Director of Digital and Instructional Innovation
Director of Digital and Instructional Innovation
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19-04-2025
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The Director provides leadership and vision for the effective use of instructional strategies technologies and digital transformations to enhance teaching improve student success and optimize workplace efficiency. Key responsibilities include developing and overseeing a Center for Excellence in Teaching Learning and Research establishing staff training programs developing student learning centers and labs designing ongoing education and training for faculty staff and students managing instructional and curriculum design across programs leading technology planning overseeing complex projects managing the departmental budget and supervising personnel and resources.
Essential Functions- Promotes a campus culture that values and recognizes the importance of teaching excellence and active student learning by designing and developing faculty initiatives that foster collaboration scholarship curricular innovation and adoption of best practices.
- Oversees adjunct/parttime faculty orientation and mentoring.
- Facilitates faculty course evaluations assist in managing repository for assessment plans and develops comprehensive plan for peer faculty mentoring to foster a collaborative and highquality teaching environment.
- Establishes and directs the Colleges Strategic Technology Plan to align with the Colleges mission and strategic goals and initiatives.
- Justifies prioritizes and effectively implements strategic technologyrelated capital projects and operating budgets based on short and longterm forecasting data analysis and organizational needs.
- Provides leadership in exploring assessing and piloting emerging technologies and software platforms to enhance student learning and retention as well as operational efficiencies of the campus community.
- Negotiates master service agreements for current and new technology solutions and ensures that contracts and invoices are submitted in a timely and accurate manner.
- Leads transformation in the use of technology solutions by securing approval through architecture governance bodies and serving as the campus project manager for deployment and support.
- Provides leadership and manages the technology and instructional design personnel who support faculty and students in teaching and learning.
- Provides instructional design support and pedagogical expertise for innovative teaching and learning strategies to plan design redesign build and support all webenhanced hybrid and online courses and programs.
- Develops and revises policies and procedures relevant to distance education to ensure compliance with accreditation standards and state and national regulations including SARA.
- Designs and upgrades active and collaborative learning spaces in consultation with faculty and administration.
- Develops and maintains relationships across Advocate/Atrium Healthcare System to maximize potential for resource sharing collaborative projects and opportunities to create efficiencies as appropriate.
- Serves on institutional committees contributing expertise and insights to support strategic decisionmaking and enhance organizational effectiveness
- Demonstrates the following professional qualities and skills:
- Initiative selfdiscipline and strong work ethic.
- Ability to work with overlapping projects deadlines and demands.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills organization skills negotiating and problemsolving skills.
- Positive and respectful interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate and build a rapport with others within the organization.
- Strong leadership and teambuilding skills.
- Marginal Functions:
- Participates in grant development to grow the use of academic technology and best teaching practices.
- Occasional periods of light pulling pushing and lifting.
- Frequent periods of sitting standing walking bending and stretching.
- Frequent movement throughout College.
- Occasional driving to other locations.
- Visual and auditory acuity within normal limits or corrected.
- Environment is climate controlled with occasional exposure to inclement weather.
- Masters degree in Instructional Design Educational Technology Information Design or related discipline.
- At least two years related experience in postsecondary online course design and delivery.
- Expertise and experience with learning management systems.
- Experience in teaching training and designing postsecondary instruction.
- Knowledge of trends for emerging teaching and learning technologies.
- Knowledge of best practices in online pedagogy course design and faculty development
- Experience in managing personnel resources projects and budgets.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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