Search #ED-0007-90 & ED-0009-90, Campus-Based in Boise, ID

The Educational Technology Department at Boise State University announces openings for TWO tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professors beginning either January or August 2010.  The department offers two master’s degrees and three graduate certificate programs offered completely online, a blended Ed.D. program, and an undergraduate pre-service technology course for the College of Education.  Our mission serves teachers, faculty, researchers, technologists, and designers working in kindergarten through higher education environments.

This is a very special and unique opportunity for candidates interested in realizing their vision.  We are an evolving department with over 80% enrollment growth in the last several years.  We employ approximately 45 personnel per year, and are seeking innovative, professional self-starters with the potential for developing specializations or research centers in emerging fields, or enhancing existing initiatives within our department of talented faculty.  We have international expertise in K12 online teacher professional development, as well as faculty actively researching on the topics of instructional design in virtual worlds, data mining in web-based learning environments, the use and integration of video in online learning, and innovative methodologies for studying the evaluation and impact of online education.  Our graduate students are a diverse network of adult learners across the U.S. and overseas.  Current initiatives include an international partnership with National University in Taiwan, as well as a Graduate Student Association, and partnerships with  iNACOL, ISTE, AECT, and ARVEL SIG at AERA.  

We are looking for change agents interested in leading team-based, progressive technological, research, and teaching efforts within a community of highly productive professionals.  Successful candidates will demonstrate tenets of 21st century learners:  bottom-line oriented, thrive on change, see learning as fun, understand the power of diversity when working as a team, and work on the leading edge.  Flexibility, resourcefulness, and the ability to improvise and visualize innovative solutions and strategies is key.

Required Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate in Educational Technology or related discipline.
• Experience in teaching online and face-to-face, as well as online course design experience, and evidence of scholarly achievement and potential.
• Appreciation of and experience with distance learners and distributed learning environments is required.

Desired Qualifications--strengths in two or more of the following:

• K-12 online education
• Leadership qualities and/or interests
• Evaluation research in educational technology
• Use of technology to expand global connections
• STEM-focused research
• Social networking & web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies
• New media literacies, and other emerging theoretical frameworks
• Games and simulations-based education
• Open-source technologies
• Funded grant writing experience
• HTML/web development experience
• Other emerging technology research areas

Salary and benefits:  $53,000-65,000 per 9 month contract; excellent benefits package; $10,000 research start-up fund, relocation support, graduate assistant support, and opportunity for summer teaching and grant work.

Qualified candidates should submit:

• A letter of application including a statement outlining candidate's qualifications based on position requirements and an overview of current research focus. Include links to digital evidence (e.g. e-portfolio) in the letter of application.
• Current vita
• Unofficial transcripts
• Up to three sample publication(s) and/or funded grant applications
• Evidence of successful online teaching (e.g. course evaluations)
• Examples of online lesson or course design materials
• Contact information for at least three professional references
  

We strongly prefer all digital application materials.  Please send all materials in electronic format to: kathieblakeslee@boisestate.edu or Fax to:

Kathie Blakeslee
Administrative Assistant
(208)-426-2050

Questions should be emailed to the search committee chair, Dr. Kerry Rice, krice@boisestate.edu

Review of applications will begin October 10, 2009, and will continue until finalists are identified.  Applications received after that point may be considered if the position is not filled from the finalist pool.  Positions are open until filled.

Flexible workload policy strongly supported:  http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i45/45b02401.htm.  Full technology support is provided across all initiatives.

The Department of Educational Technology is located in the College of Education on the Boise State University campus.  BSU, situated along the beautiful banks of the Boise River in the state's capitol, is home to over 20,000 students.  We are a vibrant, metropolitan research university of distinction, in the process of upgrading our Carnegie designation, with capital investment and growth occurring across campus.  Our football team is a leader in their conference and proud to have the only blue football field in the country.

About the Department:  http://edtech.boisestate.edu
About the University:  http://www.boisestate.edu/
About the City of Boise:   http://www.boisechamber.org/

Boise State University is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The University actively encourages applications and nominations of women, persons of color, and members of other underrepresented groups. EEO/AA Institution, Veterans preference.

As of August 17, 2009, Boise State University is a smoke free campus.