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Director of Creative Learning Services

Director of Creative Learning Services

The director provides leadership in the planning, direction, supervision and instructional design in the development of interactive college credit courses. S/he supervises staff involved with the design and development of courses which can be delivered in all modes (face-to-face, blended and fully online), using the latest findings in the fields of learning, motivation and technology, with emphasis on the constructivist approach. The director also works directly with faculty teams as an instructional designer in the design and development of courses.

The director works collaboratively with the Office of Professional Development and the Virtual College in coordinating efforts to improve student learning and serves as liaison with McGraw-Hill and other college partners in the publishing of courses. The position reports to the Executive Director of Organizational Learning Services. Further information concerning SIRIUS is available at www.sirius-education.org. A full description of the position is available at https://jobs.fccj.edu.

Preferred qualifications for the position include a doctoral degree or ABD from an accredited college or university in instructional technology, instructional design, psychology, or related field supplemented by five (5) years of instructional design and development or related work, two of which must have been in a supervisory position. Completion of the doctorate may be substituted for up to two years of non-supervisory experience. Extensive knowledge of the applications of learning and motivation research and theory (with emphasis on the constructivist approach) and technology in support of adult learning, extensive experience teaching/developing online courses, and a strong background in the development and use of multimedia learning objects are expected.

The position is available immediately; starting salary is $57,144-$68,328 and the benefits package is excellent. Review of applications begins May 19, 2008. Please submit letter of interest, FCCJ application, resume and unofficial college transcripts to Office of Human Resources, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, 501 W. State Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

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Dr. Cavanaugh: Media release!

Fulbright Hays Group Project Abroad Grant Awarded to the Center for Latin American Studies

The Center for Latin American Studies was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $66,574 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright Hays Program to provide a four-week curriculum development project in Ecuador and Peru entitled "The Andean "HATSS" Project: Reaching High Achievement for Teachers and Students of Spanish in Florida Schools". The HATSS project is a collaborative endeavor between the Center for Latin American Studies, the College of Education and Florida schools to design and implement innovative curricula using new technologies that will prepare students for an increasingly global and diverse society. The curriculum team consists of twelve K-12 foreign language teachers from eleven Florida counties and two UF faculty members.

The project will take place in three phases. In Phase I, teachers will form an online community and participate in a two day pre-departure orientation program at UF which will take place May 16-17 in Gainesville.   The orientation experience will prepare participants to travel to Latin America through sessions on Latin American culture and educational technology. Phase II consists of on-site experiences in Ecuador and Peru in which participants acquire knowledge of local languages and cultures, guided by local on-site experts and in conjunction with U.S. project personnel. Finally, in Phase III participants will utilize knowledge, technologies, materials, and language acquired to create curriculum units. Participants will disseminate their work through local, state and national conferences in addition to making their materials available at no cost to educators and students online.


Sources:

Mary E. Risner, Associate Director of Outreach and Latin American Business Programs at the Center for Latin American Studies. mrisner@latam.ufl.edu , 352-392-0375, x811

Catherine Cavanaugh, Associate Professor, College of Education, School of Teaching and Learning. cathycavanaugh@coe.ufl.edu, 352-392-9191, x295

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