[mla-nynj] FW: Educational Technology Leadership Position - Mount Sinai School of Medicine

[Morgan, Lynn]

I was just informed that this list does not allow attachments.  The full
job description for Mount Sinai's Educational Technology position
appears below.

 

Lynn

 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Position Vacancy 10-1220468

http://www.mountsinai.org/about-us/careers

Director Information Systems, Associate Director Levy Library

 

Position summary:  Working within the Library organization and reporting
to the Associate Dean for Information Resources and Systems,  this
position provides leadership for the Blackboard CE Learning Management
System (LMS) and all the technologies and training necessary to support
its use in the School of Medicine and the Graduate School. This person
works with the faculty and school administration to enable the use of a
variety of technologies to enhance the onsite education process and to
support some distance education. As the LMS will need to be replaced
next year, this person will play a pivotal role in choosing and
implementing a new LMS.

Position responsibilities: 

*                    Trains and supports personnel in use of Learning
Management System (LMS) software, multi-media and web-based programs.

*                    Maintains and supports LMS and works with the IT
group to support its servers. 

*                    Provides pedagogical and instructional design
consultations to faculty for teaching courses.

*                    Assists faculty in the design and development of
courses using instructional multimedia and education applications. 

*                    Works with faculty and administrators to identify
larger projects that require higher level programming.

*                    Supervises 2 programmers and manage their projects.

*                    Works with the curriculum committees of the school
to align priorities and contribute to the development of courses. 

*                    Manages the library classrooms and makes available
current and useful software. 

*                    Works closely with Academic computing to ensure the
smooth functioning of the network, dedicated computers and wireless
access in the classrooms and library. 

*                    Assists with institution's website. 

*                    Assists in oversight of classrooms. 

*                    Provides technological training as necessary. 

*                    Researches, monitors, and enforces adherence to
intellectual property rights. 

*                    Assists in creating and conducting, evaluations of
courses and services. 

*                    Assist in providing face-to-face,, phone, and
online support for students. 

*                    Proactively seeks new methods for assuring quality
of courses, implementing new technologies, and assuring faculty and
student success. 

*                    Works to assure LMS orientation for students is
excellent. 

 

Minimum Position Requirements: 

*                    Minimum of Master's degree in Library Science,
Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Computer Science or
related discipline with experience in developing content using a
learning management system such as Blackboard/WebCT.  Doctoral degree
preferred.

*                    Experience working with faculty in using technology
to teach.

*                    Experience managing course management system such
as Blackboard/WebCT. 

*                    Experience with web authoring tools such as
Macromedia Dreamweaver or equivalent HTML authoring programs. 

*                    Competency in Microsoft Windows suite of
applications. 

*                    Experience updating/managing web pages or websites.


*                    Teaching experience highly desirable.

 

 

 

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: 

*                    Strong interpersonal and communication skills. 

*                    Must be creative and able to work in a team
environment which includes library, MD and PhD faculty, technology, and
student members.

*                    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

*                    Ability to engage and motivate others toward common
goals. 

*                    Ability to train employees, to include organizing,
prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.  

*                    Ability to adapt to new technologies and to learn
new systems. 

*                    Ability to create and maintain web pages using HTML
authoring tools. 

*                    Ability to foster a cooperative work environment.  

*                    Ability to work independently and coordinate
multiple, simultaneous projects and tasks. 

*                    Ability to stay abreast of current and developing
trends (video, voice, data, and computing technologies) in distance
education. 

 

Apply to:

 

Lynn Kasner Morgan

Vice President for Information Technology

Associate Dean for Information Resources and Systems

Associate Professor of Medical Education

Director, Gustave L and Janet W Levy Library

Box 1102

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

One Levy Place

New York, New York, 10029

Lynn.morgan at mssm.edu

 

 

 

 

From: Morgan, Lynn 
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:08 PM
To: 'mla-nynj at nynjmla.org'
Subject: Educational Technology Leadership Position - Mount Sinai School
of Medicine

 

 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine has an opening for the individual who
will play a leadership role in using technology to educate the next
generation of physicians and scientists.  

 

Working within the Library organization and reporting to the Associate
Dean for Information Resources and Systems,  this position provides
leadership for the Blackboard CE Learning Management System (LMS) and
all the technologies and training necessary to support its use in the
School of Medicine and the Graduate School. This person works with the
faculty and school administration to enable the use of a variety of
technologies to enhance the onsite educational process and to support
some distance education. As the LMS will need to be replaced next year,
this person will play a pivotal role in choosing and implementing a new
LMS as well as in integrating new technologies for teaching and
learning.

The full job description is attached.

 

Please share this announcement with anyone who you think might be
interested.

 

Thanks.

 

Lynn

 

Lynn Kasner Morgan

Vice President for Information Technology

Associate Dean for Information Resources and Systems

Associate Professor of Medical Education

Director, Gustave L and Janet W Levy Library

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Box 1102, One Levy Place

New York, New York 10029

Telephone:  212-241-7892

Fax:  212-241-4925

Email:  Lynn.Morgan at mssm.edu