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Aug
04
2021

Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 5 – Post interview and advice

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In the fourth post of this series, we provided some advice for the day of the interview. In this final… View Article

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Jul
28
2021

Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 4 – The interview

Careers Featured Recruitment

In the last post of this series, we talked about how to prepare for an interview. In this fourth entry… View Article

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Jul
21
2021

Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 3 – Interview preparation

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In the first two parts of this blog series, we talked about how to prepare for and write a good… View Article

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Jul
14
2021

Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 2 – Your application

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In our first post we looked at how to identify and prepare for the application. Now we want to take… View Article

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Jul
07
2021

Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 1 – Prepare to apply

Careers Featured Recruitment

Over the years we have been involved in many recruitment rounds for Learning Technologist roles at several universities and have… View Article

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Dec
21
2020

Learning Technologist…and what is next? The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the opportunities for career progression

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Mari Cruz Garcia Vallejo Exactly a year ago I had written a blog post titled “Learning technologist… and what is… View Article

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Sep
02
2020

“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 4 of 4: Best-part challenges

Careers Community Learning Technology Research

Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, myself (Daniel… View Article

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Jan
06
2020

“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 3 of 4: Roles and duties

Careers Learning Technology Research

Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, Daniel Scott… View Article

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Nov
04
2019

“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 2 of 4: Career paths

Careers Learning Technology Research

Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, Daniel Scott… View Article

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Sep
02
2019

“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 1 of 4: Job titles

Careers Learning Technology Research

Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, myself and… View Article

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Sep
28
2017

Who am I? Reflections on the identity of a learning technologist.

Careers Community Open education Participatory education

People who know me a little bit, may have noticed that ideas pop into my head all the time. These… View Article

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Apr
27
2016

Editor’s Choice – the multifaceted role of a Learning Technologist

Careers Case studies Community Editors' choice Learning Technology Research

The three posts we have chosen highlight the diversity to the role of a Learning Technologist. Duties of the Learning… View Article

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