Associate Learning Experience Developer

Learning Experiences & Innovation (LXI) is the ‘go-to’ service across the Exeter learning community in empowering our students, academics, staff and partners to co-create a distinctive learning experience where every learner thrives. LXI consists of seven main units; Academic Development, Student Voice & Change, Learning Development, Learning Design, Experimentation & Innovation; Programme Design & Quality Enhancement, and Educational Policy, Quality & Standards. The teams work alongside and in support of several portfolios focussed on the University’s key strategic aims and its Faculties priorities.  

LXI is part of the Education and Academic Services (EAS) Division. EAS brings together all the key administration and educational support that underpins the student and educator experience. Alongside TQAE this includes Faculty Operations, Sport, Arts and Culture and all elements of Education and Student Support.  

Main purpose of the job:

We are looking for a talented and self-motivated individual to undertake the development and creation of blended and online learning content. This full-time permanent post is available immediately within the Learning Development team. The postholder will support the development of a range of blended and online degrees and short courses. With a keen eye for detail, you will support the build and quality assurance of the online courses, working alongside colleagues to incorporate graphics, animations and video content, as wells as activities and assessments within the core virtual learning environment.

This post will work as a member of the Learning Development team working alongside colleagues to design, build and support several online programmes across the University. The postholder will use the core virtual learning environment (Moodle) to transform the designed curriculum into exciting and engaging online courses.  As part of the Universities 2030 strategy several ambitious targets have been set to launch new fully online programmes. This post is a key part of this work, bringing the courses to life online within the virtual learning environment.

Main duties and accountabilities:

• Follow course design documents to design and build content and activities within the learning environment
• Provide regular updates on progress to the Senior Learning Experience Developer
• Incorporate rich media, audio, video and animation into the course content as identified by the production lead and learning designers
• Create and maintain guidance material and documentation for Digital learning and EdTech tool
• Deliver small group and 1:1 training session for academic colleagues in the prodcution of digital learning material and the use of EdTech tools
• Create custom activities where required, following instructions in the design documents and liaising with learning Designers and the Multimedia production team
• Develop online content and activities in a range of formats and using a range of digital tools – including but not limited to Moodle, O365, H5P, Padlet, Mural, PowToon, Adobe Creative Suite & Canva.
• Undertake proof reading of content to ensure consistency and quality is maintained following agreed quality assurance processes
• Follow agreed design principles to ensure that the content created is consistent across programmes
• Applying an awareness of copyright, intellectual property, data protection and accessibility requirements and University policies and processes in all aspects of digital education enhancement
• Keeping up to date with emerging trends in learning technology and digital education across the sector, and maintaining awareness of new systems, updates, and policies across the University of Exeter

Further information

Please contact Jason Flower, Head of Learning Development, j.flower@exeter.ac.uk

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