Educational Technology Specialist/Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $38.30 - $42.22 / hour DOE

REPORTS TO : Dean of Academic Affairs

LOCATION : On Campus

WORK SCHEDULE : Monday through Friday 8 : 30pm - 5 : 00pm

COMPENSATION : $38.30 - $42.22 / hour DOE Benefits, Non-Exempt Position

CLOSING DATE : Until Filled

Iisavik College is rooted in the ancestral homeland of the Iupiat. As an institution, we are Unapologetically Iupiaq. This means exercising the sovereign inherent freedom to educate our community through and supported by our Iupiaq worldview, values, knowledge, and protocols. The Iupiaq way of life is woven into our curriculum, programs, activities, and daily interactions within Iisavik College and our community partners.

SUMMARY OF POSITION :

The Educational Technology Specialist / Coordinator helps coordinate and manage all aspects of online learning and distance delivery platforms, and coordinates with Academic Affairs and Technology departments with ensuring classrooms and instructional spaces are operational for optimized teaching and learning at Iisavik College

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Manage Moodle (Iisavik Colleges Learning Management Platform).
• Create Moodle courses and oversee enrollments in those courses.
• Utilize a CSV upload to create courses and enroll users, and LDAP integration to enroll students in courses.
• Consult with students and faculty that use Moodle for purposes other than official Iisavik College classes, including the Department of Workforce Development, Student Services and the Learning Resource Center staff, various institutional committees, and other ad hoc purposes.
• Manage custom roles, update the site regularly, design the layout and theme for the site, and engage IT Department and Moodle hosting partner Moodle HQ for server-side integration and performance with LDAP and EMPOWER (Student Information System).
• Train Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, and Instructors in the integration of Moodle, Zoom web / video delivery, Google Workspace, teleconference delivery, Adobe applications, Microsoft 365, and other classroom technology.
• Anticipate and respond to Moodle issues by troubleshooting issues alongside faculty / instructors as well as seek support from moodle.org community and our host partner, Moodle HQ.
• Consult with faculty and instructors on instructional delivery and learning outcome solutions using Moodle and other educational technology platforms / services including integration of multi-display classrooms, mobile technology, video or YouTube lectures, videoconferencing, and other solutions that improve the classroom experience.
• Utilize pedagogical training to promote teaching over technology while subscribing to the belief that in a well-integrated classroom the technology should be invisible.
• Support students in using Moodle and additional educational technology on and off campus.
• Provide training and support to students using technology for academic purposes as well as students who are using it for internships, scholarships, tutoring, student associations, etc.
• Design and deliver student technology orientations (semester basis) and develop tutorials for educational technology use and troubleshooting.
• Support videoconferencing and teleconferencing platforms.
• Help train and assist faculty and instructors in the use of educational equipment utilized in the classroom.
• Support the Educational Technology Division with a proactive approach and excellent internal (faculty) and external (students) customer service.
• Participate in various departmental meetings and serve on institutional and departmental committees as required or assigned.
• Complies with College policies, procedures and administrative directives, as well as state, federal, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Performs other related duties as assigned, including helpdesk support as needed.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES :

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATES / TRAINING [Required] :

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATES / TRAINING [Preferred] :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employeeis required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, controls, and reach with hands and arms.The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear; The employee is occasionallyrequired to climb or balance, and may occasionally drive a vehicle. The employee must be able to lift and / or move up to40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS : The environmental conditions described here are representative of those anemployee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and the employee is regularly required to workindoors with a usually moderate noise level in the work environment.

BENEFITS :

Leave - 16 paid holidays and up to 36 days of paid leave.

Retirement- Iisavik College is a public employer whose employees contribute to the State of Alaska, Public Employees Retirement System.

Health Insurance- Iisavik College is self-insured and Meritain Health is the health insurance third party administrator. Iisavik College offers health insurance to our employees with a no cost premium, and $50 / pay period for each additional dependent and a low cost annual deductible of $200 for employee only and $600 for family.

Life Insurance- Iisavik College offers Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage through Guardian Life to employees at no cost to the employee in the amount of $100,000 / per benefit.

Additional supplemental or voluntary retirement, life insurance, disability benefits offered.

If any questions, pleasecontact jobs@ilisagvik.edu ]

Iisavik College is a Drug Free Work Place and Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary : $200 - $100,000