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JOB DESCRIPTION
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POSITION DETAILS
Position Title (current title)
Digital Learning Materials Designer
Status of Post (tick)
New Post
Job Grade (current grade)
PC9
Faculty (if applicable)
Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)
Department
Centre for Educational Technology (CET)
Section (if applicable)
Staff Development and Curriculum Projects
Date of Compilation
3 June 2010
Re-evaluation
FOR OFFICE USE
Job Title
Digital Learning Materials Designer
Date of Grading
2010
Grading Result
PC9
ORGANOGRAM
PURPOSE
The main purpose of this position is to develop digital learning materials for use in curriculum
partnerships between CET and UCT lecturers. This will include design and development of
materials in collaboration with UCT lecturers and other CET staff and presenting about new
approaches to teaching with technology at workshops and seminars.
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JOB CONTENT
Key Performance Areas (4 – 6)
1) Design of learning interventions
for UCT courses in partnership with
educators
% of
time
spent
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Activities / Objectives / Tasks
Results / Outcomes
Meeting with lecturers to assess the
need and opportunities for
intervention
Appropriate diagnosis of context,
needs and lecturer goals.
In partnership with lecturers and other
CET staff identifying the location of
the intervention within the curriculum
and the teaching and assessment
schedule
Designing the intervention in
partnership with lecturers and other
CET staff according to sound
pedagogical principles including the
use of appropriate tools
Negotiating agreement with the
lecturer(s) concerned for the
development of media and the
implementation of the planned
intervention.
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Sound pedagogical framing for
specification of development.
Viable agreement for development
and implementation.
Competencies
knowledge of, and
demonstrated
competence in webbased media
(including digital
video, screencasting,
webcasting and
podcasting)
ability to keep up with
rapidly changing
developments and
innovation dispersed
across a variety of
computer-mediated
mediums
understanding of
curriculum
development and
course delivery within
a higher education
context
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2) Development of video and other
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web-based media to support UCT
academic activities
Consulting the relevant lecturer(s)
about the design parameters and
content.
Appropriate design parameters.
Resources which are useable and
useful within the teaching context.
Selection of appropriate tools and
processes.
understanding of
curriculum
development and
course delivery within
a higher education
context
Development of media in partnership
with the relevant lecturer(s)
3) Implementation of learning
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interventions in UCT courses in
partnership with educators
Advising the lecturer(s) on use of the
media within a course
Assisting the lecturer(s) with use of
the media within the course, possibly
including support for linked
assessment processes.
Mentoring of the lecturer to
improve their capacity to teach with
technology.
Effective use of the resources in
the course.
Assisting the lecturer(s) in developing
competence to teach with the relevant
digital media.
4) Presentations to staff seminars,
including leading and contributing to
workshops teaching production
skills
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Leading teaching with technology
workshops on production skills
Improved range of workshops in
the teaching with technology series
Presenting at teaching with
technology seminars
Wider knowledge of production
skills across several teaching
departments
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Skills in designing
and developing
visually-rich media
using a range of tools
Skills in designing
and developing
visually-rich media
using a range of tools
understanding of
curriculum
development and
course delivery within
a higher education
context
understanding of
curriculum
development and
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5) Reporting on innovation through
Assisting lecturers in their projects in
preparing and delivering presentations
to teaching with technology events
Improved dissemination of
innovation across UCT
5
Reporting through the CET website,
project blogs and twitter.
Sharing knowledge of innovative
projects in the broader educational
technology community.
10
Observations and data gathering
during and immediately after projects
Accounting to university and
external funders
Analysis of data
Sharing knowledge of innovative
projects in the broader educational
technology community
blogs and other social networking
technologies
6)
a) Gathering and analyzing project
data for evaluation and research
purposes
b) Writing internal reports on
projects and contributing to external
reporting
Contributing to research papers about
these projects
Writing internal project reports and the
relevant parts of external reports to
funders
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Communication and
presentation skills
including effective use
of presentation
technologies
Skills in the use of
blogs and other social
media to disseminate
innovation
Data analysis skills
Report writing skills
Collaboratively written research
papers
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Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
A relevant tertiary qualification including training in media production.
Minimum Experience
One year of relevant working experience
Experience of video and digital media production
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