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UTHealth Houston

Instructional Developer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Houston, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Instructional Design

🗓️ November 18th, 2025

Canvas LMS Panopto

Edtech.com's Summary

UTHealth Houston is hiring an Instructional Developer to collaborate with faculty and staff in designing, developing, and implementing high-quality online, hybrid, and technology-enhanced courses. This role focuses on improving the learning experience for graduate, undergraduate, and outreach programs by applying instructional design principles and supporting faculty with educational technologies.

Highlights
  • Design, develop, and revise courses and learning modules for various delivery formats using instructional design theories and adult learning principles.
  • Provide faculty development and consultations on online pedagogy, assessment strategies, and accessibility compliance.
  • Create digital learning materials including multimedia content, simulations, and interactive case studies in partnership with subject matter experts.
  • Support integration of educational technologies such as Canvas LMS, Panopto, Turnitin, and simulation software.
  • Maintain course design templates and documentation to ensure consistency across programs.
  • Use MS Office and online course management development software proficiently.
  • Require a Bachelor's degree in Instructional Technology or relevant experience and at least three years of experience in online course development.
  • Serve graduate, undergraduate, and outreach educational programs within the Cizik School of Nursing.
  • Position requires residence and work within Texas and involves security-sensitive responsibilities.
  • Physical requirement includes occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds and frequent light physical activity.

Instructional Developer Full Description

Instructional Developer (Cizik School of Nursing)

Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas
Hybrid  

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  
  • 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
  • Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
  • The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
  • Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
  • Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 
  • Free financial and legal counseling 
  • Free mental health counseling services 
  • Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
  • Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
  • Resources for child and elder care 
  • Plus many more! 

Position Summary:
An Instructional Developer will partner with faculty, staff, and administrators to help design, develop, and implement high-quality
online, hybrid, and technology-enhanced courses that support the school's mission to advance excellence in education, research,
and practice. This role supports both graduate, undergraduate, and outreach educational programs and contributes to the
continuous improvement of the learning experience across the curriculum.

Position Key Accountabilities:
  1. Collaborate with faculty to design, develop, and revise engaging and pedagogically sound courses and
    learning modules for online, hybrid, and in-person delivery. Apply instructional design theories, adult learning
    principles, and best practices in online education and competency-based learning.
  2. Provide faculty development and one-on-one consultations focused on effective online pedagogy, assessment
    strategies, and accessibility. Ensure all course materials meet accessibility standards.
  3. Develop digital learning materials, including multimedia content, simulations, and interactive case studies, in
    collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs). Support faculty in integrating educational technologies,
    such as Canvas (LMS), Panopto, Turnitin, and simulation software, into their courses.
  4. Stay current with trends and emerging technologies in instructional design, health professions education, and
    E-learning.
  5. Evaluate and maintain course design templates and documentation for consistent delivery across programs.
  6. Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:
MS Office software.
On-line course management development software.
Client/customer focus.
Good interpersonal skills.

Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Technology or relevant experience in lieu of education.

Minimum Experience:
Three (3) Years of experience preferably in on-line course management development software. May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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