Looking Forward: Exploring Learning Engineering Careers and Support Structures
Mary Ellen Wiltrout, PhD
Lecturer in Digital Learning
Director of Online and
Blended Learning Initiatives
Biology, MIT
mew27@mit.edu
How does someone find out about learning engineering careers, obtain a job that does learning engineering, and thrive in an environment that supports learning engineering?
MIT Digital Learning Lab
The Digital Learning Lab Connects
This diverse, multidisciplinary community of practitioners focus on supporting the educational experience of MIT students, creating high quality open online courses with Open edX, and conducting research in digital pedagogy.
We interweave these efforts to create connections and relationships between MIT students, faculty, Open Learning, the broader education community, and learners around the world.
Image by Meghan Perdue
Example of a MOOC Team
Application of the Learning Sciences
More detail and interactive:
Gordon, D. G., & Wiltrout, M. E. (2021). A Framework for Applying the Learning Sciences to MOOC Design. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 5, p. 301). Frontiers.
Process
MIT Course
MOOC
Both
Image by Darcy Gordon
Iteration
C. M. Friend, M. Avello, M. E. Wiltrout and D. G. Gordon, "A Framework for Revision of MOOC Formative Assessments," 2022 IEEE Learning with MOOCS (LWMOOCS), Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, 2022, pp. 151-154, doi: 10.1109/LWMOOCS53067.2022.9927973.
Digital Learning Lab Member: Competencies
Digital Learning Lab Member: Learning Engineer
Prior Expertise | Strengthening Expertise | Attitudes |
discipline | technology | change agency |
teaching | management | people skills |
| application of the learning sciences | growth mindset |
| data analytics | |
| design | |
Appointment Titles for the Digital Learning Lab
What is Your Learning Engineering Title?
Do you have a job that applies learning engineering or work with colleagues that do? What is the title of the position that involves learning engineering?
How would someone exploring careers know that this title applies learning engineering? Do all people with that title take a learning engineering approach?
Share Your Resource
What online resources do you know about to provide background, examples of the work, or job postings for careers that apply learning engineering? Where could someone interested start?
Reflect and Discuss
How can this community (you) improve resources and support for careers going forward? What struggle can the resource address for these careers? If already existing, is that work shareable or visible?
Thank you!
Contact me to discuss more: mew27@mit.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ellen-wiltrout
Iām hiring (and so are others)! https://bit.ly/450hEIV
At MIT on October 11, 12, and 13
https://2023.lwmoocs-conference.org/