Sector diversity and Lofty values?

It is interesting that the ALT values are quite sector related, where as the engineering are quiet lofty ideals.  It would appear to me that as the role of the professional in the sector become more diverse as we see with the e-learning sector, then the values which the professional holds within it become more elevated and abstract.  The wide diversity of the engineering sector requires values which include, welfare and safety, the environment, identification of risks, remaining up to date, not misleading anyone and acting with integrity.  These too could be used by the e-learning professional aspiring to professionalism and indeed may become necessary as the diversification of the sector approaches that of the engineering sector.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that the professional values of the engineer could be used for the e-learning professional, but they couldn't be used visa versa.  Therefore are lofty values of much use or value, or as I'm beginning to believe, the route to professional recognition?

Reference the ‘profession’, ‘elearning’, and ‘elearning professional’

Some thoughts....  I work for the MoD and the most glaringly obvious point to come out of my recent dealings with a world leader (apparently) in training was that they didn't understand our business and were always going to struggle to deliver it more effectively and efficiently than we did, despite the promise of e'learning huge swathes of our courses. The complexity of translating our requirement into their systems and therefore producing content was immense. What it has highlighted in my mind is that when asking questions of whether elearning professionals need to have educational  qualifications I would suggest no, but they do need a background in it. A few of my current cadre of instructional staff have  a Cert Ed but the remainder have a three week train the trainer course behind them.  I am now attempting to justify the upskilling of these instructors in order deliver in a modernised context.  The key point here is that they have Subject Matter Experts in their subject, they have taught / instructed in some way shape or form and now we are going to convert them into 'learning facilitators', but the skills they require are readily lifted from the educational world.  I have previously referred to reflection as a dirty word in the MoD but I value my instructors being able to do it.  Truth is the greatest challenge for us is to get the instructor to give up the all knowing position they currently hold and become more facilitative in their approach.  Instructional Designers need to understand the art of the possible, the content specialists deliver the media and the instructor deploys it as appropriate.  The Mentor role remains unchanged here except for the fact that some of the communications methods are text based rather than face to face.  Lastly, on the Japanese model, the system producer is where I see myself sitting. Putting it (the system) in, and making it grow and develop from a management perspective.

H808 Core Activity - 1.1

Having completed 1.4 in blog format, I guess a reflection on the rest is required? Maybe?

CA 1.1 Audio Intro to the E-learning Professional.

Now rather than cut an paste my input to the forum, surely I should be able to link the two via hyper link...... or is that to technical for me......... watch this space!

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