E-Learning & Online Teaching

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Organization: Miami University, Hamilton

Location: Hamilton, Middletown, and West Chester, OHIO

Application Deadline: Jan 29 2009

Position Filled?: No

Job Title: Director of E-Learning Initiatives

Type of Organization: Higher Education

Job Category: Administrative / Staff Position

Type of Position: Full Time, permanent

Workplace: Onsite

Job Description:

Miami University’s regional campus cohort — consisting of Miami University Hamilton, Miami University Middletown, and the new Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester — seeks a talented and accomplished individual as its first Director of E-Learning. The Director will champion, manage, and coordinate all e-learning initiatives. As such, he/she will have considerable administrative, academic, and technical responsibilities. Examples of such responsibilities entail but are not limited to: developing policies and procedures to facilitate distance learning initiatives; coordinating and managing annual budgets; supervising staffing and training; assessing the effectiveness of distance learning programs; facilitating the development, implementation, and evaluation of distance education courses; acting as a liaison between IT staff and faculty; and monitoring new products in distance education. The Director will work with registrars, IT Services staff, libraries, CELT and CTL, as well. He/she will report directly to the two Associate Deans for Academic Affairs at MUH and MUM.

URL for full job description:

https://www.admin.muohio.edu/cfapps/miamijobs/jobsOnLine/positonDetail.cfm?positionNumber=5252

Qualifications:

Require: Master’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization; minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional-level experience in successful distance learning or continuing education programs within a higher education environment, including successful budget development and oversight; strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Strongly desire: demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities and provide leadership and supervision to others; experience with personnel supervision and marketing; demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating, and assessing e-learning programs in fully online, blended, and other delivery modes; experience with purchasing, personnel supervision, marketing, working with non-traditional students, and fiscal management; familiarity with regional campuses.

Salary: $65,000-$75,000 annually

How to apply?:

Send letter of application, vita, and three letters of reference to Director of E-Learning Initiatives Search Committee, Miami University Hamilton, 1601 University Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45015 or to MUHsearch@muohio.edu. Contact number is 513-785-3093. Screening of applications begins January 30, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.

Contact Name: Director of E-Learning Initiatives Search Committee
Contact Email: MUHsearch@muohio.edu