Open Educational Resource (Oer) Projects Coordinator

Support Staff Full-time New Position
(First consideration for Support Staff and Academic positions will be given to internal applicants in accordance with the respective Collective Agreements)
The OER Projects Coordinator position supports the Open Educational Resources (OER) publishing initiative at Conestoga College. The role will simultaneously support multiple OER projects with content management and the production of openly licensed course learning materials. The OER Projects Coordinator provides support, OER awareness, and technical training to OER creator project team participants developing digital Open Educational Resources. The OER Projects coordinator provides a final review of OER projects to ensure optimal end-user experience in both functionality, design, accessibility, and overall quality.
Successful candidates will be required to conduct work within Ontario and must be available to work on campus as required. It is anticipated that this position will meet the needs of the department through a hybrid work arrangement with 2 days on-site, and 3 days remote. The days on-site may vary from week to week, depending on stakeholder and operational requirements.
Occasional travel to other campuses will be required as needed.
Responsibilities

• Provides instructional and training to incorporate accessibly and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) requirements in OER projects
• Provides ongoing guidance, facilitating, and a final review of OER content for accessibility, readability, copyright compliance, and overall design quality that includes technical support for a high-quality end-user experience in both digital and print formats.
• Provides guidance and instruction to refine content for the intended audience and to meet UDL and accessibility requirements, including code tagging instruction for digital and print copies
• Provides guidance and instruction to research, search and find creative commons licensed OER that can be adopted and adapted in OER projects
• Determines which open publishing platforms best suit the OER project goals and deliverables
• Provides responsive instruction, training, or guidance to OER projects teams as they identify gaps in knowledge while working on their OER projects and bring that forward for ongoing OER evaluation of training
• Provides instruction and technical support to design and add in multi-media, interactive learning objects, and images that Universal Design for Learning (UDL), copyright, and attribution requirements
• Conducts code cleanup and tagging enhancements using HTML/XHTML, CSS.
• Provides technical support to generate backups and export files to open publishing repositories
• Provides training and technical support for chosen publishing platforms such as Pressbooks and H5P
• Provides guidance and instruction to develop associated ancillary resources that maximizes adoption and meets OER project deliverables
• Collaborates to evaluate feedback forms, focus group feedback, and feedback from OER project teams to generate continuous improvement to instructional materials, templates, and ongoing training to meet the OER Project team’s needs
• Provides guidance and instruction to OER participants to further develop skills and abilities to identify, evaluate, and map existing OER content to course outlines
• Provides guidance and instruction on APA 7th edition citation and creative commons attribution requirements
• Conducts routine check-ins with OER project team leads to assess support needed to ensure projects meet project plan milestones.
• Collaborates with OER Consultant, Instructional Designer, and related internal and external stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of current OER training, and associated digital literacy skills, and identified gaps for the purpose of developing OER training that meets the needs of OER project teams, deliverables, and programs
• Provides regular guidance and training on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and AODA compliance
• Collaborates and generates project plan schedules that meet deliverables and maximize efficiencies of supports
• Reviews participant agreements with project teams and identifies potential issues proactively with an agile response to solving issues
• Provides opportunities for OER Participants to view various formats of their creations
• Works with internal and external stakeholders to identify collaborative partnerships
• Clones or imports existing OER content into the content management system (CMS) Pressbooks and clean-ups up code and/or tagging

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative and agile working relationships
• Technical development of learning objects (e.g., use of rapid eLearning authoring tools like Camtasia, Captivate, and H5P)
• Technical development of learning objectives derived from curriculum mapping
• Three years of experience working in a variety of capacities supporting clients in the use of technology for learning, including current, relevant technical experience designing digital resources for learning that includes:
• Working knowledge of the principles of Open Educational Practices (OEP), Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
• Familiarity with a variety of writing style guides such as MLA
• Knowledge of and experience working with APA 7th Edition style guides
• Demonstrated ability to adjust and create instructional design elements in publishing platforms such as Pressbooks and/or WordPress following best Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and AODA practices
• Demonstrated ability to complete accessibility checks and modify content/code for the best end-user experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in, Education, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Library and Information Sciences or related field; Master’s Degree preferred
• Project management and coordination skills in program delivery or service areas

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