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Online Learning Fellow

Harvard University
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Any candidate wishing to be considered must supply a cover letter in addition to their resume.

 

Job Summary :

The Teaching and Learning Lab (TLL) is a mission-driven organization that prioritizes a diverse, inclusive culture and work/life balance. The TLL supports faculty members at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) as they create residential and online learning experiences using a variety of pedagogical and technological approaches. We are seeking an Online Learning Fellow to help develop and deliver the first fully-online Ed.M. degree offered by the School. The Online Learning Fellow will also support the How People Learn course and other offerings within the Foundations curriculum. This effort requires collaborating with Learning Designers, Learning Technologists, faculty-led teaching teams, and core administrative offices to build and support online courses on the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS), ensuring that all content is accessible for all learners and the course experience runs smoothly online.
The work will be fast-paced, collaborative, detail oriented, and focused on both faculty and student support. The successful candidate will be able to learn new processes and technologies quickly and be interested in a career in learning design or educational technology. On-the-job training will be provided for building Canvas courses, using approved tools for teaching, adhering to accessibility guidelines, and managing Library reserve readings.

This is a 12-month term position.

Position Description :

The responsibilities described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Duties (individual Fellows may focus on one or more sets of tasks):

  • Build or refresh assigned Canvas courses
  • Set up approved tools within Canvas, including Zoom, Panopto, Harmonize, Slack, Sharepoint, and others
  • Participate in course design meetings
  • Develop training materials for Teaching Fellows 
  • In partnership with the Library, secure access to required readings and populate the Library Reserves Tool (LRT)
  • Assist with developing learning assets for online delivery
  • Advise the teaching team on creating accessible course materials
  • Support teaching teams before and during delivery, including participating in dry runs, setting up course links, and troubleshooting required technology  
  • Develop course refresh plans and timelines
  • Other duties as assigned

 

Basic Qualifications :

  • Advanced coursework or professional experience in education technology and/or learning design
  • 2024 HGSE Ed.M. graduate
  • Experience working in Google and Microsoft Office productivity environments
  • This position may require occasional evening work between the time of 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET Monday – Thursday during course delivery. Exact schedule TBD.
  • Due to the support needs related to the launch of courses, we are generally not able to approve extended time off during the busy operational periods that precede each academic semester.

 

Additional Qualifications and Skills :

  • Comfortable working with HTML
  • Comfortable with working in a fast-paced, hybrid environment
  • Experience working within a Learning Management System (Canvas preferred)
  • Teaching experience (online preferred)
  • Able to work independently and take direction
  • Highly detailed and able to manage multiple tasks