Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Buena Vista University is seeking candidates for a part-time position combining online teaching with content oversight as an online course lead. Responsibilities include online teaching, course design, development and updates, adjunct faculty oversight, and projects as part of a collaborative, multi-unit online program.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to program development, revision, and evaluation of online courses
- 15 credit online teaching load throughout academic year
- Serve as course lead for assigned courses
- Monitor and maintain course curriculum, assessment, and content to ensure regular review of quality and updated content consistent with BVU's academic standards
- In collaboration with disciplinary faculty, develop and maintain course content in a robust LMS environment including course syllabus, course outcomes alignment
- Management of immediate course issues and conducting cyclic course reviews to prepare annual updates in the master course
- Maintaining the course map and all course content outside of the LMS to ensure continuity of delivery if the LMS is damaged or unavailable
- Reviewing pedagogy to ensure appropriate student learning and success in the course
- Orient, support, and monitor faculty who teach the course each term
- Conduct cyclic adjunct performance reviews, as assigned
- Communicate with school leadership, colleagues, Office of Digital Learning, and support staff on course needs
- Contribute to and participate in meetings and communications, as appropriate and as requested
- Participating in appropriate professional development
- Hold weekly office hours
- Communicate and collaborate with FT, PT, and adjunct faculty, Storm Lake departmental colleagues, and other BVU faculty and staff as appropriate - this may occasionally include some travel
- Participate in program evaluation and review
- Mentor students as they develop their professional identities
- Communicate in a timely manner with partners internal and external to the university
Skills
- Masters degree in related field required
- Experience designing, building and maintaining fully online courses in Canvas LMS
- Teaching experience in online higher education setting
- Experience mentoring, supporting, and coordinating instructors
- Preference for course design accessibility training
- Preference for QM training
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