Specialist, Instructional Design

The Specialist, Instructional Design supports the creation, refinement, development, and implementation of learning products for the organization. The incumbent will design and implement programs to ensure institutional compliance with federal, state, and Nightingale College policies and best practices. The Specialist, Instructional Design will manage the development of curriculum and professional development materials for instructor-led delivery platforms and updates of existing course materials to reflect changes in law, regulation, philosophy, or practice and ensure alignment with organizational goals and direction.

• Identifies training needs, and coordinates with subject matter experts, faculty members, and other collaborators to design and develop learning opportunities for faculty and collaborators

• Performs cause, knowledge, or gap analyses to help determine appropriate learning delivery options

• Determines the suitable instructional design method, media selection, and facilitation style for the implementation of organizational interventions and solutions

• Constructs supportive materials to enhance performance improvement strategies

• Aligns new and existing course content with optimum instructional methods including instructor-led, e-learning, and blended approaches

• Maintains a current understanding of nursing and healthcare professions curriculum or professional development research and trends related to online teaching and learning practices

• Designs and executes online course assembly, creation, and packaging within the Learning Management System (LMS) and authoring tools in partnership with internal and external subject matter experts

• Develops and refines tests, scoring guides, and curriculum

• Maps course topics, objectives, and assignments into program designs to demonstrate that standards are met, and assessment is achievable

• Liaise with Nightingale Group committees as appropriate

• Participates in the successful implementation of other functional projects as they arise

• A Master’s degree from an accredited institution in Learning Science, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Assessment, Learning Design, Curriculum Design, or a related field is required

• A minimum of three years of participating in the design of learning technology, software, or learning environments is required

• A minimum of two years of experience developing courses in LMS and authoring tools is required

• Demonstrated experience designing assessments within distance learning experiences is required

• Demonstrated understanding of concept-based, competency-based, project-based, and other learning design models is required

• Demonstrated experience contributing to learning design systems with numerous stakeholders and requirements is required

• A minimum of three years of experience gathering and applying peer-reviewed scholarly research and user research is preferred

• Experience in Nursing/Allied Health/Health Sciences Education preferred

• Experience in micro-credentialing preferred