Term Instructor, School of Library and Information Studies

🔥 1 minute ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏱ Part Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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University of Alberta

10,000+ employees

Founded 1908

📚 Education

🔬 Science

Education • Science

University of Alberta is a large, public research university based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, offering extensive undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs across more than a dozen faculties and multiple campuses. It is a research-intensive institution with strengths in areas such as artificial intelligence, energy and environment, health and well-being, agriculture, and Indigenous research, and supports entrepreneurship, spinoffs, and community engagement. The university serves tens of thousands of students from around the world, maintains broad community and industry partnerships, and emphasizes access, diversity, and Indigenous initiatives.

📋 Description

• Revise and teach individual asynchronous online courses in the MLIS program • Teach professional, graduate-level adult learners using appropriate online pedagogy in an asynchronous Canvas environment • Evaluate student success in a timely manner • Apply innovative teaching methodologies • Integrate advances in educational technology • Align course content with MLIS Program Level Outcomes and 2023 ALA accreditation standards • Teach courses including LIS 530: Technology, Information, and Society and LIS 593: Introduction to Archival Studies

🎯 Requirements

• MLIS (or equivalent) from an ALA-accredited program • Other graduate-level qualifications in the area of instruction may be considered, such as Archival Studies or Digital Humanities • Five years of full-time, relevant, professional experience, such as professional librarian or archivist experience • Demonstrated currency and expertise in the course subject area through employment, publications, presentations, or similar evidence • Current teaching experience in an online postsecondary environment at the graduate level is preferred • Experience with Canvas and/or other learning management systems is preferred • Ability and willingness to work in a collegial environment • Application must include a CV, cover letter, recent quantitative and qualitative teaching evaluations, a 1–2 page teaching philosophy statement, and contact information for three current, relevant academic and/or professional references

🏖️ Benefits

• Part-time, 0.25 FTE term appointment ending April 30, 2027 • Remote work arrangement • Inclusive and accessible hiring process with interview accommodations available • Collaborative and supportive academic community • Opportunity to teach in Canada's longest-running, fully online graduate LIS program

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