The profession of learning technologist

e-Learning professional - A practising individual that uses technology to support, implement or enhance learning, who is accepted by the e-learning community and also by 'customers' as a professional. The learning technologist is a generalist role within this group. These individuals have the pedagological knowledge and the technical skills to use technology to support learning.

The ‘profession’ is growing as there is a need for these types of skills. Even so the specific role of the learning technologist is not well defined as there are no clear boundaries, and im many cases seem to be an extension of existing professions; teaching and IT.

The teaching profession have recognised the gap in their knowledge, many are evolving their practice to include IT as an additional set of competencies. Less obvious is that IT professionals are looking to understand more about teaching practices, however im sure that its happening.