As online technologies have exploded into mainstream education and corporate training, the need for professionals who are highly qualified in designing, developing, implementing, and assessing instruction has increased. However, the roles and responsibilities of educational technologists have become as varied as the employers who hire them and the tools they use. In order to shed some light on the matter, 161 EdTech professionals were surveyed in order to define the role(s) they play in K-12, higher education, corporate, and government work environments.
What Job Titles does it best describe?
What skills do they have?
In Their Own Words... What Does An EDTECH Professional do?
"Works at the intersection of technology and education to make sure that learning occurs..."
"Bridges the gap between students and content through sound pedagogy/andragogy and by training teachers to use the right tools for the job."
"Employs a systems approach to the analysis, design, development, evaluation, and implementation of training and systems intended to support human performance."
"Researches, organizes, plans, promotes, encourages, empowers and assists in the use of instructional technologies and theories."
"Evaluates and analyzes situational issues related to teaching or learning and develop solutions or suggest directions for optimization. "
source : Corbeil, J.R. & Corbeil, M.E. (2013). What do educational technologists do? The discipline as defined by educational technology practitioners. IACIS 2013
"Bridges the gap between students and content through sound pedagogy/andragogy and by training teachers to use the right tools for the job."
"Employs a systems approach to the analysis, design, development, evaluation, and implementation of training and systems intended to support human performance."
"Researches, organizes, plans, promotes, encourages, empowers and assists in the use of instructional technologies and theories."
"Evaluates and analyzes situational issues related to teaching or learning and develop solutions or suggest directions for optimization. "
source : Corbeil, J.R. & Corbeil, M.E. (2013). What do educational technologists do? The discipline as defined by educational technology practitioners. IACIS 2013