• Northwestern University (2)

• CCIM Institute

• University of Illinois - Chicago (3)

The Center for Online Teaching & Learning - Governors State University

These two faculty will work in the Center teaching, leading faculty development, and working to support online learning at the only public university in the south Chicago suburbs. Governors State is only 20 minutes south of Chicago’s Loop on over 100 acres of park-like campus in University Park, Illinois. The Center for Online Teaching and Learning (COTL) is a component of the Digital Learning and Media Design unit and provides support to faculty and staff developing online programs and courses. The University College at GSU is the source of online, non-traditional, and off-campus delivery of educational programs.

The three units of the University College are:

1. School of Extended Learning,
2. School of Interdisciplinary Learning, and
3. the Division of Digital Learning and Media Design (DLMD).

The COTL team works closely with University Library and DLMD teams to provide this support.

Instructional Technologist, Center for Online Teaching and Learning
http://employment.govst.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50961

Instructional Designer, Center for Online Teaching and Learning
http://employment.govst.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50960

If you have any questions contact:

Eric Wignall
Coordinator, Center for Online Teaching & Learning
Assistant Professor, Digital Media
Advisor, Certificate in Online Teaching
Governors State University
phone: 708-534-4106
email: e-wignall@govst.edu

Associate Course Management Trainer - Northwestern University

To Apply: https://nuhr.northwestern.edu/hr89prod_er/eRecruit_login.html
Search for ID: 12886, Associate Course Management Trainer

Job Summary:

The Associate Course Management Training Specialist supports NU's faculty teaching initiatives through the technical and pedagogical support of NU's online teaching tools and e-learning systems. These tools and systems include: AT course management systems, class websites, blogs, wikis, e-portfolios, classroom response systems, plagiarism detection tools, on-line annotation tools, group collaboration technologies, etc.

Principle Accountabilities:

Provides customer support to NU faculty, staff and students using NU's e-learning online teaching tools; Troubleshooting technical problems, answering interface questions, addressing functionality issues and responding to software-related requests in a fast-paced work environment; Acting as a liaison with NU faculty and library staff to address Academic Technologies computer lab software and scheduling needs; Assisting with training workshops for faculty and in-person consultations for faculty; Developing and maintaining web and paper-based technical support materials; Performing system administration duties such as assisting with system configuration, account activations, and systems testing; Generating and maintaining metric information on application usage;
Communicating as an end-user technical liaison to vendor support infrastructure and cross-functional NU Information Technology Course Management System implementation team; Assisting with managing the part-time student consultant supporting NU's computer labs, smart classrooms and other Academic Technologies services; Performing other related duties as required or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree in computer science, instructional design, learning sciences, educational technologies or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired; 2 years of experience; Customer service experience; Knowledge and experience with Windows PC and MAC computing environments; Proficiency with MS Office, HTML, SQL and UNIX; Basic knowledge of streaming audio and video, compression methods, file types and format; Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated skills providing technical support for e-learning applications; Experience supporting a Course Management System such as Blackboard; Experience in a higher education environment.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.
Date Posted: 03/07/2008

Course Management Specialist - Northwestern University

Posting Title: Course Management Training Spec
Job Opening ID: 12799
Position Number: 35930
Department Number: 791000

To Apply: https://nuhr.northwestern.edu/hr89prod_er/eRecruit_login.html
Search for ID: 12799, Course Management Specialist

Job Summary:

Under general supervision, Course Management/Training Specialist supports the University's course management systems. This position organizes and conducts complex, training and educational programs for user personnel. In addition, the Specialist designs and develops in-house training programs and maintains records of training activities, employee progress and program effectiveness.

Principle Accountabilities:

Providing technical and pedagogical training and support of NU's e-learning applications/online teaching tools to NU faculty, staff and students; Managing the part-time student consultants supporting NU's computer labs, smart classrooms and other AT services; Overseeing upgrades and communication cycles with end-users; Liaisoning with faculty to schedule AT managed computer labs, to accommodate their lab-related software requests and support faculty use of AT labs as required (e.g. updating lab websites, answering questions etc); Working with faculty and academic units to cultivate awareness of e-learning features and functionalities aligned with faculty and units' learning goals; Collaborating with other administrative units, such as the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence and NU Library, to offer workshops, presentations, training and faculty development events to the NU community members; Serving as a technical liaison to vendor support infrastructure and campus cross-functional teams; Identifying and testing new e-learning applications; Performing other related duties as required or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree in computer science, instructional design, learning sciences, educational technologies or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired; 3-5 years of experience; Customer service experience; Knowledge and experience with Windows PC and MAC computing environments; Proficiency with MS Office, HTML, SQL and UNIX; Basic knowledge of streaming audio and video, compression methods, file types and format.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated skills providing technical support for e-learning applications; Experience supporting a Course Management System such as Blackboard; Experience in a higher education environment.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.
Date Posted: 02/13/2008

Education Technology Consultant - CCIM Institute

General Description: The Technology Consultant provides technical expertise for the education development team of the CCIM Institute and collaborates with the IT department to plan, facilitate, and implement technology into the curriculum. The technology consultant provides support to users and staff for the Blackboard learning platform and the Questionmark testing system.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Manages the front-end configuration for CCIM's Blackboard installation.
2. Supports the installation, configuration, and integration of a Questionmark assessment system that includes both online and paper-based administration.
3. Coordinates with instructional design staff and CCIM faculty to create digital and online instructional resources.
4. Assists with faculty training workshops and the production and updating of related training materials.
5. Acts as a training and consulting resource on instructional technology for faculty and staff.
6. Explores new technologies (i.e. attend conferences) and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Skills):

This person should be familiar with user aspects, problems, implementation, set up and maintenance of Blackboard online courses; adept at troubleshooting user problems; and supportive and cooperative with faculty and students.

1. Demonstrated experience with Blackboard system administration and course creation/management. Support of Blackboard in technical back end role is highly desirable.
2. Demonstrated proficiency in MS Excel and relational databases (SQL, Oracle)
3. Advanced software competencies in MS Access and MS Excel.
4. Experience building Crystal Reports preferred.
5. Communicates well with others both verbally and in writing and has a proven ability to interact with a wide variety of people using tact and diplomacy.
6. Has ability to work collaboratively within an "academic-like" community.
7. Can organize and prioritize workload in order to meet necessary deadlines.
8. Experience with any of the following is a plus: Questionmark Perception, Harvest Road, Crystal Reports
9. Excellent project management skills and ability to learn new software systems.
10. Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years experience

Contact:

Jodi Coplan, Director of Human Resources
CCIM Institute
430 N. Michigan Avenue, 8th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
312-321-8568
hr@cciminstitute.com
www.ccim.com

Blackboard System Administrator - University of Illinois Chicago

The primary qualifications are:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 3 years of minimum experience in Blackboard Learning System & System Administration
• Working knowledge of Unix, Oracle, Apache, tomcat, Java server pages and perl
• Familiarity with teaching and learning technology

UIC is a Research I institution and the largest public university in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area, just minutes from downtown Chicago.

For additional information contact:

Ed Garay
garay@uic.edu
Assistant Director for Academic Computing
Director, UIC Instructional Technology Lab
University of Illinois - Chicago
Academic Computing and Communications Center
http://www.accc.uic.edu/itl

Senior Instructional Technology Coordinator - University of Illinois Chicago

The primary qualifications are:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Education, Business Administration, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering or related fields
• 5 years of minimum experience in teaching and learning technology, incuding learning systems, faculty development, instructional design, project management, Web and multimedia authoring, Web accessibility, electronic portfolios, modern communication and collaboration technologies, face-to-face, hybrid and online learning, classroom technology, online assessment, Web 2.0, streaming and other digital video/audio authoring and delivery technology, digital ink and mobile learning

UIC is a Research I institution and the largest public university in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area, just minutes from downtown Chicago.

For additional information contact:

Ed Garay
garay@uic.edu
Assistant Director for Academic Computing
Director, UIC Instructional Technology Lab
University of Illinois - Chicago
Academic Computing and Communications Center
http://www.accc.uic.edu/itl

Blackboard System Administrator - University of Illinois Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has an immediate opening for a Blackboard System Administrator at the UIC Academic Computing and Communications Center.

The official title for the position is "Visiting Research Programmer" and it is valid for only one year. Separately, the UIC Academic Computing and Communications Center will open a different permanent Research Programmer position for a Blackboard System Administrator within six (6) months.

This is a full-time position reporting to an Assistant Director for Academic Computing who reports directly to the UIC CIO and Vice Provost for Information Technology. The UIC Academic Computing and Communications Center is a central IT organization, with approximately 100 full-time staff and academic professionals.

The Blackboard System Administrator will join a team of other Blackboard system administrators and programmers responsible for UIC's instructional servers: Blackboard Learning and Content Systems, a high-capacity RealNetworks Streaming Server, a Saba Centra Web Conferencing System, various Cisco H.323 Video Conferencing MCU servers and an upcoming Flash Media Server.

The Blackboard SysAdmins, other SysAdmins and programmers are members of the UIC Instructional Technology Lab which primarily provides campus-wide teaching and learning technology support, faculty development support, course development, multimedia design and development, and mobile learning support for traditional on-campus face-to-face classes, as well as for hybrid/blended and online learning.

The UIC Instructional Technology Lab is one of five groups that form the UIC Academic Computing and Communications Center, which also runs the campus network, the telephone system (inc. VoIP), email, calendaring and Web services, campus portal, database systems, computer and network security, general computer consulting, computer labs, LAN services, computer training workshops and site-license software, among other systems and services.

Position Requirements:

(1) Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
(2) Three (3) years of minimum experience in Blackboard Learning System System Administration
(3) Working knowledge of Unix (Solaris, Linux), Oracle, Apache, tomcat, Java server pages and perl

(+) Familiarity with teaching and learning technology
(+) Experience with Windows NT/2003/2008 System Administrationextensive Web-based applications development and Blackboard
Building Block development are a plus

UIC is a Top 50 Research I institution and the largest public university in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area, just minutes from downtown Chicago. 25,000 students, 6,000 faculty/staff and professional academics, and a total of over 45,000 people are on campus on any given day. UIC is one of four campuses of the University of Illinois university system, comprised of UIC, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois at Springfield, and the new University of Illinois Global Campus.

Interested candidates should send cover letters and resumes/URLs by November 15, 2007 to garay@uic.edu or to the following address:

University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic Computing and Communications Center
Attn: Ed Garay
1940 West Taylor Street, Room 124 BGRC
Chicago, Illinois 60612