Instructional Designer

• Collaborate with SMEs: Build strong partnerships with faculty and subject matter experts (SMEs) to design and evaluate credit-bearing, continuing education, and interprofessional education (IPE) programs.
• Instructional Mapping: Lead the storyboarding process to define instructional flow, media integration, and assessment strategies for online and hybrid formats.
• Backward Design: Apply backward design methodology to ensure all content is strictly aligned with established learning objectives and clinical outcomes.
• Project Management: Navigate the full curriculum lifecycle, managing timelines, revision cycles, and institutional governance requirements.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure high-quality, equitable, and rigorous educational experiences.
• LMS Development: Build and test interactive courses, modules, and assessments within the Canvas Learning Management System.
• Innovative Pathways: Contribute to the design of stackable credentials and competency-based pathways to meet evolving industry needs.

• UDL Integration: Ensure all instructional materials adhere to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to support diverse learner needs.
• Compliance Standards: Apply WCAG-compliant design practices across all digital course components.
• Multimedia Accessibility: Partner with Multimedia Specialist to ensure inclusive formatting, including captioning and visual contrast optimizations.

• EdTech Integration: Guide faculty in evaluating and integrating emerging educational technologies to enhance student engagement.
• Multimedia Collaboration: Work with creative teams to integrate video, animation, and interactive learning objects that simplify complex clinical concepts.
• Feedback: Contribute to processes for collecting feedback and tracking the impact of design and delivery on learner outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously review, refine, and improve course content and delivery based on data and faculty input.

• Collaborate and support professional development and training sessions for faculty and staff on instructional design principles, educational technologies, and best practices in online learning
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous learning across the Re-Gen Valley Clinical Readiness team
• Perform other related duties as assigned in support of the broader initiative

• Master’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, or a closely related field (will consider experience in lieu of education)
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in course design, development, and support across multiple teaching modalities
• Relevant experience with Canvas LMS.
• Experience with on-screen lecture capture software, such as Canvas Studio or Kaltura.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with faculty, industry experts, and learner support staff in the development of instructional content
• Experience with active learning strategies, project-based learning, and adult learning theory
• Experience creating and facilitating professional development and training sessions
• Experience applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles
• Experience ensuring accessibility in course design and course materials.
• One to two (1–2) years of teaching or training experience in a formal educational setting
• Ability to work as a collaborative team member as well as independently.
• Ability to learn and adapt to recent technology at a rapid pace.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work with diverse populations and to address the needs of the academic/staff community with professionalism, diplomacy, and sensitivity.
• Ability to handle highly confidential material, understanding that all University information should only be disclosed to others who have a need to know, for legitimate business reasons.
• Ability to engage with people at all skill levels.
• Disposition as a creative, analytical person with the ability to suggest multiple solutions.
• Ability to exercise and apply sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Aptitude for working effectively with students, instructors, staff, and colleagues; enthusiasm for delivering high-quality and timely service to an academic community.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and positive working relationships with internal and external constituents.
• Ability to accept verbal and written technical instructions, supervision, assignments, change, and correction.
• Ability to explain technical concepts and procedures to non-technical users.
• Ability to work effectively, decisively and flexibly in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage simultaneous priorities under pressure.
• Assume responsibility for completing tasks in a timely manner.
• Make a positive contribution and commitment to the team’s processes and goals.
• Maintain professionalism in all situations and settings.
• Adhere to the policies and procedures established by Franklin Pierce University.
• Must be adaptable to working across multiple time zones and willing to adjust schedule as necessary.

• Experience with a variety of Learning Management Systems (e.g., Canvas, D2L/Brightspace, Blackboard)
• Experience with competency-based education frameworks or stackable credential design
• Familiarity with regenerative medicine, health sciences, or emerging clinical practice content areas
• Experience working in higher education or with interprofessional health sciences education programs
• Awareness of Quality Matters or other course review rubrics

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