Oorspronkelijke vacature omschrijving:

As part of the strategic renewal process, the SBE Board has identified three transformational initiatives to address the challenges the School faces in the domains of education, research, and its organisation. One of these initiatives pertains to a modernisation of PBL and rethinking education in terms of content and delivery. A taskforce Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) has decided that the focus of this initiative will be on the use of technology to advance personalisation of assessment and learning. More concretely, the main responsibility of this person will be related to the first stages in the implementation of technology-enhanced learning at SBE.

Job description

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead the development and delivery of technology enhanced learning at SBE, including learner analytics.
• Create an ongoing operational project plan for the delivery of the TEL vision of SBE, including embedding it across all SBE programmes.
• Communicate the vision to stakeholders within SBE.
• Advise all stakeholders on the pedagogic value of new technologies and the approach needed to implement advanced technology enhanced teaching activities.
• Collaborating with a Learning Academy team on staff development and support for teaching staff.

This will include:

• Making an inventory of relevant Canvas plug-ins (e.g., from large textbook publishing companies), following up on SBE’s vision on education.
• Contacting course coordinators who could be suitable users of these plug-ins.
• Leading the further implementation of standardized rubrics in Canvas.
• Leading the selection and (pilot) implementation of a curriculum visualization tool.
• Leading the selection and (pilot) implementation of a learning and development portfolio tool that allows us to keep track of what students have learned and what competences are still to be developed.
• Leading the implementation of an onboardingtool (in the form of a wiki) for new teaching staff members.
• Leading the development of a project aimed at creating large-scale item repositories for courses with multiple choice exams at SBE.
• Making an inventory of available tools (e.g., Loom) and infrastructure (e.g., recording facilities at UM library) for the recording of lectures and knowledge clips.
• Developing budget estimates for the TEL efforts at SBE.

Requirements

What We Are Looking For

The School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University, the Netherlands, invites applicants for a full-time position as educational developer, for a period of two years. Successful candidates will, by the time of appointment, have:

• Obtained a master (or doctorate) degree in educational sciences (e.g., educational psychology), human resource development or information systems management. Candidates with a background in educational sciences would need to have affinity with information technology, candidates with a background in information systems management need to have affinity with education.
• Demonstrated excellence in information system management, project management, skills, consultancy and/or educational development.

Conditions of employment

Fixed-term contract: 2.

As a project leader at The School of Business and Economics you will be employed by the most international university of the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you:

• Good employment conditions. The position is in grated in scale 10 according to the UFO profile educational developer, function level 3 with corresponding salary ranging from € 3.226 to € 5.090 gross per month (based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus are applicable.
• An employment contract for a period of 24 months with a scope of 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• As Family-friendly University, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work full-time, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model.
• As Maastricht University, we offer various other excellent secondary employment conditions. These include a good pension scheme with the ABP and the opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students.
• Last but certainly not least, we provide the space and facilities for your personal and professional development. We facilitate this by offering a wide range of training programs and supporting various well-established initiatives such as 'acknowledge and appreciate'.

The terms of employment at Maastricht University are largely set out in the Collective Bargaining Agreement of Dutch Universities. In addition, local provisions specific to UM apply. For more information,Click here

Employer

University Maastricht, School of Business & Economics

Why work at Maastricht University?

At Maastricht University (UM), everything revolves around the future. The future of our students, as we work to equip them with a solid, broad-based foundation for the rest of their lives. And the future of society, as we seek solutions through our research to issues from all around the world. Our six faculties combined provide a comprehensive package of study programmes and research.

In our teaching, we use the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method. Students work in small groups, looking for solutions to problems themselves. By discussing issues and working together to draw conclusions, formulate answers and present them to their peers, students develop essential skills for their future careers.

With over 22,300 students and more than 5,000 employees from all over the world, UM is home to a vibrant and inspiring international community.

Are you drawn to an international setting focused on education, science and scholarship? Are you keen to contribute however your skills and qualities allow? Our door is open to you! As a young European university, we value your talent and look forward to creating the future together.

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The School of Business and Economics

The School of Business and Economics (SBE) is one of Maastricht University’s six faculties. Our mission is to contribute to a better world by addressing societal problems, by co-creating knowledge and developing team players and leaders for the future.

By joining SBE, you will be part of the 1% of business schools worldwide to be Triple Crown accredited (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA). You will join an inspiring and international environment, where learning and development is priority.

The Department of Educational Research and Development

The Department of Educational Research and Development offers a highly engaging work environment. We serve Maastricht University, and the School of Business and Economics in particular, through the SBE Learning Academy (https://sbelearningacademy.nicepage.io/?version=45d98869-b0a4-4f74-9a14-e871cfd44df8), including a series of educational development projects. Next, we contribute to the highly ranked Master Degree Program Learning and Development in Organisations (www.learninganddevelopment.nl). Our research projects are focused on the social nature of workplace learning. In your function you will closely collaborate with the ‘Domainteam IT education’ at the central university level as well as the Education and Exams office of the faculty.

Additional information

Are you interested in this exciting position but still have questions? Feel free to contact Prof. dr. W. Letterie, Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, at w.letterie@maastrichtuniversity.nl for more information.