Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an e-learning developer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an e-learning developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

E-learning developers design and develop simpler forms of digital learning content including reference materials, slides, assessments, screen-casts, interview videos and podcasts. They write and provide content for a computer based learning application.

Also known as e-learning producer, eLearning producer, eLearning developers.

Professionals 67 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: instructional designer, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
instructional designer 66% covered e-learning architect 61% covered technical communicator 50% covered ICT trainer 48% covered web content manager 43% covered e-learning developer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from e-learning developer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an e-learning developer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An e-learning developer needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • develop e-learning plan management skills
  • standards for web-based e-learning information and communication technologies (icts)
  • create SCORM packages management skills
  • e-learning software infrastructure information and communication technologies (icts)
  • instructional design models education
  • learning management systems business, administration and law
  • design web-based courses communication, collaboration and creativity
  • publishing strategy arts and humanities
  • develop digital educational materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • e-learning education
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an e-learning developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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E-learning developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an e-learning developer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.