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This position is for an Learning Experience Designer with a company located in Perkinston, MS. Job Description: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is seeking a dynamic and innovative Learning Experience Designer to enhance the educational experiences of our students and faculty. This position reports to the Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in learning experience design and instructional design, with a specific focus on project-based learning methodologies. This role will involve collaborating with faculty to redesign courses, facilitating training workshops, and developing best practices aimed at improving student retention and engagement to meet the objectives of the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Our ideal candidate engages in learner advocacy and is a creative, student-centric designer who is talented in synthesizing and energizing ideas, developing meaningful and impactful learning experiences, and working in an agile course design and development environment with a passion for digitally-enhanced learning. This position is grant funded. Duties and Responsiblities: Recruit SIP faculty cohorts to participate in training on project-based learning. Collaborate with SIP faculty cohorts to redesign curriculum and instructional materials using project-based learning techniques. Assess learner needs and apply those while engaging in curriculum and content development using technology integration. Create high-quality and valid assessment tools, plans, and artifacts to assess learning formatively and summatively. Participate in quality assurance reviews, instructor training, iterative design, and ongoing analysis of course performance. Track and report SIP project milestones and communicate at regular intervals with the SIP Steering Committee and other stakeholders. Conduct training sessions and workshops for SIP faculty cohorts and college faculty at large on effective instructional design and best practices in project-based learning. Develop learning resources and tools to support faculty in implementing project-based learning strategies and other innovations, potentially including strategic planning for learning initiatives, augmented and virtual reality experiences, adaptive learning systems, gamification strategies, user experience design for learning, and mobile learning solutions. Help faculty create model course shells for courses that incorporate project-based learning strategies and other innovations based on best practices in course design (e.g., Quality Matters). Conduct thorough analyses of student needs, common challenges, historical course performance, instructor recommendations, and course and program goals. Maintain currency in learning sciences, instructional design principles, and emerging technologies and trends related to higher education, research in instructional design, project-based learning, and student engagement. Provide ongoing support and feedback to faculty during the implementation of redesigned courses. Create and maintain a repository of instructional design resources and best practices. Identify institutions with model project-based learning programs and organize annual visits to those institutions with faculty cohorts. Collaborate with stakeholders across the college including all School, all MGCCC locations, administrators, the Enrollment Management and Student Services division, and Institutional Research to accomplish the goals of the SIP grant. Perform duties independently and exercise a high degree of initiative in determining the approach/action to take in routine and non-routine situations. Maintain high professional standards in all work performed. Serve on all committees and councils as assigned and attend relevant meetings and participate in college activities. Represent at conferences, seminars, and meetings as appropriate. Adhere to all MGCCC policies and procedures. Work flexible hours as needed and complete all tasks assigned in a timely manner. Upgrade skill level and performance through employee development by completing at least 15 hours of Employee Development training annually. Remain consistently flexible and provide leadership in the Teaching & Learning Division, as needed. Perform all other duties as assigned by MGCCC Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning. Qualifications: Mandatory: Master's degree in Instructional Design, Learning Design and Technology, Learning Experience Design, or closely related field emphasizing learning principles and instructional strategies from a regionally accredited institution. Three years of experience in project-based learning, instructional practices, and/or instructional design principles including creating measurable learning outcomes and aligned formative and summative assessments. Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated effective project management and communication ability including skill in creating project tracking documentation and communicating progress to relevant stakeholders. Demonstrated proficiency with learning management systems, such as Canvas, project management software, various communication tools, and Microsoft Office software. Knowledge of adult learning principles and instructional strategies. Advanced time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Proven ability to work collaboratively with faculty and staff in an educational setting. Desirable: Doctoral degree in Instructional Design, Learning Design and Technology, Learning Experience Design, or closely related field emphasizing learning principles and instructional strategies from a regionally accredited institution. Quality Matters (QM) Certification or certification in instructional design or related field. Experience working in a community college environment. Experience with educational program development. EEO Statement: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes students and employees without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age or qualified disability in its programs and activities. For further information, contact the Compliance Officer, P.O. Box 609, Perkinston, Mississippi 39573, telephone number 601-528-8735, email address compliance@mgccc.edu

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