E-Jobs - Can you show what you know?

I was recently asked by a prospective student about the job market for online teachers and Instructional designers.  

At UW-Stout Online Professional Development, our students seek to enhance their current careers or prepare for a new career by developing marketable skills in online teaching, training, or instructional design.

Many of our students are veteran teachers seeking a new way to use hard won experience.  We also have nurse educators, corporate trainers, content creators, instructional technologists, and project managers earning these Graduate Certificates.

Are you thinking about it?  If so, I HAVE to ask

Can you show what you know? 

• Do you have an E-Portfolio? 
• Have you taught or written online courses? 
• Do you have graduate certificates or degrees to prove academic subject matter expertise? 
• Have you adapted a traditional curriculum to online delivery formats? 
• Have you worked in a blended teaching environment? 
• Do you have micro-credentials or work experience using an LMS, or advanced instructional design software?

We can help you answer yes to these questions. 

So much depends on your subject matter expertise, technical skills, teaching experience, and entrepreneurial drive. 

Our E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate and our Instructional Design Certificate are jobs oriented.  We help you know more and show more in the competitive market place. 

Both programs provide hands-on experience and flexible projects that apply to your current working situations.

Both programs help you create a professional portfolio.

Jobs Resources we provide for our students:

• Our LinkedIn group of more than 1000 online teachers and instructional designers is active. All students are encouraged to join. I regularly post job leads to the group. 
• All registered students get a professional subscription to LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com).
• The network of peers you develop when you go through our program is the foundation for a personal learning and working network. The people you go to school can become an important personal learning network.  
• Finally, our career center sites help you understand the dynamic employment situation for those trained to work at a distance.  

These sites are open to all:

• E-Learning and Online Teaching Career Center
• Instructional Design Career Center

Questions? Concerns? Feel free to contact me:

DENNIS OCONNOR
Associate Lecturer
Certificate Advisor
Online Professional Development

530.318.1145 cell (Pacific Time)
oconnord@uwstout.edu

415 10th Ave. E. 1169 Heritage Hall
Menomonie, WI 54751

University of Wisconsin-Stout
Wisconsin's Polytechnic University
https://www.uwstout.edu/programs/e-learning-and-online-teaching-certificate

Instructional Design Jobs - Tech Tips from UW-Stout

UW-Stout Online Professional Development

In This Issue

August and September Online Classes with Openings
Instructional Design Job Opportunities
Tech Tip: 7 Technical Tips for Creating Video Lectures

Featured Program
          Instructional Design Certificate 

Editor: Shannon Mersand

This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

Web Version of this Newsletter:
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/instructional-design-jobs.cfm

Get the Training You Need: August Online Courses with Openings

Instructional Design Certificate – Begins August 22

• EDUC 765 Trends and Issues in Instructional Design
• EDUC 767 Designing Computer-Based Training (Prerequisite EDUC 766)
  

E-learning and Online Teaching Certificate – Begins August 29

• EDUC 760 E-learning for Educators
• EDUC 762 Assessment in Elearning
  
• EDUC 763 Instructional Design for E-learning 

 

Instructional Design Job Opportunities Find out how you can prepare for a job in the growing field of instructional design (ID). Instructional Design Career Center UW Stout’s Instructional Design Career Center provides links to job boards, networking opportunities, and professional organizations, as well as hiring trends, and resources to build your resume, portfolio and volunteer experience.  The Free eBook: How To Become An Instructional Designer eLearning Industry’s free eBook shares stories from 24 instructional design professionals and answers to common questions about ID including tips on how to get started.  Top Instructional Design Tips Tom from Articulate provides a variety of articles with helpful advice for instructional designers. How Can Infographics Enhance Instructional Design Skills? Discover how infographics help showcase Instructional Design skills when graphic design skills are lacking. Instructional Design Cover Letters Tips from iSpring to help your cover letter stand out from the crowd. Find Instructional Design Positions Check out job opportunities with community colleges/ universities, business and industry, Department of Defense, government (state and local), nonprofit/trade associations, educational companies, healthcare, K-12 school districts, retail/wholesale/distribution, insurance, marketing, manufacturing, travel/hospitality, and telecommunications. Monster.com  Instructional Design Central Glassdoor Chronicle of Higher Education  HigherEdJobs.com  Association for Talent Development (formerly known as ASTD) Society for Applied Learning Technology  Indeed.com Virtual ID Jobs Careerbuilder.com

Featured Program Online Instructional Design Graduate Certificate Graduate certificate designed for professionals interested in enhancing their skills, developing focused competency in instructional design or switching careers. Begin in August 2016 and complete the Instructional Design Certificate in 8 months. EDUC 765 Trends and Issues in Instructional Design August 22 - October 14, 2016 EDUC 766 Instructional Strategies and Assessment Methods October 24 - December 16, 2016 EDUC 767 Designing Computer-Based Training (CBT) January 2 - February 24, 2017 EDUC 768 Project Management for Instructional Development February 27 - April 21, 2017 Our students say… "I feel like a sweepstakes winner after completing this certificate. I received not only a promotion, a bump in pay, and I've been tasked to change our Computer Education group (2 people) into an instructional design group that creates training sessions for staff, faculty and graduate students. I would not have been able to achieve this without the four courses in this certificate program."  ~ Keith Thompson, Taunton, MA Plan Ahead for September and October! Meet your professional development goals for continuing education, license renewal or advanced certification. List of September and October Online Courses Register today. No registration fee and no tuition due now.  All courses are approved electives in the Master of Science in Education degree program.