Description:
The Officer, Learning Technology Support is responsible for strengthening the learning technology approach delivered for courses at the Australian War College. The successful candidate will provide learning technology support for the delivery of courses delivered by Deakin at the Australian War College, including the Defence and Strategic Studies Course (DSSC), the Australian Command and Staff Course (ACSC) and the Australian Command and Staff Course Remote (ACSC-R). The role will work closely with the Lead Learning Technologist and Senior Learning Technologist to implement an overarching strategy for the use of technology to support learning outcomes and will provide dedicated advice and support to staff and students.:
- Work with the learning technology team and the academic team and relevant stakeholders to manage and prepare suitable learning resources to support the courses co-designed by Deakin and the Australian War College.
- Engage in process improvement activities and adopt new ideas, approaches and changes to work practices to enable the enhancement of learning assets and materials for units and courses based on agreed approach and best practice principles.
- Generate new ideas and shares those ideas with others in the work area to improve process and practice.
- Seek to understand the evolving digital landscape and keep abreast of trends and new technologies to provide effective support to Deakin and Australian War College staff in the implementation of digital technology for learning activities in a dynamic working environment.
- Consult with available sources to gather relevant information and seek the expertise and advice of other people as appropriate.
- Understand local processes, prepare standard documents, manage records, regularly track progress of work tasks and identify key issues.
- Communicate with confidence to promptly address issues using examples and the most appropriate influencing technique for a given situation to increase understanding and support.
- Deliver effective and efficient outcomes and outputs against team and operational work plans.
- Build new and productive relationships with a diverse range of potential students, stakeholders or key and influential individuals both inside and outside the University.
- A degree, or equivalent professional qualification, or equivalent professional experience in the areas of information technology, education or learning technology.
- Experience with developing, adapting and implementing digital tools to support student learning.
- Experience in the use of and supporting online learning content development tools and platforms such as online classroom environments and assessment and evaluation tools (e.g. Moodle, Google Apps for Education).
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment with a self-motivated and pro-active approach and the ability to multi-task/prioritise activities to achieve required outcomes.
- Demonstrate well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to translate technical issues and solutions into plain language for a non-technical audience to understand.
- Demonstrate a high degree of drive, energy and ability to work under pressure whilst displaying the personal qualities of professionalism, integrity, teamwork.