Who am I?
Nov 09, 2012
By
Ant Pugh
Ok guys.. i need some help. I have basically inherited the role of managing our LMS and creating elearning content - and now I am planning to change my job title.
Ideally I would be called 'Elearning manager and instructional designer' - but we only have small name badges
What are you guys called? What do you suggest?
Prize for the winner :)
26 Replies
Hi, Ant: How about "the Neil Peart of the e-learning universe." Oh, you're right--that would be too long. More seriously,
"Elearning manager" is nice and general and suggests you do other things than develop courses.
"E-learning developer and LMS administrator" is accurate but too long. Maybe that could go on the signature line of your email.
I assume you spend more time developing content than managing the LMS, so I'd lean toward the ID side of things.
I spend a lot more time developing content than administering the LMS (thank the lord!)... but does anyone who's not in L&D know what hell an Instructional Designer is?!!
I just saw this title, "Elearning technologist." That captures the tech/LMS angle, though it doesn't have much poetry to it.
I like "elearning developer" myself.
Adding "ologist" to the end of anything makes it sound more techie/official. Kinda of like bartender being renamed "Mixologist". We can also start calling bloggers "blogologists" haha. Sorry don't mean to be a troll... or trollologist.
eLearning Producer has a nice ring to it. This could conceivably span the gamut from designer to developer and into the range of system administration.
Go rogue: "Training Wheel."
I'm the E-Learning Manager but like the sound of Learning Technologist.
Training wheel!! Haha genius!!!
E-magineer.
eLearning Visionary
Bruce
What about 'Learning Innovator'
'iLearn Pro'
(might be some copyright problems)
Corporate Mind Surfer
(I'm in an airport bored, but I will stop before it gets any sillier)
'mini-Bruce' perhaps.
John.a.
LOL - thanks my friend
Have a lovely time waiting for your flight
Bruce (Senior)
The Articumeister
What about 'Manager eLearning Applications'
Hey Ant,
I am doing exactly the same thing at my company. I have been struggling with a new title. They want us to stay away from the norm and be creative. We came up with a few.
Learning Guru
eLearning Jedi
The Dude - dedication to the Big Lebowski
I like the E-magineer from Bruce.
Good luck!
Maybe you can title yourself after some famous movie characters like
The Articulator
Articuzilla
Articustein
Captain eLearning
Or maybe an acronym like
eL MaID - "'ELearning MAnager and Instructional d\Designer' (Ok i suck at making acronyms)
Not sure if this will be much help to you , but I had a boss once who told me the shorter your title, the more important (his words) you are in your organization.
We worked for a very large company and all he had printed on his business card was his first name and company contact information. I asked him why once and he said that when he gives out his card, nobody forgets his name.
I tend to stay away from eLearning in the title - especially if you currently are developing anything for mobile devices or you envision that happening at some point. Keep in mind that mLearning, social media, and many other aspects of learning would not fall into a title that had an eLearning reference. Typically speaking, eLearning has been linked with the typical PC based courses. I've heard some argue that it covers anything electronic, such as mobile and social media, but I think that tends to be more the exception than the norm.
I personally would use something like:
Manager - Learning Applications or
Manager - Learning Programs
An application or program could cover so many areas and allow you to grow within the same title.
Per Fred Flintstone, I like the "Grand Poobah of E-Learning."
I had the same quandary and decided on, "eLearning Lead".
It's not as snazzy as some others, but it works.
Regarding your question, Ant, whether anyone outside the L&D world knows what an Instructional Designer is: several years ago, after I rec'd my M. Ed. in Instructional Design (and was very proud of it), my boss wanted to print up business cards for me (he'd just hired me) and wanted to know what I thought my title should be. When I told him Instructional Designer (I was doing..ummm...instructional design) he said "what the heck is that?" and when I explained it to him he said he wasn't going to let me use that title and it wasn't his responsibility to explain to everyone what that meant. So!
I like Steve's suggestion that uses Producer in the title. And I like eLearning also, although I didn't realize that mLearning wasn't considered part of eLearning.
Looks like maybe we're not being so helpful, eh?
C.E.O. : Captain (of the) eLearning Office
Do company shares come with that title? Haha.
iLMS = i Lose My Seriousness
Or if you're a fan of 1984-esque genre's, eLearning Controller.
The adobe folks use the term eLearning Evangelist... I like it but it didn't fly at my company :(
I am a "Multimedia Instructional Designer"
How about that LOL
Learning Applications Designer?
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