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If teachers and trainers are to contribute in meaningful ways to the changing social and technological bases of what counts as knowledge in our society, then their own professional learning should be examined. This paper reports initial findings from a research project constructed around the views of a cohort of twenty (20) teachers/trainers on the language, literacy and numeracy demands of their jobs and the nature of the learning experiences they believe they require to do that work. The research project utilizes features of the Blackboard learning management system (LMS) to evaluate participants’ engagements with a course entitled ‘Literacy @ Work’. A unique feature of this course is its location in programs for people who are studying to work in secondary schools and/or TAFE colleges and/or private training providers and/or on-site training for businesses, industries, community organisations. All participants are mature-age adults who have prior industry and/or trade qualifications as well as relevant work experience in their chosen vocational teaching/training areas who are studying through an Australian university. The research participants are engaging with the LMS technology to learn about the multiliteracies of the complex connections of meaning that are generated through varying combinations of spoken, visual and written language and multi-modal communication systems. They are also using the selfsame technology to provide evaluative data on the nature of their professional learning throughout the course. These data are used to address the key research question: What knowledge and performance based demands does an electronic learning management system make upon a cohort of vocational educators who are learning about English language, literacy and numeracy teaching? In answering this question, data will be discursively analysed to identify participants’ perceptions of the knowledge base/s and nature of the learning experiences they believe will best assist them in their current and future work as teachers and trainers.