Subject Matter Expert/course Writer for An Online - Melbourne, Australia - Curio Group

Curio Group

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

About Curio Faculty

Curio, a leading education consulting and learning experience company, works with universities, vocational education providers, schools and companies to drive change through learning.

We have led the online learning transformation of many of our clients and partners through a focus on the creation of exceptional learning experiences, through course design and online facilitation.

Curio Faculty provides quality education services to universities, vocational education providers, other higher education providers, and corporate partners and not for profits.

We are passionate educators who believe in the power of expert content development and online facilitation to deliver exceptional learner outcomes.

Position Summary

THIS IS A FULLY REMOTE OPPORTUNITY
SMEs may collaborate with Learning Designers and Course Coordinators during the development or re-development of courses.

This may include updating an existing course or the assessments within an existing course, creating a course map for a new course, developing a prototype, and building a full course.

SMEs are often sourced from industry, consultancies, partner organisations, or recruitment organisations.

We are looking for an experienced Subject Matter Expert/course writer for the 120-hour course named "Citizen Data Science".

Number of hours for

SME:
300 hours at $100/hour for a 12-week project, starting 14 August 2023.

The successful SME/course writer will be working as a part of a Curio Learning Design team. Ideally the SME is Sydney-based but otherwise, willing to travel to Sydney for a workshop (one-off) in the week commencing 14 Aug.

Due date to apply: 8 August

Planned areas of content below:

Statistics and probability
Data exploration & visualisation
Refresher on Data cleaning, preparation, manipulation
Data wrangling
Awareness of Machine learning algorithms
Data ethics and privacy

Key responsibilities and Duties:

Participate in workshops to map out the overall curriculum and course architecture, the assessment strategy in overview, and the more finely grained structure of individual learning activities, contents, test questions
Participate, as required, in workshops or conversations with clients, partners and industry to mine their expertise and understand how they will be able to contribute
Work with Learning Designer to design activities, develop authentic and engaging learning activities, create performance tasks and identify opportunities for automated formative feedback
Write course content based on a preagreed course map, ensuring appropriate referencing
Deliver course content according to project timelines
Assist in planning for the development of bespoke videos, writing interview questions/prompts
Communicating with University librarians around resources to be located / cleared
Identify resources to be used
Communicate with graphic designers on images to be designed for the course
Source contemporary course content material
Write assessment tasks and rubrics with the learning designer and/or learning and teaching experts from partner/client and creating any assessment materials such as case studies or data sets
Quality assurance of each learning activity in the final learning design from a SME perspective
Incorporate feedback and changes as required by the client/partner

Objectives of this role:

Requirements:

Skills and Qualifications:

Postgraduate/Master's/ Ph.

D. degree holder relevant to the job

Broad knowledge of wellbeingExpertise in Lifestyle and Wellbeing Meditation, yoga, cold water therapy, forest bathing, green/blue spaces
Have experience in course development
Online teaching experience in a relevant field, tertiary level is highly desirable
Experience in curriculum design, online course content development is highly desirable
Contemporary Industry and/or professional practice experience and currency in relevant field
Contemporary knowledge of elearning trends and student learning is highly desirable
Ability to write course content that is responsive to the learner audience
Demonstrated commitment to high quality teaching in delivery; an ability to lead a workshop and facilitate in an engaging and original way.
Ability to work as part of a team with Learning Experience Designers and Developers and Clients/Partners
An interest in online learning pedagogy
Hold a solutionsoriented approach
Ability to selfmanage time, and to work to deadlines
Openness and ability to receive feedback, incorporating input from diverse perspectives
Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Key Selection Criteria

SMEs must have a relevant area, topic or discipline or related field if the topic area is new or developing
Must be an industry leader or thought leader in the relevant area, topic or discipline
Experience running workshops and/or presenting at conferences or industry events
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