The Envisaged E-Learning Professional Breakdown of DCAE by Current Roles

Below is an adaption of The Research Center for e-Learning Professional ‘5 kinds of e-Learning Professional.  I have broken them down into how I would envisage the departmental responsibility across the existing DCAE according to current function, future functions and level of understanding (and therefore training required). 

Instructional Designer - As Is - The leader of Design and Development phases, design an e-Learning course to deliver the Key Learning Points are required by the course sponsor.  Would require significant awareness training. 

Contents Specialist
 - Technology based Training Unit - Developers of specialist content and media. Manages the Content Management System and is responsible for finding, tagging and utilizing existing resources. Where external assistance for media development is  necessary the TBTU would assist in its specification, and Project/contract management.  Media development unaffected, Project and contracts management would require significant training. 

Instructor and Training Development Officers- As Is - Offer the educational help to implementation phase
 subsequently grades achievement.  Critical component to the system,  considerable training would be required to develop the skills and attitudes for wholesale implementation. 

Mentor
 / Coach - Support and encourage students to learn for themselves and become independent learners.  This role would be led by a specialist team, but coaching skills would be required as part of the wide instructor development program. 

Learning System Producer
 - Implementation
 manager who sets, maintains and manages the e-Learning system.  Responsible for the implementation of and development of standards.  Holds the executive responsibility for Continuous Improvement. 


These are some initial thoughts which I will need to refine over time as I believe we will be implementing Training Transformation on a huge scale in the not to distant future.