Learning Designer
King's College London
- Central London
- £43,205-50,585 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Apply learning design principles, adult learning theory and learning sciences evidence to ensure the high pedagogical quality of King's Digital programmes, modules and short courses.
- Design a learning pathway or sequence of content and activities that will help the students achieve the learning outcomes set by or agreed with the academic lead.
- Make design choices resulting in resources and activities that are:
- Effective - so that content is clear and as easy to understand and remember as possible without compromising on academic rigour
- Engaging - so that students are motivated to complete courses effectively with high satisfaction
- Efficient - so that students', faculty members' and designers' time during course development and delivery is taken into account
- Work with academic leads, course facilitators and other subject matter experts in a collaborative, consultative fashion, supporting them to develop effective learning outcomes, and helping them adapt or create content, activities and assessment that is suitable for online learning.
- Establish rapport and communicate respectfully and productively with academics and project team members both in person and online, including written communication, voice calls, meetings and workshops.
- Identify material and learning outcomes that may be suitable for varied educational formats, including interactive lessons, asynchronous discussion forums, live webinars, individual or collaborative student activities, audio, video, animation or educational games.
- Take into account the features and constraints of the King's Digital learning platform, preferred software and accessibility requirements when designing lessons and activities (currently Moodle and Teams, but previous experience with specific software is not essential)
- Provide consultative advice to faculty on designing and facilitating online courses.
- Manage own workload in the context of project plan timeframes and deadlines, maintain accurate project progress documentation and keep project managers abreast of key decisions, milestones and problems
- Advise and assist with the introduction of new learning design initiatives, through attending or facilitating workshops, reading relevant literature, and collaborative project work with the team.
- Significant experience designing and/or developing e-learning content and activities, including the creation of storyboards or similar visual planning tools.
- Substantial understanding and application of instructional design, e-learning and distance learning pedagogy and principles, and/or pedagogical or adult learning theory and evidence.
- Substantial understanding of both students and academics in Higher Education.
- High level ability to select relevant information and present complex ideas clearly and creatively in a logical, coherent way.
- Excellent English language skills and attention to detail: able to express self accurately and effectively in both written and verbal communication.
- Able to work well autonomously and collaborate as part of a dynamic and agile team.
- A commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- High level ability to negotiate and communicate well with others in a higher education environment
- Good presentation and facilitation skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet challenging deadlines with a problem-solving attitude
- Attention to detail
LONDON
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