[BCMA] Request for Expressions of Interest - Visitor Experiences course development

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Request for Expressions of Interest:

Course Developer and Sessional Instructor Cultural Heritage Studies Certificate Program, Faculty of Fine Arts and Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria
CH563 Visitor Experiences course

As part of the museum studies stream in the Graduate Professional Certificate in Cultural Heritage Studies, the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Cultural Resource Management Program, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, invites expressions of interest from museum specialists to develop a graduate-level online course, CH 563 Visitor Experiences.

The first offering of this online course is planned for September 9 - December 15, 2013, with course development expected from February to approximately July, 2013.

This course has the following calendar description:

CH563 Visitor Experiences:  Explores the evolving concept and implications of an holistic approach to visitor engagement in museums and other cultural heritage institutions, and focuses on museums' relationships with their publics, their capacity to serve as social spaces, strategies for audience research, the characteristics of visitors, communications, exhibitions, formal and informal learning activities, and evaluation strategies.

We are seeking a content specialist and dynamic instructor with relevant professional and education background in the theory and practice of visitor experience. The successful candidate will be familiar with current issues and developments in creating memorable, transformational, and engaging experience, and be professionally involved in the cultural sector.

This initiative involves the development of curriculum and instructional materials in collaboration with Cultural Heritage Studies staff and the University's Distance Education Services to create an engaging graduate-level online course for museum professionals from Canada and beyond, as well as for graduate students from related programs. Candidates should hold a PhD or minimum Masters-level education in Museum Studies or a related discipline, and have significant and recent professional experience working within the cultural sector, have evidence of successful university-level and/or professional teaching, and demonstrate experience in relevant written academic or professional communications. Extensive work has been done to develop this new Graduate Professional Certificate Program, including learning outcomes and objectives for each course and the program as a whole. Further information on this course's scope and suggested/draft course learning objectives can be obtained from the Program office.

While course development and instruction are two separate appointments, it is anticipated (and preferable) that the successful candidate will undertake both components. The stipend for course development is $6000 (CDN). The stipend for course delivery is determined on the basis of academic credentials and prior academic teaching experience.

A letter of interest, a CV outlining education, professional, teaching and writing/publishing experience, and the names and contact information of two references should be sent by January 31, 2013 to:

Miranda Angus, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program
Division of Continuing Studies,
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
E-mail: mangus at uvic.ca<mailto:mangus at uvic.ca>
Telephone: 250-721-6460
Web: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/cultural/graduate

The University of Victoria is an equity employer and encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, Aboriginal Peoples, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the University.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
The appointment is within the CUPE 4163 (Component 3) Sessional Lecturers certification. For further information on the Collective Agreement, see http://web.uvic.ca/hr/collectiveagree/4163Comp3CA2005_2010.pdf

If you have the relevant qualifications, you are encouraged to put an expression of interest on file for future teaching opportunities. The University reserves the right to fill additional teaching assignments from the pool of applications from the posting. All course offerings are subject to budgetary funding.

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