Distance Learning and Education Director manages administrative functions of the distance learning program. Develops college strategic initiatives and participates in university long-term planning and policy setting. Being a Distance Learning and Education Director leads college in fundraising and cultivating relationships with donors. Provides senior level administrative leadership in areas of curriculum development, institutional assessment and improvement, human resource, faculty development and performance appraisals, budget and finance, and facilities planning and management. Additionally, Distance Learning and Education Director requires an advanced degree. Typically reports to top management. The Distance Learning and Education Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. To be a Distance Learning and Education Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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The Desoto campus of the University of Mississippi in Southaven, Mississippi is seeking a Distance Learning Technician II. The responsibilities of this role include troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing audio-visual and distance learning equipment, monitoring distance learning systems to ensure compliance with design standards, facilitating learning classes and video-conference meetings for faculty and staff, and offering user support to meet the computing and audio-visual needs of faculty, staff, and students.
These essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following. Additional essential functions may be identified and included by the hiring department.
Education:
Associate’s Degree from an accredited two-year college or university.
AND
Experience:
Two (2) years of experience related to the above described duties.
Substitution Statement: Related experience may be substituted for education, on a basis set forth and approved by the Department of Human Resources.
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