Job Title: Quality Enhancement & Learning Innovation Specialist

About the Role

Remote - Texas

The Quality Enhancement & Learning Innovation Specialist ensures the quality, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of online, blended, and technology-enhanced learning experiences across academic programs. This role focuses on reviewing, enhancing, and optimizing existing learning products�not serving as a traditional course builder or instructional designer.

Operating at the intersection of academic quality, instructional design standards, compliance, educational technology, and data-informed decision-making, this position collaborates closely with faculty, instructional designers, subject matter experts, vendors, and academic leadership. The role emphasizes outcomes-based quality enhancement, regulatory alignment (including accreditation and distance education standards), and the responsible use of emerging technologies�such as artificial intelligence�to improve student engagement, mastery, and persistence.

Our Core Values

• Innovation: We embrace organizational goals and drive positive change.

• Compassion: We care about our students, their future employers, and the communities they serve.

• Accountability: We responsibly uphold and reinforce our values.

• Respect: We value and respect individuals of all backgrounds and perspectives.

• Excellence: We pursue the highest quality in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

Learning Quality & Academic Standards

• Conduct structured quality reviews of online and blended courses, programs, and learning assets.

• Evaluate learning experiences for clarity, consistency, accessibility, engagement, and effectiveness.

• Ensure learning content supports mastery of outcomes, skill development, and workforce readiness.

• Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement and recommend enhancements.

Instructional Design & Learning Experience Review

• Review instructional materials, assessments, multimedia, and learning activities for alignment and coherence.

• Collaborate with instructional designers and SMEs to strengthen learning strategies and assessments.

• Apply adult learning theory and evidence-based learning design principles.

Educational Technology & Innovation

• Demonstrate working knowledge of LMS platforms and authoring tools (e.g., Articulate, Rise, H5P, Canvas tools).

• Review and evaluate third-party content and digital learning resources for quality and compliance.

• Leverage AI-enabled tools to support content review, learning analytics, assessment feedback, and continuous improvement.

• Stay current on emerging educational technologies and AI applications.

Collaboration, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Manage multiple quality reviews across various stages of course and program development.

• Collaborate with faculty, academic leadership, compliance teams, and vendors.

• Ensure alignment with accreditation, distance education, and accessibility requirements.

• Document findings and support audits, reviews, and quality assurance reporting.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor�s degree required (education, instructional design, educational technology, or related field preferred).

• 3+ years of experience in learning quality review, instructional design, or online/blended education.

• Experience with LMS platforms, digital learning environments, and instructional authoring tools.

• Strong communication, organizational, and project management skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of adult learning theory and instructional design principles.

• Familiarity with accreditation or distance education standards.

• Experience evaluating vendors, digital content, or AI-enabled educational tools.