Sessional Instructors - Toronto, Canada - OCAD University

OCAD University

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OCAD University (OCAD U), Canada's university of the imagination, provides a vibrant and stimulating environment for its faculty and students.

Committed to excellence and contemporary approaches to education, OCAD U offers seventeen undergraduate programs, seven graduate programs, and a variety of continuing education courses in art, media and design.

OCAD U is currently seeking outstanding, creative and collaborative teachers in the following sessional opportunities/opportunity.

For courses delivered remotely faculty will be expected to observe OCAD U's Guidelines for Remote Delivery, which includes enabling students to successfully complete the course asynchronously.

Please review the OCAD University's Safety Measures for all up-to-date information regarding COVID-19 protocols.

OCAD University's vaccine mandate will be in abeyance until further notice.

However, to ensure continuity of teaching, learning and campus activities throughout the year, the University expects all students, staff and faculty to maintain up-to-date vaccination records.

INDS-2017 INTERACTION EXPERIENCE/ DESIGN (0.5 Credits)
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Winter Semester:
January April 2024; 4 Sections, Mondays 11:50AM; Mondays 11:50AM; Wednesdays 3:50 PM; Wednesdays 3:50 PM)_

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This studio course is an applied introduction to the contemporary tools, methods & languages of interaction and experience design. Through a hands-on approach, students build on human-centered design to create analog and digital interactions.

Students begin to work with user experience and interaction design tools such as analog prototyping, interface development software, and web-based coding.

Technical and computational skills will be situated within a theoretical framework drawing from contemporary critiques of computational design, digital interaction, net art, and networked art.

This course privileges experimentation as well as research through making and will be conducted through lectures, technical workshops, multi-week assignments, discussions and critiques.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and teaching-related responsibilities may include but are not limited to: course outline development, studio preparation and delivery inclusive of lectures, critiques, grading, mid-term evaluations and final evaluations/reviews, participation in Faculty and program meetings; including responsibility for health & safety and meeting academic and curricular requirements and deadlines.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful applicant should have a degree in art, design, engineering, relevant discipline and/or equivalent professional/practical experience. A terminal degree in any of these areas is considered an asset. Experience teaching at the postsecondary level is considered an asset, however, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
In addition, the successful applicant should have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to convey technical aspects of interaction design to nontechnical audiences (e.g., students without prior computer programming experience);
Demonstrated leadership and experience in promoting a respectful and inclusive work and learning environment for students, staff, and faculty, combined with a demonstrated ability to integrate inclusive design into studio practices;
A current body of work within the professional design and/or academic disciplines as it relates to the course description(s);
An ability to collaborate with the coinstructor in the development of course content and
Advanced knowledge of Interaction and Experience Design practices and processes.
Advanced knowledge of crosssensory and multisensory interaction design for the inclusion of diverse individuals is considered an asset.**
_Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada for any employer (with a valid work or study permit, SIN and Canadian bank account). _

If you require further support, please contact the People & Culture Office.

As an institution committed to art, design, digital media and related scholarship, OCAD University (OCAD U) recognizes the profound and essential value that diversity brings to the creation, reception and circulation of creative practices and discourse. OCAD U understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are essential to and enrich the institution's core mission and vision as an art and design university with a local and global scope._

_We encourage members of designated equity-seeking groups to self-identify within the voluntary Applicant Questionnaire_ _._

OCAD U is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier free experience to applicants with accessibility needs. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage during the recruitment process. Please _contact_ _People & Culture for more information or refer to _OCAD U's Policy of Accommodation in Employment for Persons with Disabilities_ _ _