Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thompson Rivers University is seeking a qualified content expert/curriculum developer for the major revision of ENGL 3741: Milton's Paradise Lost. The role involves collaborating with an instructional designer and a development team to create and revise course materials, ensuring relevance and engagement for students in an online learning environment.
Responsibilities
- Participate in brainstorming and planning sessions
- Develop a detailed course planning document for the course which includes relevant learning outcomes, learning activities, and assessments appropriate for an online continuous entry course
- Revise and/or develop content, including learning activities and authentic assessments, to ensure that they are relevant and appropriate for an online continuous entry course
- Create multimedia or other active learning activities to ensure student engagement through experiential learning
- Choose effective and appropriate resources, ideally digital, and prioritize low-cost and accessible options, such as Open Educational Resources (OERs), TRU’s e-Library collection and article databases, and other accessible material and media
- Accurately cite sources and identify third-party material that may require copyright clearance as TRU respects intellectual property laws
- Follow the guidance of the Instructional Designer on the inclusion of any AI-generated content
- Meet the deliverables according to the agreed-upon timeline
- Respond to project-related communication and meeting requests in a timely manner (within 48 hours)
- All team members will provide feedback that is constructive and relevant, and centered on course content and learning activities
- Participate in post-development contract evaluation
- Communicate in a professional and respectful way in accordance with TRU Policy Number BRD 17-0: RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE AND HARASSMENT PREVENTION
Skills
- PhD in English is required
- Experience teaching English Literature
- Demonstration of current and ongoing engagement in the course subject matter through research and/or the scholarship of teaching, including the dissemination of outcomes in appropriate academic venues
- Proven course development skills in a face-to-face or distance environment
- Demonstrated ability to write in a clear and consistent style with grammatical accuracy
- The ability to meet deadlines
- The ability to work in a collaborative and consultative manner
- Experience or education in online course development or online facilitation is an asset
Company Overview
Thompson Rivers University is a public teaching and research university located in Kamloops, Canada. It was founded in 1970, and is headquartered in Kamloops, British Columbia, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.tru.ca/.