Does a “Digital Learning Manager” speak to you? This profession appeared a few years ago, with the digitalization of learning methods. A direct descendant of the “e-learning manager”, the Digital Learning Manager has very varied missions, and must know how to adapt to his environment and to the objectives of companies. We tell you all about the subject!
What is a Digital Learning Manager?
The missions of the Digital Learning Manager
The main mission of the Digital Learning Manager is toadjust vocational training digital for learners to make it attractive and effective.
It's up to him:
- To think about the learning path
- to adapt the formats to digital platforms
- to explore new ways of learning to stay up to date
- Ofensure innovation in terms of training within a company
- to actively monitor current and future new training methods
You will have understood it: its missions are essential within a company to train its teams remotely!
Very often, the Digital Learning Manager works in large companies that have a budget dedicated to training. He is also attached to the Human Resources Department.
The skills of a good Digital Learning Manager
The skills that are essential to be a good Digital Learning Manager are numerous! The Digital Learning Manager must be:
- Teacher: to manage training courses, it's better! Your future Digital Learning Manager should in fact be comfortable with The methods of pedagogy and apply them in its training courses.
- Creative and innovative: to offer up-to-date educational formats and ideas. He will have to carry out research to keep up to date with the latest developments in terms of training and pedagogy.
- Good communicator: to support its ideas internally. It must make you want to follow your courses, and convince your peers of their effectiveness.
- Organized: to plan its training courses, to effectively monitor learners and their results, and to iterate with the rest of the HR teams.
3 reasons to hire a Digital Learning Manager
Are you considering hiring a Digital Learning Manager to set up online training courses? Are you still hesitating between e-learning courses and more traditional courses?
Here are 3 reasons to trust these new ways of learning and the Digital Learning Manager!
1. Optimizing training costs
The Digital Learning Manager will help you reduce your training costs by optimizing resources (fewer trainers, no room rental, etc.), by reducing travel and by ensuring a better completion rate of your training thanks to innovative methods (Gamification or microlearning)
2. The personalization of learning
The Digital Learning Manager will also make it possible to adapt the training courses to your needs, objectives and budget. No more betting on a MOOC whose program you only half like: Make way for the adapted training program to your challenges and to your learners!
3. Monitoring progress
And above all: betting on digital training, and on a Digital Learning Manager, means monitor the progress of your learners ! You no longer navigate by sight: you can know if a module has been followed, understood and validated. It is much easier to adapt your training goals based on this data (called”Learning Analytics”) afterwards!
How to recruit your future Digital Learning Manager?
Like “digital learning” in general, the job of Digital Learning Manager is a very recent concept.
The profiles can therefore be varied:
- traditional human resources training with an appeal for digital technology;
- or training in innovation with a penchant for human resources.
Stay open to the candidates you meet! Analyze especially their Soft Skills : ability to adapt, curiosity, pedagogical aspect...
For information, the average monthly salary for a Digital Learning Manager is €4,300 gross. Take this into account when you think about it.
That's it? Do you want to recruit a Digital Learning Manager to set up and manage your digital training courses? So, keep your training goals in mind and hire a DLM who will meet them based on their skills, experiences and personality.
