Sally

My job title was "Development Officer - Technology Supported 
Learning", post created 3 years ago.  I have since cut this down to 
Development Officer.

We are currently craeting some new posts at Plymouth and the job 
titles chosen are (Senior) Learning Support Advisors.  These posts 
similar to my own will work with staff to develop learning resources, 
mostly C&IT based.  It is perhaps not the job title I would have 
chosen - the advisor bit worries me.

More on this later
Bye
Paul

> Hi Kim,
> 
> > Perhaps some titles reflect the cultures of the institutions! We're
> > expected to do research, publish etc. Is this true of others?
> > Kim
> 
> It would be nice to think that my title "educational technologist" 
> relects the culture of Sussex but it's simply that I got fed up with 
> saying I was a "software development and integration co-ordinator" or 
> plain old "Project officer". My job title could be anything I liked so 
> I chose something more succinct, in Sussex no-one really notices these 
> things unless your running along the mainstream 
> post-grad/post-doc/lecturer/senior lecturer/reader/professor route! 
> You probably remember how Sussex is, Kim? I'm officially employed as 
> "other related faculty" I think! (On short term contract)
> 
> What do I actually do? Just about anything! I teach an undergrad 
> course (first time this year), I help teach/support other courses 
> (Evolution, Conservation, Computing, Maths etc in Biological Sciences 
> and Engineering). Occasionally I get involved with staff development 
> (web authoring, use of CMC etc) as well as doing all the usual TLT 
> officer stuff. I also work closely with my colleague Richard Inskip 
> (Sussex's Multimedia Co-ordinator) to further the use of CMC/CAA in 
> teaching and learning across campus.  
> 
> Research? As I am not doing a PhD no-one expects me to publish or 
> research. This doesn't mean we don't "research" or evaluate what we do 
> in our movement towards more use of C&IT in teaching and learning! 
> Much of our work is disemminated locally and no further, our mistake I 
> think?!     
> 
> Anyway, hope this doesn't confuse the issue too much more? 
> 
> Sally 
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> School of Biological Sciences
> University of Sussex
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Paul Bailey
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