identified needs and student data
- Face-to-face or online teaching/training experience a plus
- Demonstrated experience with new technologies and/or library research methods and tools
- Eagerness and ability to learn new tasks and technologies quickly
- Experience with any of the specific or related tools listed above
- Experience doing an intensive research project
- Experience working in a library
Instructional Technology Specialist Job Description
- Actively works with colleagues in LITS to create a welcoming, accessible, and user-centered environment in which a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff can thrive
- Uses data analytic software, such as R, SAS, SPSS, to evaluate large data sets and communicates findings
- Collaborates with instructional design staff to create, organize, and schedule events that will engage faculty in the adoption and use of technology that will create increased teaching and/or learning effectiveness and/or efficiency
- Assist faculty and staff with technology needs
- Perform other duties appropriate to the position as assigned
- Work collaboratively with faculty and staff to design and develop high quality tools and computing environments for data intensive and computationally intensive instruction
- Consult with faculty and teaching assistants on the effective use of technology in support of their educational goals, and assist and train them in designing and testing appropriate software application stacks
- Collaborate with department and college IT professionals on software deployment and system architecture needs using on-premise servers and/or the cloud
- Provide expertise and guidance regarding the latest data science technologies, including but not limited to server, cloud-based and distributed computing paradigms
- Support of classroom technology including mobile devices to provide seamless access to the above computing environments
- Experience teaching, tutoring, or providing other instruction
- Interest in pursuing a career in research, libraries, and/or instructional technology
- Expertise in utilizing technology to enhance teaching and learning
- Ability to logically define and solve problems with technical applications
- Ability to manage projects to plan, design, develop and evaluate engaging multimedia learning/training objects
- Experience planning and implementing project activities such as gathering requirements, identifying and defining deliverables, and establishing timelines, priorities and milestones to ensure successful progression of the projects
Instructional Technology Specialist Job Description
- Provide timely support and troubleshooting in response to academic technology issues
- Serve as the point of escalation for major technical issues
- Perform testing to ensure new platform and application features and 3rd-party integrations work as expected
- Help ensure service’s performance and security to meet user needs and requirements
- Create and help coordinate service-related communications with users
- Coordinate and assist with the customization, delivery, and upgrades of computational environments including third-party application installation, integration, configuration, and maintenance
- Provide routine software and hardware maintenance
- Solicit input from faculty and students to align instructional technology with needs through focus and advisory groups
- Research emerging technologies for instruction, automated grading, online collaboration platforms , and advise as to future directions relevant to education and experiential learning
- Collaborate with colleagues in LAS and ATLAS to enact the missions of the units as needed
- Technical expertise including knowledge of Macintosh and Windows environments, html and CSS
- Occasionally stand/walk, lift/carry/push/pull objects
- Instructional Technology Help Desk work experience preferred
- Audio/Visual creation and editing work experience preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree in educational technology, instructional design, teaching, information technology, technical communications, instructional technology or a similar field (two years of experience may be substituted for each year of education)
- Minimum of one year of professional experience providing customer support to end users