[Jobs] sungard

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

Date Submitted
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Job Type
Senior Management Positions
Organization
SunGard Higher Education
Carnegie Class
N/A
State/Province
Pennsylvania (Northeastern U.S.)
For More Info
kyle.cato at sungardhe.com
Job Description
Sungard Higher Education currently has a Director, Learning  
Technology opportunity with our office located in the Toms River, NJ  
area.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Our employees find their work engaging, the environment stimulating,  
and the results of their efforts rewarding.
SunGard Higher Education helps colleges and universities run the  
business of higher education. Institutions come to us for expert  
advice, software, and services for everything from their registration  
systems to electronic portfolios to the technology needed to support  
today's modern students. Our goal is to bring together the people and  
technology needed to create a Unified Digital Campus for each of our  
customers. What is a Unified Digital Campus? It can be many different  
things, but the common thread for each of our customers is easy and  
fast access to personal and community information for all its members.

It is a flexible environment for learning, teaching, research, and  
administration. With these goals in mind, our employees deliver  
customer support, professional services, software development, and  
technology management. We bring the future to today's colleges and  
universities so they can cultivate tomorrow's great leaders,  
thinkers, inventors, and citizens.

We are proud to be a business that shapes the future through higher  
education. Our employees are dedicated to our company and our  
customers because what we do truly makes a difference in the world.  
We invite you to learn how you can work for a global, innovative  
company that believes in career and personal development, recognizes  
personal accomplishment, supports employees' lifestyles, and offers  
competitive pay and benefits. We have a wide variety of technical,  
support, sales, marketing, and management positions throughout the  
United States and worldwide.

ABOUT THIS POSITION

The SunGard Program Development Specialist has day-to-day leadership  
responsibility for program development and support of online Programs  
and core course redesign.

The strategic responsibilities of the Director of Learning Technology  
include the following:

•Organize the program development resources in a manner that is  
responsive to the College's needs. Provide leadership to and  
management of the professionals, including hiring, training, managing  
and establishing project priorities.

•Serve as an instructional technology advocate by promoting the use  
and support of innovative technologies when technology can contribute  
to the realization of institutional goals and initiatives, and  
address relevant industry issues and make recommendations to  
implement technology changes when appropriate.

•Facilitate the creation and implementation of plans, policies,  
processes and strategies for online program development to meet  
institutional goals and an effective return on investment.

•Define and document internal procedures, College and corporate  
status reporting.

•Coordinate the implementation of instructional technology training  
courses and/or workshops for faculty seeking to integrate technology  
into their teaching using SunGard Academic Development Services  
training methodologies.

•Create, implement, and maintain plans and processes for strategies  
to support the development of unique courses and programs.
Manage onsite activity directed at program or course development.

•Coordinate and manage College technology support resources such as  
faculty resources and staff, as well as student resources, where  
appropriate.

•Serve as liaison to corporate resources on working strategies for  
program/course development, marketing and sales management, and  
customer and delivery support, and coordinate the use of corporate  
resources as appropriate per the institution's agreement.

•Maintain knowledge of emerging trends in online learning.

The Director of Learning Technology will provide onsite Instructional  
Support services to focus on the promotion of more effective use of  
learning technologies through the use of the following tactical  
activities:

•Designing and developing online, classroom-based or web-enhanced  
programs and courses using instructional technology tools and the  
instructional design process.

•Communicating goals, methods, and outcomes of design and redesign  
projects to faculty to help increase faculty awareness and enthusiasm  
for redesign efforts at the College.

•Working with faculty representatives to drive program/curriculum  
design and/or redesign.

•Advising faculty representatives on the potential content and  
delivery model for individual courses.

•Providing pedagogy design and redesign consultation, advice and  
expertise.

•Coordinating course development resources and projects.

•Providing consultations for faculty involved in online course  
development.

•Facilitating the development and delivery of mid-course, end-of- 
course, and end-of-program evaluations.

•Aid in publicizing examples of successful faculty redesigns efforts  
to increase campus wide faculty support.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

A Masters degree and at least three years of successful experience  
working in higher education supporting faculty to use learning  
technologies is required. At least two years of online course  
development and/or online teaching experience in any subject matter  
is required. Experience in developing an entire online program from  
conception through delivery is highly desirable. Classroom or online  
teaching and/or training experience is preferred. Doctorate in  
Education, Instructional Technology or Design, or related field is  
also preferred. Customer Service experience in Higher Education is  
preferred.

BENEFITS

We offer an excellent comprehensive benefits package which includes;  
401K, vacation, paid holidays/sick days, Medical/Dental/Vision, Life  
Insurance/Long Term Coverage, and Tuition Reimbursement. Our company  
is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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