Director of Instructional Technology and Design, College of Medicine
Hiring Department: College of Medicine
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Requisition ID: 1022578
Posting Close Date: 2/5/2024
About the University of Illinois Chicago
UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.
Description:
Position Summary
In collaboration with the College of Medicine leadership, the Director of Instructional Technology and Design oversees the college-wide implementation of Instructional Technology to enhance medical student learning and ensure cross-campus alignment and comparability of curriculum. The Director assists faculty in utilizing technology-enhanced pedagogy and Designing innovative curricular materials using evidence-based techniques. The individual will facilitate faculty and staff on-boarding and ongoing development in technology-enhanced curriculum management, instruction, and Design across Chicago, Peoria and Rockford campuses.
Duties & Responsibilities
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
A minimum of a Master's degree in Education, Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required.
A minimum of seven years of experience in course or curriculum design.
Experience with faculty development, including blended delivery of course content.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated expertise in instructional design, needs analysis, educational technology, distance learning, with solid understanding of andragogy, innovative instruction trends, and faculty development in Executive Education.
Best practice experience of Instructional design principles, electronic learning, coaching, assessments, course materials, and adult learning.
Experience with interactive teaching methods, developing teaching materials and Designing learning activities.
Proven competence in instructional design that showcases understanding of adult learning theory with ability to creatively design, deploy and operationalize complex, innovative leadership development and organizational development solutions that include classroom and experiential learning.
Presentation and interpersonal facilitative teaching skills, at the level appropriate for faculty development activities.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate the effectiveness of learning materials.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with all members of a learning team, faculty, multimedia production, and learning management system platforms to create a learning environment that is service oriented, supportive, engaging, and effective for learners.
Ability to lead the design process for different types of learning with faculty/staff partners, from idea generation to program development to program measurement; ability to effectively manage various stakeholders in the process. Ability to future-think and envision design, implement and operationalize creative program design elements.
Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, ability to navigate complex cross-campus landscapes and multi- faceted projects.
Superior time-management skills required.
Attention to detail and the ability to engage learners at all levels of the organizational hierarchy.
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