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vvwahm
03-28-2009, 05:47 AM
<h3>Work at Home Instructional Designer</h3>
Vaco
Technology has 2 openings for Instructional Design Specialist roles.
Both are WORK FROM HOME and both require solid teamwork skills. One
role is contract-to-hire, the other role is direct permanent hire and
both starting salaries are $48,500.00

The Instructional
Design Specialist is responsible for planning, designing, developing,
documenting, and testing online courses, interactive Web applications
and technologies. The Instructional Design Specialist interviews
subject matter experts, teachers, and students to determine
instructional design and technical design requirements for
redevelopment of online courses and interactivities, creating
components to increase the level of usability and prescriptive learning
in our courses. The IDS analyzes data to create specifications for
modifying and customizing online courses and interactive web
applications. The Instructional Design Specialist is responsible for
providing advanced support to support representatives and interns for
online course and interactive web application alterations.


The IDS also creates and delivers teacher training, assisting staff
members in learning new technology and delivery systems.


Additional Job Information: Bachelors degree with a minimum of two
years experience in the Information and/or Educational Technology
field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience in instructional design and working in a project management
cycle.

Technical skillsets that the qualified candidate will have:

Strong Adobe suite skills (Photoshop, Captivate)
Intermediate Flash skills (actionscriptat least be able to repurpose existing code)
Basic CSS
Solid Dreamweaver
Ideally the candidate will also have LMS experience in addition to SCORM.

Job Requirements

The Instructional Design Specialist is responsible for planning,
designing, developing, documenting, and testing online courses,
interactive Web applications and technologies. The Instructional Design
Specialist interviews subject matter experts, teachers, and students to
determine instructional design and technical design requirements for
redevelopment of online courses and interactivities, creating
components to increase the level of usability and prescriptive learning
in our courses. The IDS analyzes data to create specifications for
modifying and customizing online courses and interactive web
applications. The Instructional Design Specialist is responsible for
providing advanced support to support representatives and interns for
online course and interactive web application alterations.


The IDS also creates and delivers teacher training, assisting staff
members in learning new technology and delivery systems.


Additional Job Information: Bachelors degree with a minimum of two
years experience in the Information and/or Educational Technology
field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience in instructional design and working in a project management
cycle.

Technical skillsets that the qualified candidate will have:

Strong Adobe suite skills (Photoshop, Captivate)
Intermediate Flash skills (actionscriptat least be able to repurpose existing code)
Basic CSS
Solid Dreamweaver
Ideally the candidate will also have LMS experience in addition to SCORM.</font>
http://www.vaco.com/Technology/index.cfm

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crimsonsongbird
04-05-2009, 08:40 PM
My Masters is in Instructional Technology (Curriculum Design in asynchronous learning environments), and I'm always bummed while I find job postings that require experience. How can I get experience if no one iwll hire me. Right now I'm content doing what I'm doing, but even after finishing school, I felt this way....http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley13.gif
One day though! http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley20.gif

Thanks for posting!Edited by: crimsonsongbird