About Durham College:

Durham College (DC) is leading the way as a post-secondary institution, offering an innovative and transformative student experience and hands-on learning opportunities. With this focus top of mind for our students and our employees, DC is proud to be one of the fastest-growing colleges in the province and annually ranked as one of the GTA’s Top 100 employers. 

The college offers a wide range of market-driven programs across multiple disciplines, including culinary management, farming and horticulture, business, IT, construction and trades, science and technology, health care, engineering, social and community services, justice, media, art and design. With a focus on experiential learning, DC graduates are known for having the skills and knowledge employers need. More than 104,000 alumni represent the college, both locally and around the world.

Serving the Durham Region and Northumberland County communities for over 50 years, with campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, the college offers over 12,500 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 145 full-time post-secondary programs – including four honours bachelor degrees and nine apprenticeship programs. Led by over 1,860 full- and part-time staff, DC has an estimated annual economic impact of more than $913 million on Durham Region.

Durham College is seeking an experienced and motivated professional who shares our commitment to quality and student success.  Reporting to the Director, Program Quality, Professional and Part-time Learning, the Online Course Developer will work closely with the Curriculum Quality and Development Manager to support the creation of engaging and effective course materials for the asynchronous online course: Managerial Accounting II.   Work will be done remotely.

Activities:

• Identify, design, and develop appropriate learning materials for technology mediated learning including developing new content, curating available material, navigation layout, assessments, text and visual content etc.;
• Implement the principles of Universal Design for Learning during development of materials;
• Maintain alignment of all teaching materials with the course learning outcomes;
• Ensure all materials are AODA and WCAG 2.0 compliant and follow copyright law.

The ideal candidate will meet or exceed the following qualifications:

1. Minimum of five years of recent experience that relates directly to the topic being taught;
2. Holds a Master’s degree (or higher) in Accounting or Business Administration; an additional undergraduate or graduate degree in Education is a significant asset;
3. Holds a CPA designation;
4. At least 5 years of cumulative post-secondary teaching experience in accounting, with an emphasis on technology enhanced teaching an asset;
5. High technical skill using all main functions of learning management systems, particularly D2L Brightspace;
6. HTML experience an asset;
7. Ability to effectively design, develop and integrate technology to meet curricular needs;
8. Demonstrated skill and good judgment in selection of appropriate teaching materials;
9. The ability to produce quality written documentation;
10. Excellent research and critical thinking skills;
11. Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team and participate in consultative decision making;
12. The demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple deadlines;
13. The organizational skills to take a project from an initial idea through delivery, working under pressure, with minimal supervision.

Preference will be given to candidates with relevant educational credentials and a proven track record of relevant work/teaching/online course development experience.  

Please note that both a cover letter and a resume must be provided in order for your application to be considered for this position.

Please apply below by submitting your cover letter and resume to the online portal. The competition number is PT-PPL-333.