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Learning Technologist

Technical expert whose role is to influence the use of technology in the curriculum by gaining insight into the curriculum and sharing own technical expertise with academic staff often as part of a broader role (Oliver, 2002).

 

They can just apply educational recipes using "off the shelf" products (Lisewiki & Joyce, 2003), but the more effective practitioners will be pedadogically driven (Oliver, 2002).

References

Lisewski, B. and Joyce, P. (2003) ‘Examining the five-stage e-moderating model: designed and emergent practice in the learning technology profession’, ALT-J, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 55–66.

 

Oliver, M. (2002) ‘What do learning technologists do?’ [online], Innovations in Education and Training International, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 245–52.

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