Offer: Remote PT Faculty - Information Literacy Courses

Remote PT Faculty - Information Literacy Courses

Excelsior University seeks faculty to teach a 1-credit information literacy course required of all students in undergraduate degree programs. This course is capped at 50 students per section. The instructor workload and income are commensurate with a 1-credit course.
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 primarily asynchronously from an existing syllabus, utilizing pre-written learning materials and quizzes. The primary function of instructors is to support students in learning the materials covered each week by holding office hours, answering questions, posting in the discussions, and grading discussions. The quizzes and final exam are machine graded.

tasks and Responsibilities:

»Instructor responsibilities include:

»Holding virtual office hours each week.

»Posting announcements each week explaining student tasks and expectations.

»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.

»Leading one synchronous study session for the final exam.

»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 required

»A research-located master’s degree or doctorate in an arts & sciences field (humanities, social sciences, mathematics, natural sciences) or information / library science.

» practice mentoring library-located undergraduate research and writing projects.

» practice teaching online at the college level.

» practice working with non-traditional students including working adults, military service members and veterans, first-generation college students, and students from historically underprivileged minority groups.