instructional designer London, England
Job description
About us
UCL Mechanical Engineering has been pioneering the development of engineering education, having taught the core discipline for over 170 years. UCL was home to the UK’s first ever Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering, Eaton Hodgkinson, in 1847. It was also where Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy introduced organized laboratory practical's in university education training; a world-leading educational innovation at the time. Today our students are taught core engineering disciplines and supervised in individual and group research projects by academics that are recognised research world-leaders in their fields. In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) over 90% of the department’s research was judged “world leading” or “internationally excellent”. At UCL Mechanical Engineering, we develop and apply core competencies to produce world-class research into a wider range of engineering challenges than most would imagine. Amongst many other avenues we are: • Leading research into low carbon shipping • Designing the greenest engines and novel sustainable fuels • Studying the flow of red blood cells in channels thinner than a human hair • Using ‘lighter than air’ building materials to develop the solar power stations of the future. • Developing the most advanced brain models for dementia • Designing propulsion systems for advanced multihull ships. Further information is available at https://mecheng.ucl.ac.uk/.
About the role
The role holder wil be an r-learning specialist with a remit to support development of high qulity blended and online courses. Central to the department undergraduate and masters programmes is the use of our virtual learning environment where most of the learning material is available online in the form of videos, documents, quizzes etc. You will be working within the Teaching & Learning team, where your primary responsibility will be to help design, develop and upload programme content using online/e-learning methods mainly using our e-learning platform Moodle and assessment platform AssessmentUCL; to ensure that all material is compliant with current accessibility and copyright legislation; and to liaise with UCL Digital Education Team & Faculty Learning Technologists to ensure best practice is followed and that new features are used where appropriate in line with the Department’s commitment to innovative and quality learning outcomes. Working closely with relevant colleagues, you will also help implement and improve Teaching and Learning related processes by making best use of the e-learning available. For example; Moodle, MS apps/systems, AssessmentUCL.
About you
• Working with departmental teaching staff to develop and implement online learning designs and materials. • Liaising with departmental teaching staff to develop and capture course content and activities of the highest quality. • Establishing workflows to support and manage content development and delivery. • Developing accessible and copyright-cleared content and advising others on copyright and accessibility issues. • Creating a high-quality repository of online course materials, complete with an effective and accessible tagging/filing system and secure database. • Making sure that course content is available online and to deadline. • Supporting the Teaching and Learning Administrators with student needs, which may include helping students who have queries or problems related to online course content or technology. • Helping teaching staff leads to monitor and moderate online communications via e-learning platforms. • Continually developing and improving departmental course content. • Liaise closely with UCL’s Digital Education team and Faculty Learning Technologists to ensure that centrally supported systems and processes are used and that local issues are reported to central teams. • Learn new teaching and learning tools and technologies, and implement those for delivery of education in the department, as required. • Supporting staff to develop e-learning expertise • Creating Moodle and related templates
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan• Immigration loan• Relocation scheme for certain posts• On-Site nursery• On-site gym• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service• Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Information on UCL’s approach to issues of equality, diversity and inclusion can be found on the UCL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages. Application should be made through the UCL online jobs portal. Informal enquiries may be made to the Rachel Smith ([email protected]). If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact [email protected].
