OFE Newsletter: June 13, 2022

OFE Looking for Instructional Technology Designer

The Office for Faculty Development is currently looking for an Instructional Technology Designer. Some of the essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Assist in the design and development of effective Moodle-based courses for NC State’s Office for Faculty Excellence (OFE). This includes creating subject-matter web content, and interactive exercises, assessments, and online communication mechanisms in collaboration with faculty, multimedia specialists, instructional designers, and other instructional professionals.
• Partner with other colleagues and development teams within the (OFE) in researching, brainstorming, developing, implementing and evaluating innovative and pedagogically-sound solutions for addressing instructional challenges.
• Build positive, collaborative working relationships with staff members across the organization and actively encourage a collaborative and team-oriented approach to brainstorming, exploration and problem-solving for instructional production projects.
• Assist in design and development of websites and videos as needed for use in faculty development and other academic training.
• Provide technical and pedagogical support for existing and upcoming Moodle-based courses
• When appropriate, assist the OFE in transitioning course materials to other media and learning management systems.

The job posting can be found here. Please apply, or share this information with anyone interested and qualified to join the OFE team.

Register for Idea Camp Before July 1

Idea generation is described as the process of creating, developing and communicating abstract, concrete or visual ideas. The Office for Faculty Excellence wants to help you harness that process to inspire you for the upcoming academic year by offering Idea Camp.

Idea Camp will focus on how to spark ideas and take them from generation to implementation. The focus will be on innovative pedagogy and educational research. The asynchronous, four part series will take place on each Tuesday in July, starting on Tuesday, July 5. Each installment will include a blog post, short podcast, relevant readings, activities, and more. Each week the new installment will be posted on the OFE blog page and a link will be emailed to all registrants.

The four part series will start with Idea Generation during week one. In addition to the resources above, there will be an in-person ideation session facilitated by Amy Sawyers-Williams from Arts NC State. The exact date, time and location are to be determined. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the in-person session – it will be recorded and a link will be provided to all seminar registrants.

The remaining three topics will be Idea Refinement during week two, Idea Planning during week three and Idea Implementation during week four. Idea Planning will also include a live Zoom component for those available to participate. Again, the Zoom will be recorded and shared for those that cannot attend during the live session.

If you are interested in receiving the four installments of the #NCStateIdeaCamp Summer 2022 series, please sign up here. As a special gift, the first 50 registrants will receive a Creativity Card set in their campus mail that is designed to provide you with 52 techniques to train your brain for greater creativity. We hope that you will choose to spend some time this summer with us.

Save the date: New Faculty Orientation

New Faculty Orientation will be held on Wednesday, August 17. More detailed information regarding time and location are forthcoming.