Learning Designer in Academic Partnerships

Location: Remote, UKHiring Manager: David Rowson,Driven, empowering, transformative. Academic Partnerships creates collaborative, student centered partnerships with the universities we partner with. At AP, we drive change through innovation in online education using the strengths, experience, and culture of our people. As a global market leader in online program management, we are focused on supporting scalable online program success for our university partners and the students they serve, their local communities, school systems, business, and the local labor market. Our ‘One AP’ culture is built on the foundation of our mission – to increase access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education.Job Summary:Directs the design and development of outstanding online courses that incorporate best practices from learning theory, instructional design frameworks, and current trends and research in online teaching and learning. Achieves this through close collaboration with external subject matter experts and with Academic Services team members.Job Responsibilities:Collaborate closely with university faculty to design courses that are creative, inspiring and engaging.Apply online learning best practices, appropriate learning theory, user-centered design methods, and accessibility standards to improve faculty’s courses in terms of effectiveness, use of technology, and student engagement.Quickly learn and translate complex content into learning experiences for students.Inform design approaches by staying current on research, trends, and student feedback.Establish rapport and credibility with faculty members virtually; provide creative consultation and effectively guide faculty members through course development process.Support Program Strategy Manager in providing expertise to faculty and school administration in web technologies, Learning Management System use, online best practices, and other areas as needed.Be open to experimentation and identify opportunities to improve student learning, faculty experience, business impact, and client relationships.Manage work to deliver courses on time and within scope.Develop and follow sound project plans and manage to deadlines; adhere to established processes and offer suggestions for improvement; proactively and clearly communicate needs, status, and deadlines to all players internal and external; efficiently address or escalate issues.Job Requirements: A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in education, Learning Sciences, Instructional Design, Curriculum & Instruction, or related fieldA minimum of 2 years of work experience with strong background in learning theory and online instruction; experience working with subject matter experts in the development of online learning experiences.Ability to confidently guide subject matter experts through design process and manage to deadlines to create effective and engaging online courses.Competency with learning management systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace, or Moodle and related technologies; Facility with synchronous and asynchronous online collaboration. Demonstrates completeness and attention to detail.Consciously works to build rapport through understanding, and adapting own personal style to the attitudes, interests, needs, and perspectives of othersDevelops and maintains collaborative working relationships with peers, colleagues, management, and others.Adaptable and flexible to change.Capitalizes on own strengths and actively pursues and takes responsibility for development opportunities.Results orientation/executionInfluences and motivates people, both within and outside the organization to act toward achieving business unit/organization goalsDemonstrates knowledge of current industry practices, trends, and opportunitiesTraveling up to 20%.Desires: A master’s degree with work experience in online teaching, demonstrated application of user experience principles.Knowledge/demonstrated application of user experience principles.Experience with Quality Matters or a similar course quality rubric.Understands organization’s information structure (key decision makers, influencers, etc.) and uses it to accomplish goals mutually beneficial to both the individual and the organization.Influences and motivates people, both within and outside the organization to act toward achieving business unit/organization goalsDemonstrates knowledge of current industry practices, trends, and opportunities.Academic Partnerships is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce. Show more Show less Должностной уровень Молодой специалист Тип занятости Полный рабочий день Должностные обязанности Образование и Профессиональное обучение Отрасли Поставщики услуг электронного обучения