Job Description

Instructional Design Assistant




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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.




Reporting to the Director, Online Learning, managed by the Associate Director of Operations, 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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Assist with the development of assignment descriptions and rubrics with the course development team and course faculty.


- Apply current course development best practices to storyboard learning modules according to vision and expectations of course faculty and with the support of LIDAs and Course Development Associates.


- 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 minimal 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 Instructional Design 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 Instructional Design Team.


- Make decisions about the best formats, structure, language, etc. in drafting documentation for course development teams.




Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized persons, Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ persons. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.


The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources at hradmin@queensu.ca.

Skills

Attention To Detail Collaboration Time Management

Reference

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