Senior Instructional Designer/Technologist
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Main Campus, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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Opening at: Feb 6 2026 - 09:00 CST
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Closing at: Feb 11 2026 - 23:55 CST
VP Area: Academic Affairs
Department: Academic Affairs
FLSA Status: Exempt
Benefit Eligibility: Yes
The Senior Instructional Designer/Technologist manages the university’s learning management system (D2L-Brightspace) and related educational technologies to create, design, enhance, and support effective learning experiences. The senior technologist is a key member of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and reports to the director of the CETL department.
- A bachelor's degree is required. Preferred degree fields include instructional design, digital multimedia, and education technology.
- A minimum of three years’ direct experience working with instructional technologies at an accredited institution is required.
- A suitable combination of education and experience may be substituted for minimum qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Completed master’s level coursework is preferred. A master's degree in an educational technology field or a related discipline is strongly preferred.
Job Duties:
Demonstrate an attitude and behavior that reflects the values and mission of the University.
- Administrative management and support of the university’s learning management system (LMS), D2L-Brightspace
- Maintain a thorough technical and functional understanding of the university’s LMS system, D2L-Brightspace, in order to provide administrative system support including troubleshooting, integration with other university systems, coordination of department/school/college needs with the parameters of the system
- Ensure all educational technology tools and systems are up to date and coordinate systems testing, training, updates, upgrades, etc.
- Serve as the point of contact for faculty (primary) and students (secondary) regarding D2L-Brightspace and instructional delivery by responding with care in a timely manner; anticipate end-user needs and respond proactively
- Serve as the primary liaison between D2L-Brightspace and the university
- LMS/educational technology training and support outreach
- Design, deliver, and assess educational technology training programs for various audiences using various media to maximize usage as well as to promote efficient use of the system; customize training programs according to department/school/college needs
- Advocate and support the use of educational technology as part of curriculum delivery seeking out opportunities to enhance the learning experience with technology
- Lead educational technology projects and initiatives as they develop
- Instructional design
- Consult with academic units and faculty to ensure optimal delivery of a wide range of educational technology topics including D2L-Brightspace, instructional approaches, course design, assignment design, thoughtful use of technology in the classroom and related areas
- Support the creation and/or redesign of courses and faculty-projects for the classroom and related areas
- Support/collaborate in the creation/publishing of video, file conversions, etc. utilized in the digital learning environment
- Support compliance and quality assurance of online learning courses and programs
- Educational technology operations and planning
- Collaborate with academic units to develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures regarding online course development, content, and management
- Provide recommendations to enhance the university’s educational technology tools and resources
- Identify emerging technologies well-suited for university programs; apply innovation and creativity to recommend and develop new resources and new uses of existing resources
- Follow national trends, state and federal regulations and accreditation standards to support compliance
- Hire, train, and supervise student employees
- Departmental and university initiative, projects, programs, and committee participation
- Serve on Faculty Senate-appointed committees as assigned
- Serve on advisory boards, councils, and other bodies as assigned
- Participate in CETL short and long-term planning in support of the department’s mission and vision
- Collaboration
- Work closely with Campus Technology Services to coordinate a wide range of activities including technology implementation, troubleshooting, etc.
- Work closely with the Registrar’s office to coordinate and resolve enrollment, grading, and other issues
- Collaborate as needed with CTS and other educational technology support staff (Business School, Law School) to ensure high-quality delivery of educational technology support for all university constituents
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- •nowledge of educational technology usage, design, best practices, industry trends, etc
- Clear grasp of educational research on distance, online, and digital learning
- Knowledge of pedagogical issues related to face-to-face, hybrid, and online teaching and learning
- Technical fluency in D2L-Brightspace (or a comparable learning management system), as well a commonly used applications, software, and databases used in higher education including MS Office, Google suite, Camtasia, TurnItIn, Respondus, etc
- Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to work with minimal supervision
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate with a diverse audience about technical and academic topics
- Ability to effectively deliver presentations and training courses, comfortable with public speaking
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences (faculty, staff, students, etc) effectively to adequately train and promote the effective use of online educational tools and systems
- Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies
- Ability to develop a rapport with faculty, staff, and students to effectively deliver training, enhance learning
- Comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment
- Demonstrated passion for improving teaching and learning
- Ability to exercise independent judgment in producing media and in making technical decisions
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
- Constantly operates a computer and other office machinery.
- Constantly visually identifies, observes, and assesses.
- Frequently communicates with university constituents.
- Frequently remains in a stationary position (standing and/or sitting).
- Occasionally moves to accomplish tasks and/or to get from one worksite to another.
- Occasionally moves common office materials.
