Curriculum Deployment Manager
Responsibilities
The Curriculum Deployment Manager will be a member of the Learning Lab's
strategic planning team. Working with this team, the Manager will evaluate
project opportunities, prepare project proposals for internal and external
funding and assist in assessing and prioritizing project resources. In short,
the Curriculum Deployment Manager help define a maturing vision and mission for
the Learning Lab.
The Manager will lead several project operations teams. Reporting to the
Associate Director of Curriculum Deployment, he/she will have primary
responsibility for planning, coordinating and managing the lab efforts in
several concurrent projects. In this capacity he/she will:
- Manage Learning Lab projects, with primary responsibility for all project
operations including planning, development, and deployment in projects that
test learning methods and pedagogically informed technologies in courses and
other learning environments.
- Develop detailed plans for Learning Lab projects, in a process which
starts with preliminary discussions with faculty, includes preparation of
both internal and external proposals, and results in specifications of
goals, methods, staffing, schedules, milestones and budget.
- Facilitate interactions with campus administrative, service and academic
organizations, such as the Academic Technology Lab, Residential Computing,
Academic Text and Data Services, Center for Professional Development and the
Center for Teaching and Learning to support Learning Lab projects.
- Collaborate with the Learning Lab assessment team to prepare and carry out
evaluation plans for lab projects. Work with the Technology Team to design
prototypes, develop testing plans, and carry out usability studies.
- Directly manage students and staff who produce digital media, create web
pages, provide technical support to students, and manage Learning Lab
facilities.
In addition, the Manager will take part in distributing information, methods,
and software to the campus, academia, and other interested communities. He/She
will participate in the professional organizations of practitioners and
researchers involved with learning technologies, transfer issues, and curricular
development in higher education.
- Advise the Learning Lab Directorate on new learning technologies, learning
and curricular innovations, technology transfer issues and technical support
systems.
- Disseminate information to faculty, curricular and technical support
staff, teaching assistants, and students about the use of learning
technology in seminars, workshops, on-line forums and web-sites.
- Plan and manage the distribution of learning technology systems and
modules developed and/or evaluated by the Learning Lab to the campus
community.
- Consult with faculty about making use of learner-centered courses,
adopting pedagogically informed learning technologies, and reforming
curricula.
- Report activities and findings to practitioner and research organizations
such as EDUCOM and SIGCHI. Assist in the preparation of text, video and
digital media documentaries and reports.
Qualifications
- Five years experience supporting the adoption of innovative pedagogies and
learning technologies in academia including:
- Managing large curricular innovation and learning technology
implementation projects.
- Directing curricular and technical support of faculty and students as
they adopt computer-based educational technologies in their learning and
teaching.
- Operation and management of instructional technology consulting
centers, curriculum development labs and learning laboratories.
- Consulting directly with faculty about curricular innovation and
instructional technology adoption.
- Training faculty, teaching assistants, and students in the use
educational technologies. Experience preparing curricular support and
technical training materials including handouts, web-pages, and
workshops.
- Expert knowledge of learning and curricular technologies such as web-based
collaboration environments, web-based curriculum support systems, digital
portfolios, and peer critique/annotation software tools.
- Education: Masters Degree in Educational Technology, Communication or
related field.
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