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Fwd: [OER] Spring 2025 Position

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    *From:* Christopher Silsby <[email protected]>
    *Date:* December 30, 2024 at 1:53:32 PM EST
    *To:* [email protected]
    *Subject:* *[OER] Spring 2025 Position*
    *Reply-To:* Christopher Silsby <[email protected]>

    

    Hi all,

    We are hiring a Part-Time Educational Technologist position who will work
    closely with me on Blogs@Baruch and with our OER fellows on furthering our
    Open offerings to faculty.

    Please circulate this to any grad students or recent grads that you think
    might be a good fit for this kind of education-first and open-source
    technology project.

    Sincerely,

    Christopher

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    Christopher Silsby, Ph.D.

    Blogs@Baruch Manager

    Educational Technology

    Baruch College, City University of New York

    Educational Technologist

    Job Description:

    The Educational Technologist will work with the Project Manager and other
    Educational Technologists to support faculty, staff, and students who use
    tools like WordPress, cPanel, Omeka, and other open source technologies.
    This position will develop technology projects with faculty, staff, and
    students, based on sound pedagogical principles. The Educational
    Technologist will work with Baruch community members to identify relevant
    applications, configure web applications, and advise on pedagogical
    practices for web-based projects. Additional support will entail assisting
    with login and registration issues, classroom workshops, and escalating
    issues to the Project Manager.

    The Educational Technologist will also create documentation, record
    training videos, and support faculty development workshops as needed.
    Topics for documentation could include answering common support requests;
    helping faculty, staff, and students understand different web system
    interfaces; or assisting in launching new web-based projects.

    Ideal candidates will have experience in use and support of educational
    technology; an interest in new uses of free/libre/open-source software; a
    dedication to accessibility and universal design in web technologies; a
    commitment to balancing user privacy, security, and usability; and
    excellent communication skills. Past experience with faculty development,
    WordPress, or cPanel administration is preferred.

    This position does require partial on-campus hours, dependent on Baruch
    remote work agreements.

    This is a part-time (15-20 hours per week) IT Assistant position
    ($26.96-$30.44/hr).

    This position is for the 2025 Spring semester, with the possibility to
    renew.

    Qualifications:

    – Bachelor’s degree completed and current or recent enrollment in a
    graduate program
    – Previous technical support and teaching experience
    – Ability to work independently and as part of a team
    – Ability to commit to several in-person office hours per week

    To apply: Please email c.v. and cover letter to the Project Manager,
    Christopher Silsby: [email protected] with “Educational
    Technologist” in the subject line. Review of materials will begin January
    21.

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