Assistant Professor - Instructional Design & Technology (IDT)

Description

The School of Information at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for an Assistant professor in Instructional Design & Technology (IDT) beginning in August 2025 for our brand new, 100% online master’s of instructional design & technology program. This faculty member will also serve as the program coordinator and work closely with the Director to launch this new program. Faculty will join SJSU, recently ranked #4 Public School in the Country, a university known for its transformative impact on students’ lives. Here, they will have the opportunity to help shape this new program. The faculty member will have a hands-on role in developing and growing the program, and will be active in all aspects of teaching, research, and service.

San José State University’s School of Information (SJSU - School of Information - Information Science School) prepares individuals for careers as information professionals, offering a variety of bachelor's and master's degrees programs, doctoral partnership programs, certification and credentials programs. Graduates work in diverse areas of the information profession, such as user experience design, digital asset management, information architecture, electronic records management, information governance, digital preservation, and librarianship. Our school has awarded graduate degrees to information professionals for more than 55 years. Based in Silicon Valley, our vibrant community continues to inspire innovation in the library and information science field worldwide.

The Master of Science in Instructional Design & Technology will be a 100% online and asynchronous degree program that will prepare students to work in teaching, training, organizational management, and human performance improvement environments. The program prepares students to apply an information, data-centered, and systematic process that identifies learning/organizational outcomes, learning/performance objectives, and ideal performance as part of a front-end analysis to designing and developing the curriculum/organizational processes needed to accomplish outcomes. Students learn to use a wide array of instructional/organizational/data strategies and technologies for training, teaching and learning, assessment and evaluation, and the design and development of informatics/data analytic systems to improve student/individual/organizational performance. Students are also taught how to assess and evaluate the quality of the entire process using advanced analytics as part of a continuously improving performance loop using both formative and summative evaluation. Courses include Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies, Systematic Design of Instruction, Design Thinking, Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Human Cognition, Instructional Design and Development, Learning Analytics and Data-Driven Evaluation and Assessment, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Teaching and Learning Environments.

The School of Information, housed within the College of Information, Data, and Society and San José State University values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement Guidelines, along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

Ph.D. in Instructional Design/Technology, a closely related field, or demonstration of experience in Instructional Design and Technology.
An earned doctorate by the start of appointment.
A record of scholarly and professional achievement. 
Evidence of potential for teaching effectiveness. 
Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:

100% online teaching experience is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated leadership experience.
Practical experience (from industry, academia, or elsewhere), that will support the development, marketing, and growth of this new program.
Teaching capabilities across the program areas mentioned above.
Have demonstrated the ability to support diverse student populations, such as SJSU’s.
Collegial faculty with a track record of research or curricular collaboration.
Ability to lead internships, practicum, advise projects, or provide hands-on learning experiences in the areas above.
Experience in program assessment and improvement, curriculum development, or collaborating with industry or advisory groups on program alignment.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as program coordinator in collaboration with the Director, Associate Director, and other program leaders.
Actively participate in the design, development, and growth of the new 100% online Master of Instruction Design & Technology, which is expected to draw students from all over the country.
Build an active research program.
Contribute to the Instruction Design & Technology curriculum.
Build a collegial relationship with fellow faculty members in the iSchool and across campus.
Participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments.
Organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System.
Demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.