Education Technology Adoption Lead

Winston-Salem State University; Winston-Salem, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Winston-Salem State University invites applications for a Lead Educational Technology & Adoption Specialist. This onsite role leads the university's strategy for educational technology adoption, training delivery (in-person, hybrid, virtual, and self-paced), and digital literacy initiatives to enhance teaching, learning, and student success.

The position collaborates with academic departments, IT staff, and vendors to implement enterprise educational technologies, promote AI readiness, and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Educational Technology, Information Technology, Information Systems, Instructional Design, Computer Science, Education, Communications, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Four years of progressively responsible experience in educational technology, enterprise applications, technology training, application administration, or technology adoption
• An equivalent combination of education and directly related experience may be considered

Responsibilities

• Lead the University’s educational technology adoption strategy for faculty, staff, and students.
• Design, develop, coordinate, and deliver instructor-led, hybrid, virtual, and self-paced technology training.
• Develop annual technology training plans, learning pathways, and professional development initiatives.
• Coordinate technology orientations, workshops, webinars, boot camps, and individual consultations.
• Develop digital literacy initiatives that support teaching, learning, student success, and employee productivity.
• Assess training effectiveness and recommend improvements based on user feedback, analytics, and institutional priorities.
• Serve as the University’s lead functional resource for educational technologies including Canvas, Panopto, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft 365, classroom audiovisual systems, collaboration platforms, and related instructional technologies.
• Provide consultation and training on classroom technologies, active learning environments, lecture capture, and hybrid teaching solutions.
• Support faculty in integrating educational technologies that enhance teaching and student engagement.
• Coordinate classroom technology demonstrations, orientations, and best practices.
• Promote accessibility, universal design, and effective technology integration.
• Serve as the functional administrator for assigned educational technology and enterprise applications.
• Coordinate application configuration, user provisioning, testing, documentation, feature releases, and vendor communications.
• Participate in enterprise software implementations, upgrades, pilot programs, and technology evaluations.
• Develop functional requirements, user acceptance testing plans, and adoption strategies for new technology solutions.
• Maintain knowledge base documentation, user guides, standard operating procedures, and support resources.
• Serve as the Office of Information Technology’s lead resource for Artificial Intelligence (AI) training, awareness, and user adoption.
• Develop and facilitate AI literacy programs, promptathons, workshops, innovation challenges, and communities of practice for faculty, staff, and students.
• Create AI training materials, prompt libraries, best practice guides, and responsible AI resources.
• Monitor emerging educational technologies and AI trends, evaluating opportunities that support teaching, learning, student success, research, and administrative operations.
• Develop technology communications including newsletters, release notes, announcements, instructional videos, knowledge articles, and technology awareness campaigns.
• Evaluate relevant emerging technologies that have potential value for teaching and learning.
• Remain current with online learning pedagogy, web conferencing applications, and associated hardware.
• Serve as the liaison between CITI and the Office of Information Technology ( OIT ).

Skills

Public speaking

Communication

Instructional design

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Educational Technology, Information Technology, Information Systems, Instructional Design, Computer Science, Education, Communications, Business Administration, or a related discipline

Master’s degree in Educational Technology, Information Systems, Higher Education, or related field

Four years of progressively responsible experience in educational technology, enterprise applications, technology training, application administration, or technology adoption

Tools

Microsoft 365

Panopto

Adobe Creative Cloud

Zoom

Classroom audiovisual technologies

Job description

Winston-Salem State University invites applications for a Lead Educational Technology & Adoption Specialist. This onsite role leads the university's strategy for educational technology adoption, training delivery (in-person, hybrid, virtual, and self-paced), and digital literacy initiatives to enhance teaching, learning, and student success.

The position collaborates with academic departments, IT staff, and vendors to implement enterprise educational technologies, promote AI readiness, and drive