Course content author
External content
INTERNATIONAL opening
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Before applying to this job you need to take a look at the current year collection of catalogs prepared by the Institute so you could get a clear idea about the ongoing programs and the Institute as a whole.
About this job
A course content author is the person who creates the content of a teachable/learnable course. The main window for this content is the online medium, i.e. open learning platform such as edX.com, Udemy.com, Lynda.com...etc or close learning platform such as an offline classroom or the private LMSs.
For this opening, you will be preparing the courses of the ongoing year programs to be available on MOOC format Before and While adding them the chosen the platform in all the possible forms: video, audio and text-based.
For this opening, you will be preparing the courses of the ongoing year programs to be available on MOOC format Before and While adding them the chosen the platform in all the possible forms: video, audio and text-based.
Scope of work |
The basic format of these prepared courses is naturally the text-based, as it can be easily converted into other formats.
The courses are going to focus on the different aspects of the Arabic language with a high level of specialization so we could transfer the existing classroom experience to the web.
As you are expected to know, the institute currently has a number of programs that are already mature. Those programs are divided into two broad categories: Foundationals = Absolute beginner and Complementary = Advanced learner.
Each category has a number of standard programs and books that are used as resources throughout the package. You will be reading the books, summarizing them, writing your content or typing it directly on the word processor, proofreading, recording, review your peers inputs, modifying and adjusting, and do whatever necessary to provide a complete text that is approved by your supervisor.
This is a list of the standard program General Arabic resources
Alif Baa - Introduction to Arabic letters and sounds
Spoken Arabic of the Gulf - Arabic version
Alkitaab 1
Alkitaab 2
Alkitaab 3
Sahlawayhi - Graded stories for non-natives part 1
Sahlawayhi - Graded stories for non-natives part 2
Sahlawayhi - Graded stories for non-natives part 3
Introduction to Media Arabic
The courses are going to focus on the different aspects of the Arabic language with a high level of specialization so we could transfer the existing classroom experience to the web.
As you are expected to know, the institute currently has a number of programs that are already mature. Those programs are divided into two broad categories: Foundationals = Absolute beginner and Complementary = Advanced learner.
Each category has a number of standard programs and books that are used as resources throughout the package. You will be reading the books, summarizing them, writing your content or typing it directly on the word processor, proofreading, recording, review your peers inputs, modifying and adjusting, and do whatever necessary to provide a complete text that is approved by your supervisor.
This is a list of the standard program General Arabic resources
Alif Baa - Introduction to Arabic letters and sounds
Spoken Arabic of the Gulf - Arabic version
Alkitaab 1
Alkitaab 2
Alkitaab 3
Sahlawayhi - Graded stories for non-natives part 1
Sahlawayhi - Graded stories for non-natives part 2
Sahlawayhi - Graded stories for non-natives part 3
Introduction to Media Arabic
What will you do
You will be reading the books, summarizing them, writing your content or typing it directly on the word processor, proofreading, recording, review your peers inputs, modifying and adjusting, iterate, update and do whatever necessary to provide a complete text that is approved by your supervisor.
Work mechanism
This is a 100% contractor-base remote job opening. You will work and collaborate with your team members and other stakeholders completely online.
Please read the following articles carefully to get a clearer picture of what it means to work remotely and to assess whether you can work in such conditions:
aliand.company/remote_work_infographic
And download this PDF:
aliand.company/remote_work_pdf
Where do you fit
You are in the very beginning of the course and learning platform and website governance chart, and on a different chart you are a part of the content management unit and directly related to the curriculum designing unit (not in this chart), the Project management unit and the Production unit
Other teams that you might be in an occasional relationship are
Technical software and hardware unit
Tutoring unit (not in this chart)
Marketing and editorial unit
Work mechanism
This is a 100% contractor-base remote job opening. You will work and collaborate with your team members and other stakeholders completely online.
Please read the following articles carefully to get a clearer picture of what it means to work remotely and to assess whether you can work in such conditions:
aliand.company/remote_work_infographic
And download this PDF:
aliand.company/remote_work_pdf
Where do you fit
You are in the very beginning of the course and learning platform and website governance chart, and on a different chart you are a part of the content management unit and directly related to the curriculum designing unit (not in this chart), the Project management unit and the Production unit
Other teams that you might be in an occasional relationship are
Technical software and hardware unit
Tutoring unit (not in this chart)
Marketing and editorial unit
About you
- This job relies heavily on the writer inside you;
- You are native Arabic speaker as in some courses, you need to write in your spoken dialect of Arabic and MSA.
- Your English score on the test in the form is equal to or above 80%, since you will be writing in both, Arabic and English.
- You are an excellent team player. Each course will be a result of a team effort (At least two authors for each) so while you might be strong in some skills, you would complement your partner/s' weak areas and vice-versa;
- You are equally quite worker and only collaborate on what matters;
- You possess excellent remote working skills;
- Understand the mentality of a language learner because you are a lifelong learner
What we offer
Outstanding onboard and ongoing training with certificates
The training will cover a variety of topics including:
Learning
Teaching
Content creation and content management
Marketing
Moocs and open learning
Among other subjects...
As well as you will be guided and promptly supported by the IT unit on using cutting-edge technology on some or all of the following applications:
This job is a contractor-based opening, meaning that there will be no fixed salary nor employee benefits, at least in the current phase. Until achieving the milestone of 10,000 active paid subscribers, it will only be possible for us to provide the compensation for your time and effort in a form of a sale revenue percentage per course and per subscription for the entire list of members of the chart above.
While the compensation in a form of sales revenue will continue until reaching the 10,000 paying subscribers, you and the rest of the team will earn your wage every 60 days from the date of the sale occurrence. For example, if a sale of one of your courses happens on the 1st of August, you will get your agreeable percentage by the 1st of November, this will be handled and calculated automatically by the payroll and has nothing to do with the milestone. What we meant by the milestone is that there will be no full-time employment until reaching it.
The training will cover a variety of topics including:
Learning
Teaching
Content creation and content management
Marketing
Moocs and open learning
Among other subjects...
As well as you will be guided and promptly supported by the IT unit on using cutting-edge technology on some or all of the following applications:
- Internal systems
- Evernote
- Zapier
- Talent LMS
- Matrix LMS
- Asana
- Redbooth
- Among other applications...
This job is a contractor-based opening, meaning that there will be no fixed salary nor employee benefits, at least in the current phase. Until achieving the milestone of 10,000 active paid subscribers, it will only be possible for us to provide the compensation for your time and effort in a form of a sale revenue percentage per course and per subscription for the entire list of members of the chart above.
While the compensation in a form of sales revenue will continue until reaching the 10,000 paying subscribers, you and the rest of the team will earn your wage every 60 days from the date of the sale occurrence. For example, if a sale of one of your courses happens on the 1st of August, you will get your agreeable percentage by the 1st of November, this will be handled and calculated automatically by the payroll and has nothing to do with the milestone. What we meant by the milestone is that there will be no full-time employment until reaching it.
Plus...
30 days annual leave
Remote working during Ramadhan and local holidays
Profit sharing
Remote working during Ramadhan and local holidays
Profit sharing
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