[elearning] eLearning Job Description

Wed May 16 20:24:36 EST 2012

hi All

I have moved my reply to the eLearning List

I have been grappling with defining this job --> I have stripped the formatting out of this but here it is
so far:

Aim:

To improve the use and delivery of eLearning in the College

By:

Building staff confidence with use of our 1:1 iPads

Helping and supporting staff through the changes that iPads are making to learning in the classroom

Working with staff to embed the use of the iPads into their curriculum

Working with staff to ensure that iPad use, ICT and eLearning are learner focussed, curriculum justified and effective in achieving the goal of educating students in a Catholic context

Providing personalised teaching and learning opportunities for staff to improve their skills in ICT

Focussing staff on the opportunities that iPads provide to deliver personalised learning for students and collaborative learning opportunities for students and staff

Facilitating staff being able to transfer their current and new skills into the changed pedagogical practices that 1:1 ICT and iPads are creating

Working to help staff engage students in purposeful learning where the 1:1 iPads are an effective tool in improving thinking, analysis, evaluating and creation skills and not merely a “content” recall device

Leading staff to understand how 1:1 iPads and personalised learning can improve teachers’ and support staffs’ responses to multiple intelligences learning needs and help students to develop those areas of multiple intelligences in which they are weaker

Making more and more use of interactive learning materials  (1:1 devices mean that students can individually work with interactive materials)

Facilitating students (and teachers) developing materials that can be used on the 1:1 iPads (e.g. Quizlet as a 2011-2012 example)

Establishing a shared vision across the whole staff of eLearning and the possibilities inherent in its effective implementation

Using eLearning to facilitate innovation and excellence in teaching and learning practice, to facilitate engagement and to encourage deep, powerful learning in both staff and students

Changing student expectations of the actual use of ICT and 1:1 iPads in the classrooms

Using 1:1 iPads and ICT to improve the timeliness of reporting and assessment

Method:

Create a small group of staff whose shared vision includes the above and more and who are responsive to change, changing needs, aware of people and who can communicate well with both adults and younger people.

This group must be able to teach adults and help adults learn.

This group should contain people from a number of different areas within the staff knowledge base

This group must contain at least some people with

modern pedagogical practices

change management experience

some technical knowledge

client side perspective (the ability to understand what the client really wants and needs – not just what they think they want)

design side perspective (the knowledge and ability to know what can be done with what we have available)

the desire to facilitate not impose

Also

We need a clearly articulated eLearning plan, effective eLearning strategies, support from leadership

That is where I am going!!

Andrew

Andrew Shortell
CRC Melton

shortell at get2me.net

On 16/05/2012, at 4:24 PM, Kevork KROZIAN wrote:

> Hi Adrian,
>  
> We had a section for this role under http://www.edulists.com.au/eLearning/job-desc/jobdescriptions.htm with a few contributions although some are a little older.
>  
> elearning is a fast moving target that may or may not involve managing and directing the technical team. That can involve networking knowledge, hardware etc or it can be in collaboration with a network manager. It depends on resources and expertise. It is non linear in that learning does not follow the same sequence for everyone. Also, elearning is not just digitization of content or using text books in electronic form by converting them to pdf and calling it elearning. It has to include higher order thinking , the problem solving methodology ( however number of stages you wish to use ).
> I guess the other big change recently has been in digitial mobile learning including mobile phone, tablet and netbook content.
>  
> Apart from that a few other aspects to it could include:
>   1. Liaising with all other Domains regarding how digital learning can enhance teaching and learning  in their respective areas
>   2. Auditing, managing pd and upgrades to teacher elearning capacity and skills
>   3. Measuring improvements in student learning and correlating that to elearning initiatives including choice of devices, programs, modes of elearning delivery including mixed or blended learning models or 24/7 delivery of learning opportunities, assessment, feedback.
>   4. Removing bottlenecks in the network to assist in performance improvements eg. wireless RF tagging to see loads on particular WAPs etc.
>  
>   So all in all 2 periods time allowance per week should be plenty to deliver all that shouldn't it ?  :)))
>  
> My humble 2c
>  
> Good luck
>  
> Kevork Krozian
> Ringwood SC
> tel: 0419 356 034
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Adrian Janson [janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:31 AM
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> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] eLearning Job Description
> 
> Hi all,
> (apologies for the cross posts),
>  
> I am looking for examples of eLearning job descriptions / criteria – if you are happy to send them to me?  I want to compare what I am doing now with the ways other schools define the position.  It might be best to email me them directly if you have them?  To: janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Adrian Janson
>  
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