Job Description

Excelsior’s information literacy course equips students to find, evaluate, interpret, and use information legally, ethically, and effectively. This course provides a broad overview of information literacy concepts, including the differences between academic and popular research methods, finding and evaluating sources, reading sources critically, writing with sources, and safely navigating information networks such as the internet.

Instructors will teach asynchronously from an existing syllabus, utilizing pre-written learning materials and quizzes. The primary role of instructors is to support students in learning the materials covered each week by posting announcements, holding office hours, answering questions, posting in the discussions, and grading discussions. The quizzes and final exam are machine graded.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implementing courses as designed by the University, including the completion of weekly tasks on a university-supplied checklist.
• Posting video announcements each week explaining student tasks and expectations.
• Holding virtual office hours each week.
• Answering student questions in Canvas Messages and Q&A discussion forums.
• Moderating group discussion forums, including reviewing student postings, interacting with students, and answering questions.
• Grading student discussion posts.
• Collaborating with the department chair and other university staff to promote student success and apply university policies.
• Collaborating with the department chair and other instructors to develop and revise shared instructional resources such as announcements and responses to frequently asked student questions.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of
the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• A research-based master’s degree or doctorate in an arts & sciences field (humanities, social sciences, mathematics, natural sciences) or information / library science.
• Experience mentoring library-based undergraduate research and writing projects.
• Experience teaching online at the college level.
• Experience working with non-traditional students including working adults, military service members and veterans, first-generation college students, and students from historically disadvantaged minority groups.

Rate of Pay:

1. A flat rate of $1000 per credit for a section of at least 10 undergraduate students or 8 graduate students. Courses that fall under these student headcounts are
considered low enrolled courses.
2. Low enrolled courses will be paid on a directed study rate ($250/student for undergraduate courses and $300/student for graduate courses) based on the number of
students enrolled in the course section at the close of late registration.