AI Instructional Design Professor
Job Summary
The Learning Sciences & Assessment (LSA) department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position. The role focuses on AI-enabled instructional design, adult learning, and professional education. The successful candidate will conduct high-impact research, teach graduate courses, and develop innovative curricula.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a productive research program
- Publish findings in high-impact academic journals
- Design and teach graduate and professional education courses
- Supervise graduate students and mentor learners
- Collaborate on interdisciplinary curriculum development
Required Skills
- PhD in Learning Sciences or related field
- Expertise in AI-enabled instructional design
- Research track record and grant acquisition capability
- Teaching excellence in adult/professional education
- Strong English communication skills
Job Details
### Position Overview
The LSA at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor position in AI-Enabled Instructional Design and Professional Education.
### Candidate Focus
The Department seeks a candidate whose scholarship and teaching will strengthen its research, graduate teaching, and programme development in an area of strategic growth. We are particularly interested in applicants whose expertise lies at the intersection of instructional design, adult learning, professional education, and the pedagogically sound use of artificial intelligence to support learning design, facilitation, feedback, and learner support.
### Key Areas of Expertise
- Instructional design for higher education, workplace learning, and continuing education
- Adult learning and professional education
- Online, blended, and technology-mediated learning design
- AI-enabled instructional design, including generative AI and intelligent tools for learning design, facilitation, feedback, and learner support
- Human-centred design of AI-supported learning environments
- Evaluation of learning interventions in organisational, professional, and higher education settings
- Ethical, responsible, and pedagogically sound integration of AI in instructional design and professional learning
- Micro-credentials, workplace assessment, and learning innovation in professional contexts
- Implementation research, design-based implementation research, or improvement science
### Requirements (Assistant Professor)
- A PhD or equivalent qualification in Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, Adult Learning, Professional Education, or a closely related field.
- A clear research agenda relevant to AI-enabled instructional design, adult learning, and professional education.
- Demonstrated potential to develop and sustain a strong research programme and secure competitive research funding.
- An emerging record of high-quality scholarly publications and conference presentations.
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness in areas such as instructional design, adult learning, or AI-enabled learning design.
- Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English.
### Additional Requirements (Associate Professor)
- Established record of excellence as an Assistant/Associate Professor at reputable universities.
- Outstanding research record and extensive publication record in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals.
- Proven track record of securing competitive research grants and established international research networks.
### Responsibilities
- Establish and sustain a productive research programme.
- Publish in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.
- Design, teach, and coordinate courses across graduate and professional education programmes.
- Collaborate with faculty to design innovative curricula.
- Supervise graduate students and contribute to academic development.
- Contribute actively to service at departmental, institutional, national, and international levels.