Description:
Digital Education Specialists work collaboratively with the wider LEED team in support of the Centre's wider strategic aims and operational activities. You will build successful partnerships with institution wide academic leaders, external agencies and professional bodies to engage in collaborative work and enhance the reputation of the University.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive digital innovation in teaching, learning and assessment across the university, representing the Digital Education team on key projects including leading key deliverables into faculties.
- Implement, operationalise and evaluate the DELTA strategy through collaborative working with faculty stakeholders, provisioning excellent pedagogic and technical advice, training and guidance on the use of digital tools to enhance learning, teaching and assessment practice and educational outcomes.
- Develop and maintain up to date guidance and resources in our digital spaces relating to digital education tools and pedagogy, including Moodle, AI/Generative AI, MS Teams, Apps for Teaching and Learning Toolkit and Adobe Creative Campus.
- Collaborate on the design, development and delivery of LEED's and the Digital Education team's continuing professional development (CPD) programme, of face-to-face and online workshops.
- Provide contributions to wider LEED initiatives including: PGCert/MA programmes and other CPD offers; AdvanceHE Fellowships and Professional Standards Framework programme; Curriculum development CPD offerings e.g. Curriculum Assessment Framework (CAF).
- Build partnerships with external collaborators and organisations, disseminating and promoting evidence of effective practices that enhance LEED's reputation within and beyond the university.
Key Skills & Experiences
You will have the experience and knowledge to develop guidance, support and mentorship regarding:
- Effective integration of digital in education and the pedagogical benefits of digital to supporting curriculum design.
- Virtual Learning Environments and the best practice approaches to creating accessible, engaging and intuitive learning spaces, to support learning activities through face to face, online, synchronous and asynchronous methods.
- How AI impacts people in teaching, learning and assessment, including approaches to enable staff and students to develop their own understanding of AI and its application to assessment design.
- Development of inclusive practice, how accessibility impacts staff and student experience, and the appropriate tools and techniques to support everyone through their teaching, learning and assessment experience.
- Embedding applications for teaching, learning and assessment such as Apps for teaching and learning (Mentimeter, Vevox, Kahoot, NearPod, Padlet, Miro etc.), including working with vendors on building tools that support flexible active learning.
- Investment in building digital skills including effective delivery of Adobe Creative Campus and other similar technologies to build confidence around digital in our learning community.