Hybrid Instructional Technology Designer for Teaching & AI

The University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago invites applications for an Instructional Technology Designer who partners with faculty to design courses and integrate technology for teaching and learning. This role supports Canvas, academic tools, and the responsible use of emerging AI in education.

We seek candidates with a bachelor's degree (master's preferred), 2–5 years in instructional tech, and a collaborative mindset to work across the campus with librarians, teaching centers, and academic units.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Work Experience: 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Certifications: ---

Responsibilities

• Supports the effective use of technology in a variety of academic activities.
• Works closely with faculty to understand IT needs for teaching, research, and scholarship.
• Conducts individual faculty consultations and group workshops on instructional design methods and using technology in teaching.
• Assists in organizing, planning, and publicizing events that excite faculty and students and encourage innovative uses of technology in academic pursuits.
• Develops working relationships with administrators, librarians, museum educators, research specialists, teaching center staff, and other colleagues across campus who support faculty.
• Collaborates with other units across campus to continually improve academic platforms, tools, services, and processes.
• Provides ongoing support to faculty on the effective use of existing academic tools and platforms.
• Evaluates, supports, and helps faculty responsibly adopt emerging technologies for teaching and learning, including generative AI tools, exam security software, such as Respondus, and AI-content detection tools, such as Pangram.
• Monitors and analyzes emerging trends in educational technology and online learning, identifies opportunities, and explores innovative approaches to teaching and learning problems.
• Partners with faculty developing AI-assisted applications, projects, or course materials, helping refine and scale them.
• With some direction from others, performs a variety of IT activities supporting an e-learning environment, such as designing curriculum content.
• Identifies existing content and converts it into an e-learning environment, then creates user support materials.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Skills

Instructional design

Educational technology

Web technologies

Microsoft 365 apps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree in instructional design / related field

Tools

Canvas

PrairieLearn

Gradescope

Respondus

Pangram

Microsoft Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

The University of Chicago invites applications for an Instructional Technology Designer who partners with faculty to design courses and integrate technology for teaching and learning. This role supports Canvas, academic tools, and the responsible use of emerging AI in education.

We seek candidates with a bachelor's degree (master's preferred), 2–5 years in instructional tech, and a collaborative mindset to work across the campus with librarians, teaching centers, and academic units.