Description
Summary- Instructional design responsibilities involve analysis of content, target audience, job tasks, and learner environment to identify appropriate instructional strategies and define learning objectives followed by creation of tools and materials for conducting concept training workshops, including scenario-based product training workbooks for hands-on instruction
- Experience with needs assessment, task/content analysis, design documents, establishing learning objectives, and evaluation strategies
- Design and development of instructional strategies that meet the needs of adult learners in the classroom, on-site and/or in a web-based training environment
- Partner with Technical Trainers, Technical Support Engineers and Manager on the implementation and evaluation of instructional materials.
- Produce blended learning interventions such as self-placed, web, CBT, and distance learning Deliverables may include facilitators' guides, job aids, and content for self-study courses (CBT/video/web based tutorials)
- Effective communication and organizational skills for managing projects from start to delivery is essential
- Use of superior storyboarding skills to precisely communicate instructional strategies to development team members
- Manage multiple projects, changing requirements and changing timelines while delivering first-rate learning solutions
- Continually increase knowledge and state of current industry knowledge, learning technologies, and learning best practices
- Willingness to maintain knowledge of current and new products, services and company organization and processes
- Evolve standardized methods, processes, and templates
- Some travel may be required to meet with Development and System Test Engineers while developing training materials. Also to participate in training pilots with external students.
Skills/Qualifications
- Five to ten years of experience in online and instructor-led course development
- Demonstrated clear, concise writing as well as the ability to "translate" technical information to the level of the intended user/learner.
- Demonstrated skills in developing instructor-led and online training. Course development skills such as content analysis, storyboarding, Scripting, voiceover, video creation and editing, audio editing, graphics/animation, quiz creation, and proficiency in creating courseware in online learning development tools and Learning Management Systems. (FrameMaker, Storyline, Articulate Studio, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, and related online course development software experience)
- Author-it proficient (or strong aptitude) and ability to convert current course content as well as develop new content in that tool.
- Project management skills to effectively gauge budget and time management, as well as plan for curriculum expansion.
- Evaluation skills to determine effectiveness of training and make recommendations on course and curriculum edits to improve training materials, testing, and delivery methods.
- Ability to analyze material re-use and identify and correct inefficiencies where appropriate to maximize resources.
- Ability to assess and implement ways to make courses and instructional media delivery more effective, efficient and beneficial to a global audience across multiple platforms.