Instructional Designer & Learning Technologies

San Mateo County Community College District; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 112,000; Part time

Job summary

San Mateo County Community College District is seeking an Instructional Designer to provide pedagogical and educational technology support across face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. This college-wide role emphasizes expertise in course design, learning objectives, and effective online teaching strategies.

The position requires mastery of online instructional design, familiarity with Canvas and Moodle, and the ability to train faculty and staff.

Qualifications

• Mastery of online instructional design and pedagogy.
• Experience with Canvas or Moodle and content development tools.
• Ability to train faculty and staff in effective online teaching.
• Understanding of accessibility and copyright compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on consulting with faculty on course design, course development, learning objectives, classroom management, active learning, assessment methods, and teaching strategies for face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses.
• Present on-campus and online professional development training and learning opportunities for faculty and classified staff through individual consultation, programs, and workshops. Through professional development training activities, promote mastery of technology skills and pedagogy to design and deliver successful online courses and support services
• Participate in assessment of online courses to ensure regular effective contact between instructor and student is included in all distance education courses
• Maintain currency regarding copyright, accessibility compliance (Section 504 and Section 508) regulations for all instructional materials, state authorization for distance education, and student authentication for online and hybrid courses
• Implement creative approaches and innovative uses of technology and pedagogy to address different learning styles, diverse student populations, variety of course content, and accessibility guidelines
• Create partnerships and provide leadership and support for faculty and classified staff in implementing effective pedagogy and use of technology to support teaching and learning
• Maintain currency in knowledge and trends related to teaching and learning and application of technology to enhance teaching and learning of diverse populations
• Create documentation and an inventory of resources of potential interest to faculty
• Coordinate with counterparts at the District colleges and District Office
• Must be flexible and be available to support evening and weekend instructors
• Perform broader instructional design and support projects as needed and assigned

Skills

Online pedagogy

Course design

Faculty training

Assessment design

Project management

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in instructional design/technology

Tools

Canvas

Moodle

Content development tools

Job description

San Mateo County Community College District is seeking an Instructional Designer to provide pedagogical and educational technology support across face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. This college-wide role emphasizes expertise in course design, learning objectives, and effective online teaching strategies.

The position requires mastery of online instructional design, familiarity with Canvas and Moodle, and the ability to train faculty and staff.