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• Lead the design and development of high-quality online courses and programs with best practices in instructional design, ensuring courses are engaging, effective, and meeting the needs of diverse learners.
• Collaborate with faculty members and provide them with guidance and support in transitioning to the digital learning landscape, designing engaging blended/online experiences and courses based on evidence-based pedagogy.
• Utilize analysis techniques, including user persona, focus group interviews, and landscape analysis, to identify authentic design challenges and develop practical solutions to the issues.
• Lead the instructional design process from needs analysis through implementation and evaluation, ensuring that courses are engaging, accessible, and effective.
• Leverage emerging trends, research, and best practices in online learning, instructional design, and educational technology (e.g., multimedia, interactive simulations, adaptive learning methods).

• Apply Universal Design for Learning methods and learning theories to the design of learner-centered courses and programs within the ODL
• Ensure that course design, activities, and resources comply with accessibility standards and requirements (e.g., WCAG 2.0, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and state and federal regulations.)
• Develop learner personas for primary and secondary audiences, ensuring that diverse groups of learners are represented
• Manage design trade-offs and conflicts that advocate for all learners to meet their pedagogical needs
• Provide feedback from an accessibility standpoint on consistency and appropriateness of course content and presentation (e.g., ensuring hyperlinks are formatted consistently using WCAG 2.0 standards) across all ODL projects
• Assist course building team in converting and delivering course materials in a variety of formats (Word, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, Video, other) to partner platforms that meet accessibility standards

• Design and develop customized accessibility guidelines based on analysis of the current design process of the Office of Digital Learning
• Design and implement accessibility toolkits (e.g. assessment rubrics and checklists) to ensure accessibility throughout the course design process
• Conduct accessibility audits on both past and ongoing online courses to identify potential accessibility issues and provide solutions
• Maintain documentation of all accessibility efforts, both at the course and portfolio levels
• In collaboration with the Director of Learning Design, evaluate course design and learner experience using usability principles and methods

• Consult with faculty and departments on questions relating to course design and accessibility.
• Contribute Universal Design for Learning expertise across campus by facilitating training sessions and workshops that focus on online education accessibility (standards, tools, and best practices) for faculty and staff
• Collaborate with the Notre Dame accessibility community to remain current with recent accessibility and educational technology developments and practices

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, educational technology, information science, or related fields
• 3+ years of experience (or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience) in instructional design with a focus on digital accessibility
• Demonstrated vision and passion for creating learning experiences that place a high value on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness
• Deep understanding of inclusive and Universal Design for Learning principles
• Experience addressing issues related to accessibility compliance and applying federal policies (e.g., ADA, WCAG 2.0, Section 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act) in an academic setting
• Experience working in online course design teams at the secondary or post-secondary levels
• Experience building courses on online education platforms (e.g., Canvas, Coursera, and edX) and utilizing assistive technologies (e.g., screen readers)
• Ability to employ testing methodologies using tools such as NVDA or JAWs
• Ability to develop and facilitate accessibility-focused training and professional development workshops for staff and faculty, alone and with other individuals on campus
• Demonstrated initiative, independent judgment, diplomacy, and service-oriented attitude
• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education, instructional design, educational technology, or information science
• Experience communicating with diverse audiences through a variety of modalities including blog posts and social media
• Experience writing and presenting research proposals for academic and practitioner-focused conferences
• Experience in conducting focus groups and interviews with users
• Skills in HTML and CSS for web design, along with experience in web accessibility, e-authoring technologies, and media production in higher education.
• Skills in visual communication and user experience design
• Skills in developing web-based interactives

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