Saturday, September 20, 2008

Instructional Design Job Opportunity

When I was perusing the various employment websites, I happened across a job that I thought sounded very interesting. The job was listed on the ASTD Job Bank website. The job field is Instructional Design with the company eHigherEducation. Many of the jobs that I read about stated that the applicant needs to be able to work with many different people. The thing that is different about this job is that you have to be able to work with different team members in different locations and time zones. This requires anyone that wants to apply for this job to be flexible in the hours that they can work. The IT would work with clients to understand their business goals and learning objectives in order to develop cost-effective solutions that enhances their existing training methods and systems. eHigherEducation provides a full set of integrated eLearning solutions.

Other requirements are:
  • Skilled in Instructional Design
  • Be able to supervise work of an "offshore" partner
  • Communicate with clients.

To be qualified for this job, the company requests that the applicant:

  • Have a Bachelors Degree in Instructional Design (Masters preferred)
  • 3-5 years experience in the field; especially with e-learning projects
  • Have experience with Storyboard
  • Be able to work with distributed team.

Although I think this job sounds very interesting, especially with the challenge of working with different people in different time zones, I do not think I would apply for it. When I went into education nineteen years ago, it was because I thoroughly enjoy working with children. Since that hasn't changed yet, I believe I would apply for a job that keeps me in the school setting.

If you are interested in this job, please click the link below to go directly to the site.

http://jobs.astd.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2970307&keywords=e%2Dlearning

6 comments:

Mike S. - EDTC 6010 said...

This position looks interesting, but very challenging.

Nita said...

I liked the description of this position. It sounds like a great consulting job to move into after working several years in a school setting - maybe something to consider after retiring from the state.

IT or not it said...

I wonder why they didn't require a foreign language? It would seem to be a needed skill.

Virginia said...

I have noticed that many of the postings require the applicant to work with a team. I guess the push to teach our students to be cooperative learners and team players is definately right on track.

Mary Smith said...

I have also seen the requirements of being able to work in a group. I try to have assignments where my fourth graders work in cooperative groups. I tell them each year that when they grow up they may be required to work with a group a people. I tell them that they may not like the people that they work with but they have to respect them. It is amazing to see the different personalities that shine through during group work.

Ms. Curry said...

I agree with you. I love working with the students directly. After this degree, I will probably continue teaching in the classroom for many years :)