History Course Development Specialist - US & Modern European History Focus (Contract)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Contract
• Job Title: Course Development Specialist

Description: Course Development Specialists play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of our credit-recommended college courses. This project aims to enhance and update college-level biology courses to ensure they meet current academic standards and industry requirements. This is an online, remote contract role. All work is paid per piece. Per piece rates vary based on complexity and length of content.

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree or higher in history, in a US or European history-related concentration.
• Experience: Experience teaching courses in a college or university setting.
• Course Development Experience: Experience creating, updating, or revising courses at a college or university level.
• Preferred Skills:
  • Strong time management skills to meet due dates.
  • Receptiveness to feedback and willingness to revise submitted work as needed.
  • Ability to collaborate with curriculum designers to create high-quality course deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing existing college-level course learning outcomes in your subject area.
• Updating overall course objectives and defining relevant competencies.
• Creating or revising skill-oriented course sections.
• Implementing clear and measurable learning outcomes aligned to course sections.
• Creating or revising response assignment prompts and rubrics.
• Evaluating existing multiple-choice questions or writing new ones.

Application Instructions

1. Complete the application.
2. Submit your resume.
3. Applications are approved and contracts sent on Wednesdays.
4. Submit the contract within the 5-day signing window.
5. The following Wednesday, you’ll receive onboarding instructions.
6. For a step-by-step overview of the contract process, visit: How to Become a Freelancer with Study.com

Company Information

About Study.com:

The mission of Study.com is to make education accessible. Over the last two decades, we’ve become the leading online education platform, delivering a personalized learning experience across a broad continuum of education for over 30 million students, instructors, and professionals every month. We help empower millions of learners to achieve their education and career goals. We focus on increasing access to education because we know information is the ultimate equalizer and that education is key to upward mobility.

What We Offer

• Reliable Payments: You'll receive payments twice a month and automated invoicing for your work.
• Remote Work: This is a fully online contracted work-from-home opportunity.
• Flexibility: Work when you want, where you want, and select projects that most interest you.
• Support: Our supportive staff is available to answer your questions and help you get up and running.