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Callum Goodwilliam: Leadership Through Learning Design
The skillset of a learning leader Working in a senior learning role requires a complex set of skills. You need to both understand the needs of the business and also be able to design learning...
Marisa Knowles: Designing learning to fit a company’s culture and values
When you're designing a corporate training experience, it's much more likely to be effective if employees perceive it as coming from within the existing culture of the business. This can be...
Penelope Bellegarde: data, strategy and learning design
In this episode, my guest is Penelope Bellegarde, founder of The Data Touch consultancy and Data Coaching for Leaders. Penelope’s mission is to bring data into the boardroom using simple, clear...
Ellie Soccorsy: Onboarding and learning design
In this episode, my guest is Ellie Soccorsy, who is a Learning and Development Adviser at Edyn, a hotel, travel and hospitality business. Ellie develops and facilitates learning experiences for...
Amy Whitehead: Recruiting learning designers
In this episode of the Ding-O-Meter, our guest is Amy Whitehead - Director of Red Stag Recruitment. Amy is a learning design recruitment specialist, which means she helps businesses find quality...
Heather McClean: Inclusive learning design strategies
In this episode of the Ding-O-Meter, we're joined by Heather Maclean. Heather is an Education and Recognition adviser at Queen Mary university, London, an all round teaching and learning...
Rob Hamblen: How design sprints can guide learning design
What is a design sprint, and how does it relate to learning design? In this episode, we talk with Rob Hamblen, founder of the LEAP design agency where he helps companies build better digital...
Andragogy, motivation, and how learning designers add value to businesses
Geraldine Murphy was a learning designer before learning design was invented. After completing her teacher training back in 2009, Geraldine has applied her knowledge of learning and technology in...
Agnese Spona: Exploring the intersection of customer experience, service and learning design
What is service design? How does it relate to learning design, user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) design? And what can service design teach learning designers about great...
Alice Brazil-Burns: How human-centred storytelling can lead to better experience design
Storytelling may sound like something more suited to children, and human-centred storytelling may make you raise your eyebrows. But it's increasingly recognised as a valuable counterpart to the...
Tomer Garzberg: AI, blockchain, and why we need more technology translators
What is the point of education in a world of less work? How can educators and their institutions prepare their learners for a future transformed by AI? How do we educate for irreplaceability? And...
Jeremy Hunsinger: how to avoid the creepy treehouse of learning design
What metaphors might best describe some of the side-effects of the pandemic on universities, their staff and their teaching? How can educators and their learners keep up with the increasing...
Adity Saxena: Intercultural learning design for the Covid era
What has the pandemic taught us about the diverse needs of learners? How should we be designing learning in response to a digital-first higher education environment? In this episode, our guest is...
Acrobat Global: helping people communicate more effectively
To what extent are we mindful of how we communicate? How could we communicate better? And what about when we're communicating online? Our guests in this episode are Zanne Gaynor and Kathryn...
Meg Bisineer: insights from a year of teaching remotely
How do you teach animation when you’re stranded on the other side of the world? Meg Bisineer had no choice but to find out after she was stranded in London during the first wave of the pandemic....
Tom Whitford: practical advice for designing effective online learning environments
Tom Whitford is Head of Learning Design at Curio, a global learning consultancy, and he has a research background in designing social online learning experiences and communities. He also has a lot...
Constance Steinkuehler: What games design can teach learning design
A few episodes back, we talked with games designer Emma Henry about the overlaps between games design and learning design. In this episode, we return to this relationship and are honored to have the...
Paul Hoskins: Opportunities for universities in a challenging environment
Despite the challenges currently facing the higher education sector, strategic opportunities exist. Paul Hoskins is Principal at Curio, a global higher education consultancy. Paul has been at the...