Job Description Summary
This is a one-year limited term position with the opportunity to extend for an additional year based on satisfactory performance and available funding.
Pedagogically-advanced, digitally-enabled (PADE) programs are critical to the success of Bentley University’s growth in Executive and Professional Education growth. We are designing for an audience that requires learning flexibility without sacrificing quality and learner-centric pedagogical approaches.
A dedicated resource for this work will enable Badavas to scale our signature “PADE programs” for executive and working professional audiences by 10X in FY25.
Essential Duties:
Reporting to the AVP Strategy & Innovation | Product Design & Global Partnerships and Executive Director of the Badavas Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, the responsibilities of this role include:
- Translate learning design concepts into professionally-designed digital educational content at a production value that meets EPE audience expectations. This includes development of learner-centric templates, simulations, and other interactive elements within the LMS (Brightspace).
- Work with design teams (faculty leads, pedagogical experts) to build pedagogically-advanced, digitally-enabled programs across a range of modalities. This includes assisting in developing innovative executive and professional education online programs, both asynchronous and synchronous virtual learning opportunities for a variety of audiences in the executive and professional spaces. Contribute to learner needs analysis and accessibility reviews to inform course design and refreshes.
- Produce instructional videos and other multimedia elements for EPE courses.
- Manage and maximize relationships, including quality control and knowledge transfer, with external digital learning partners who assist with online content production, working in close collaboration with Academic Technology (ATC).
- Contribute to creating a high-quality end-to-end digital experience design for Bentley’s EPE online learners, as well as collaborating with the cross-functional team developing online and hybrid graduate degree programs.
- Contribute to building a seamless teaching & learning ecosystem for Bentley by communicating effectively with Learning Design, ATC and other a stakeholders to ensure a high degree of understanding and transparency of the online course design process in EPE and graduate degree programs.
- Leverage open educational resources, in collaboration with Bentley Library.
Qualifications:
- Education: Master’s degree in learning science, UX or related field.
- Years of experience: 1-4 years
- Innovative digital design with experience working in a university setting.
- Experience as a partner with faculty to understand course components and recommend innovative, learner-centric exercises
- Background in user experience preferred
- Strong graphic design skills
- At least 1 year of recent and relevant experience, designing and producing completely online courses, grounded in learning science, for working professional learners.
- Strong and applicable experience with project management.
- Experience and adeptness with learning technology platforms and tools.
- Strong analytical skills to process complex information and translate, and incorporate the information into effective, engaging course designs.
- Experience with best practices for making learning accessible to all students especially with Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
- Excellent attention to detail, especially in the course design process.
Bentley University requires references checks and may conduct other pre-employment screening.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Bentley University strives to create a campus community that welcomes the exchange of ideas, and fosters a culture that values differences and views them as a strength in our community.
Bentley University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, building strength through diversity. The University is committed to building a community of talented students, faculty and staff who reflect the diversity of global business. We strongly encourage applications from persons from underrepresented groups, individuals with disabilities, covered veterans and those with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
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