Director of Online and Instructional Learning
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD
Full-time
Education
Posted on April 10, 2024
Job Summary:
The Director of Online and Instructional Learning is a newly created position in the Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. The successful candidate will provide University-level long-term and day-to-day management of E-Learning instructional activities (online and hybrid courses and programs and quality assurance) offered by the University.
Essential Responsibilities:
Education:
Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
Experience:
Conditions of Employment
Position Detail Information
Position Detail Information
Posting Number
ST2023-0043
Position End Date (if temporary)
Open Date
03/01/2024
Close Date
04/12/2024
Open Until Filled
No
Special Instructions to Applicant
The Director of Online and Instructional Learning is a newly created position in the Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. The successful candidate will provide University-level long-term and day-to-day management of E-Learning instructional activities (online and hybrid courses and programs and quality assurance) offered by the University.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Responds and gives oversight to Learning Management System inquiries from faculty, staff, and students.
- Maintains records and budgets for the office activities.
- Tracks progress of documents through the administrative approval process.
- Works with faculty to develop appropriately unified course format and packaging to provide students with seamless and user-friendly online learning as they take different courses and to explore and develop new fully online/hybrid course offerings (graduate and undergraduate).
- Meets regularly with the Deans and Chairs and the Departmental Program Committees to develop and revise responsive plans for the Colleges and Departments' initiatives in online education, and to revise online curriculum, and online program delivery.
- Functions as an integral member of the Faculty Information Technology Committee (FITC) to develop and update policies and administrative practices and to collaborate with the academic stakeholders to develop strategic plans for online/hybrid learning.
- Review online/hybrid courses to ensure Quality Matters (QM) standards have been applied.
- Coordinates the approval process for new and revised online/hybrid coursed/programs and monitors faculty online/hybrid courses (for compliance with policies).
- Maintain currency in online learning and Quality Matters (QM) Standards and Schedule official Quality Matters course reviews and maintain course certification mark.
- Develop faculty workshops on online pedagogy, understanding and apply Quality Matter rubric, and certification for teaching online.
- Continue to update online course template to meet Coppin and QM requirements.
- Conducts formative assessments of faculty online teaching abilities, recommending opportunities for improving abilities.
Education:
Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
Experience:
- Minimum of three (3) years' experience in online education, distance education, or related field.
- Experience managing the delivery of online or hybrid academic program.
- Proficient writing skills for higher education communications.
- Understanding of adult learning theories and online learning theories.
- Ability to provide professional development for faculty.
- Minimum of three (3) years' experience with a learning management system (Blackboard Learn preferred).
- Quality Matters Certified.
- OLC Certified.
Conditions of Employment
Position Detail Information
Position Detail Information
Posting Number
ST2023-0043
Position End Date (if temporary)
Open Date
03/01/2024
Close Date
04/12/2024
Open Until Filled
No
Special Instructions to Applicant
