Instructinal Technology Job Posting

I discovered the following job posting on HigherEdJobs.com. When I searched for “instructional technology consultant,” I found 18 listings. I then searched using “instructional technology” and “design.” This search gave me 60 hits, and is how I located the following job announcement.

Specialist, Instructional Design, IT/DE
Marshall University
Huntington, WV

This is a full-time position with a salary of $45,000-52,000.

This position provides support to faculty and administration in the “planning, design, production, implementation and evaluation of educational materials, on-line classes and hybrid classes.” This job is also responsible for creating and conducting technology training workshops and providing guidance to the university instructional technologists. From this last responsibility, it sounds like this position has more of a design focus and perhaps the university’s instructional technologist positions have more of media focus. After researching Marshall’s website, this appears to be the case – the instructional technologists work more with training in the media than in the design of materials for the media.

The qualifications required for this position include a master’s degree in instructional design, curriculum design, educational psychology or equivalent with a doctorate preferred. I thought it was interesting that the posting did not specifically list instructional technology as a degree option; however, I would think it would fit as an equivalent, especially considering the other qualifications listed as follows:

• Extensive knowledge of instructional technology software programs.

• Experience in project management.

• Knowledge of pedagogical theory as it relates to instructional design in distance education, hybrid courses and technology integration.

• Experience in web design and with course management software.

• Knowledge of computer graphic production software applications.

• Knowledge of interface design.

I would consider applying for this job at the completion of the MS in Instructional Technology. With the combination of this degree and my masters in adult education, I think I would meet the educational qualifications for the posting. I chose this job, because I especially liked its focus on design and project management. However, I did see several other postings that I liked that did not focus as strongly on the design aspect, but they did require 2 or more years experience in the field along with the degree.

The URL for the posting is www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175336096