Description
Ties together the activities of several learning technology areas and/or initiatives to build comprehensive strategies for applying technology in teaching. This can include several facilities, services, and people working together to assist clients to identify and deploy appropriate technology for education. Often has budgetary and management responsibilities, provides strategic learning technology direction for an entire organization, and influences larger learning technology decisions as they affect the entire campus. Frequently manages several computing facilities, media and technology classrooms, media services, and resources, distance learning systems and facilities and acts as a liaison with other institutions, campus organizations, vendors and committees. Education and Experience: Bachelor degree in instructional design, educational technology or related field required. 5 to 7 years experience supporting faculty use of technology to further the instructional mission or firsthand use of a variety of instructional technologies essential. Broad technical skills/experience including Mac/PC, web development, on-line conferencing, multimedia, presentation tools, and emerging technologies. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.