About UC Blue Ash College

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College invites applications for a Senior Instructional Designer position.  The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College is one of the largest regional colleges in Ohio and one of the most diverse colleges at the University of Cincinnati.  The college is in Blue Ash, Ohio fifteen miles north of the uptown campus, on 135 acres in a park-like setting. We offer primarily associate degrees in career and transition programs, as well as general education courses and technical baccalaureate degrees to approximately 5,100 students.  We value excellent teaching and personalized student support to help students achieve their goals, whether the goal is to enter a career or to continue education.  The college is a recipient of the Cincinnati Business Courier 2021 Best Places to Work award.

Job Overview

Reporting to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, the Senior Instructional Designer will be responsible for supporting faculty and staff in instructional design for all delivery modalities of current and new courses. As the primary resource for instructional design, this individual will work collaboratively with faculty leaders from the UC Blue Ash Learning and Teaching Center to provide timely professional development opportunities and support services for instructional technologies including the Canvas learning management system and Kaltura MediaSpace. They will also support faculty with web conferencing, file accessibility remediation, and captioning.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule with the option for one remote working day a week and two days a week during the summer semester. Residence must be within the Cincinnati Tri-State area (OH/IN/KY) with reasonable distance to campus to have the ability to report to campus as required. Remote work arrangements are subject to change in accordance with university policies.

Essential Functions

• Work as part of a team to support technology-facilitated courses and program development.
• Support UC Blue Ash campus learning management system protocols in Canvas including updating and applying UC Blue Ash template to courses each semester and maintaining resources in the UC Blue Ash Online Teaching Community.
• Consult with and assist faculty, staff, and subject matter experts in the development of online and technology-facilitated courses including hybrid and hyflex.
• Present workshops and programs, conduct faculty/staff training, and help faculty and academic programs implement new technologies and approaches for technology-facilitated learning.
• Assist faculty with the use of web-based resources, multimedia technologies, web conferencing, instructional software and systems for technology-facilitated course development, file accessibility remediation, and captioning.
• Provide routine, local support for faculty concerning UC enterprise teaching tools and coordinate with UC’s Digital Technology Solutions through referrals for more comprehensive support.
• Help faculty with university online design quality systems, such as Quality Matters, and support faculty in meeting basic standards of quality course design by conducting internal course reviews and managing the Support for Online Course Design course for faculty.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners that are critical to the success of course development, implementation, and problem resolution. Partners may include but are not limited to college and university academic support departments and offices; college and university committees; faculty, technology/multimedia staff, virtual learning management staff, and department academic support staff; and vendor support services.

Essential Function (cont.)

• Partner with Library faculty concerning the most effective ways to build information literacy content packages for faculty to incorporate into courses.
• Develop and support current and new technology-facilitated courses according to established procedures; support instructors in development of instructional materials for technology-facilitated courses that are consistent with sound instructional design principles and standards; utilize a variety of software and development tools including Articulate and Camtasia.
• Design and implement assessment methods to evaluate technology-based learning materials and to help evaluate learning tools to increase student engagement in technology-facilitated courses, research curriculum and pedagogical strategies.
• Contribute to ongoing research, evaluation, and design of technology-facilitated courses and programs.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship and open communication with university and college teaching and technology partners and represent UCBA on appropriate committees.
• Research, evaluate, and integrate new and emerging educational technologies for improving student learning within technology-facilitated courses.
• Acquire certifications required in facilitating quality course design systems such as the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshop.
• Research curriculum and pedagogical strategies to design and implement assessment methods that will evaluate the effectiveness of the user experience. Revise the technology-based learning materials and tools to increase student engagement in technology-facilitated courses. Continually adapt methods as needed in response to user feedback.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Seven (7) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.

Required Experience

• Three years of experience in course design.
• Expertise in the use of learning management systems and instructional technologies.

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Master’s degree in instructional design or related field.
• The ideal applicant will possess college-level teaching experience; faculty/staff development/training experience; excellent communication skills; the ability to work collegially with academic unit heads, faculty, and staff; a commitment to student-centered learning and teaching; and close attention to detail.
• We are also seeking experience with the educational technologies used in the instructional design process including the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS), Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Kaltura, Zoom, Teams, Camtasia, Articulate, as well as tools designed to make learning materials more accessible such as Equidox.
• Expertise in hybrid and hyflex formats.
• Support development of regular and substantive interaction.

Application Process

Applicants must supply the following items. Please use the "Additional Documents" option for the additional documents.

•         Cover letter that describes how you are uniquely qualified for this position.

•         CV/resume.

•         A list of at least three (3) references including contact information.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment