Electronic Learning Development Senior Specialist

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Job Title:

Electronic Learning Development Senior Specialist

Department:

Arts and Sciences | Distance Education

The Electronic Learning Development Senior Specialist contributes to the mission of Office of Distance Education in the College of Arts and Sciences primarily by helping to manage the teaching toolsets available to faculty. This position assists the Director of Distance Education, college academic units and faculty in meeting their instructional technology needs through evaluation and selection of high-quality software curricular tools and educational applications, both existing and new. The role recommends preferred products for Arts and Sciences, identifies university approved best of breed products and aligns with campus software standards. The role supports design and development strategies to improve teaching effectiveness in the delivery of online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses. The specialist will be tasked with tracking inventory and evaluating current tools through conducting regular meetings and facilitating a community of practice to assess local instructional needs and identify appropriate digital solutions to advance teaching and learning within the college. At the direction of the Director of Distance Education, the specialist will coordinate efforts to review, pilot, and assess software suited for Learning Management System (LMS) integration and other teaching needs. This work includes several phases of software procurement including facilitating adoption discussions, aligning and coordinating multiple unit purchases ensuring funding, initiating legal review with the Business Service Center, engaging in other aspects of purchasing by coordinating security, privacy and accessibility reviews with the College of Arts and Sciences IT Governance, Risk Management and Privacy Team and the ASC Digital Accessibility Team as well as the ADA office and other compliance groups. The Electronic Learning Development Senior Specialist will also function as a point of contact and facilitator for enterprise toolset suitability testing and installation with the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation’s tool adoption and Carmen Support team.

The Electronic Learning Development Senior Specialist will manage changes in the college’s LMS including communications, resource development and training, selected software integrations with the LMS, and pilot software through to the adoption review and decision-making process (listening for faculty needs throughout the college, surveying available software guiding vendor remediation, pilot planning and implementation, assessment, and then communication, training, and support to ASC faculty, coordination with OTDI and other campus partners including partner colleges seeking solutions or adopting the same tool). The specialist will maintain records of approved tools used within the college and across the higher educational landscape and regularly review their suitability within the wider picture of need, usage, future growth, cost, compliance, and risk suitability with the Director and the Arts & Sciences IT Governance, Risk Management, Accessibility, and Privacy Teams on regular basis.

The Electronic Learning Development Senior Specialist works with the IT Governance and Risk Management and Privacy and Digital Accessibility teams in Arts and Sciences as well as with university representatives to ensure an appropriate audit trail is maintained for all evaluations and that accommodation/remediation efforts are tracked and r