Subject Matter Expert & Adjunct Faculty – Advanced Oceanography for Master of Science in Climate Change Leadership

The University of New England seeks a Subject Matter Expert & Adjunct Faculty for Advanced Oceanography in its online Master of Science in Climate Change Leadership program. Responsibilities include course design, creating learning outcomes, assessments, and facilitating student learning. The role requires collaboration with the Instructional Design team and adherence to deadlines. Candidates should have expertise in oceanography and experience in curriculum design for online education.
Subject matter experts (SMEs) within the College of Professional Studies (CPS) are critical to the success of UNE’s online programs. SMEs work closely with a member of the UNE Instructional Design Team who serves as the project manager, facilitates the development of the course, and ensures that pedagogy and content meet program expectations. SMEs receive supervision and guidance from the Master of Science in Climate Change Leadership (CCL) Program and must work with Instructional Design to meet deliverable deadlines set by CPS. The role of the SME in CPS course development is to help design a graduate level course(s) for online students using best practices for online education that are aligned to program learning outcomes and can be delivered by instructors other than/in addition to the SME.

Adjunct Faculty within the College of Professional Studies (CPS) are critical to the success of UNE’s online programs. The role of the faculty in CPS is to facilitate the learning process for online students through timely and effective instruction and communication. Instructors also serve as mentors, sharing their experience to help guide students and ensure they achieve their educational and professional goals. The faculty facilitates the retention of students through creating a positive educational environment, allowing for students to derive the maximum benefits from the program in which they are enrolled. Instructors will receive supervision, collaboration, and guidance from the UNE Online Master of Science in Climate Change Leadership (CCL) Program.

Responsibilities

SMEs are responsible for:
• Creating a list of course learning outcomes
• Writing a course syllabus
• Recording video “lectures”
• Designing engaging visual representations to help students learn content
• Creating engaging assignments, group activities and presentations, writing interactive discussion board topics that enable students to delve more deeply into the content while building community
• Designing assessments to measure learning outcomes
• Creating an instructor guide to assist course facilitators
• Provide expert knowledge in Oceanography
• Develop learning modules that guide students through their educational experience while upholding and adhering to the CPS commitment to student success
• Willingness to analyze best practices in online oceanography education
• Curriculum design experience and familiarity with implementation of principle of backward design
• Demonstrated skill in creating learning activities and meaningful assessments of student learning
• Writing and editorial skill, understanding of copyright issues
• Technical skill in generating and editing graphics/images
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills
• Ability to work independently once a task is thoroughly explained and effectively during time-on-task
• Commit to weekly check-in meetings with the Instructional Design team and/or the Program
• Participate in drafting a schedule for deliverables
• Meet agreed-upon deadlines per the master course development schedule

Adjunct Faculty are responsible for:
• Providing expert and graduate level knowledge in oceanography
• Guiding students through their educational experience while upholding and adhering to the CPS commitment to student success
• Providing timely response to student inquiries, within 24 hours
• Facilitating class instruction by engaging in the online course portal a minimum of 5 times per week
• Hosting a minimum of one hour of virtual office hours per week
• Having excellent collaborative and communication skills
• Willingness to analyze best practices in online oceanography education

Qualifications
• The ideal candidate has experience teaching online in an educational setting, has demonstrated expertise in curriculum development and assessment, and has a passion for teaching oceanography
• Master’s degree in Oceanography field – PhD preferred
• A minimum of three years teaching experience in the area of Oceanography
• A desire to motivate and encourage students in academic and professional settings
• Expertise teaching online and the desire to learn and apply new technological approaches to education
• Experience using the Brightspace/D2L Learning Management system preferred

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