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The eLearning Coach Podcast

by Connie Malamed: Helps people build stand-out careers in learning design.

Connie Malamed is founder of Mastering Instructional Design and publisher of The eLearning Coach. She helps people learn, build, and grow instructional design skills. Listen to interviews with expert researchers, designers, developers, authors, and professors who provide strategies for effective learning design.

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Episodes

  1. ELC 093: What really motivates us? Self-Determination Theory Explained

    I speak with Matt Richter about Self-Determination Theory, a powerful framework for understanding human motivation. We explore the three universal psychological needs at the heart of the theory, how to apply SDT principles to your work and life, and how managers can create environments that…

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  2. ELC 092: Beyond Productivity: A More Ambitious Vision for AI

    Phil Hardman joins the conversation to discuss an ambitious vision for AI. How you can use AI to make you better at what you do, not just faster. With AI superpowers, you can innovate new types of solutions to workplace performance problems.

  3. ELC 091: Rethinking How We Support Frontline Workers

    Learn to design best-fit solutions that support and enable frontline workers to help them perform their best.

  4. ELC 087: Steal From Marketing to Improve Your Training

    Marketers use strategies, tactics, and technologies that can transform the work of L&D teams and individuals

  5. ELC 086: Educational Technology: Surprising Careers You Didn’t Expect

    Ed Tech specialist, Matt Campbell, explains how to start a career in Educational Technology, the varied roles, and the most important skills.

  6. ELC 085: Generating AI Podcasts for Learning

    Can an AI tool generate accurate and interesting podcasts for learning? Listen, react, and leave a comment.

  7. ELC 084: How to Develop Leadership Skills for Any Role in L&D

    David Kelly explains why developing leadership skills in L&D is important for people at every level of an organization and in any role.

  8. ELC 083: Quality Management: It’s More Than Missing Commas

    Hadiya Nuriddin explains how to start or improve a quality management program in your organization.

  9. ELC 082: A Blueprint for AI Literacy in Learning and Development

    Do you feel lost or confused about what you need to learn when it comes to AI? In this episode, we explore an AI Literacy framework developed by Stella Lee, Ph.D. We discuss the areas most suitable for learning designers to explore and some of the competencies in this model.

  10. ELC 081: Focusing On Behavior Change in Instructional Design

    If you don't have the right strategy or tool to solve a problem, consider looking at ways to affect behavior change. In this episode, Julie Dirksen explains how to apply a behavior change model to instructional design.

  11. ELC 080: Use Data and Analytics to Level Up Your Instructional Design

    Using data and analytics for instructional design may seem difficult. But Megan Torrance explains it in simple terms. Listen in to level up your ID skills.

  12. ELC 079: The Updated Accidental Instructional Designer

    The Accidental Instructional Designer has a second edition! Author Cammy Bean provides the big picture view of the learning and development industry.

  13. ELC 078: How to Get Feedback from Learners to Improve Your Designs Part 2

    Usability of learning designs should include ease of use as well as instructional effectiveness. In this episode, we discuss many aspects of usability.

  14. ELC 077: How to Get Feedback from Learners to Improve Your Designs Part 1

    In this episode, two researchers discuss how LXD adopts and adapts methods to improve the usability and outcomes of learning design.

  15. ELC 076: How to Get Started with Data-Driven Learning Design

    What about gathering audience data before you start to design? Lori Niles-Hofmann explains how.

  16. ELC 075 Finding a Career Path in Instructional Design

    In this solo episode, I talk about the diversity of career paths in instructional design for people who are trying to break into the field.

  17. ELC 074: Creating Effective Surveys for Instructional Design

    When you create surveys for instructional design do you use a process that will get the most accurate results? In this episode, I explore survey design with forms specialist, Caroline Jarrett.

  18. ELC 073: Using The Jobs To Be Done Framework In Learning Design

    Jobs To Be Done can help you address the functional, emotional and social aspects of learning.

  19. ELC 072: The Wonderful World of No Code Tools

    In this episode, we’re exploring the wonderful world of no code tools. These are powerful apps that you can use without programming.

  20. ELC 071: Learning is the New Business Strategy

    We’re living in a time of exploding change and disruption. I speak with Brandon Carson who shows how Learning and Development can lead the way through the digital age where learning is the new business strategy.

  21. ELC 070: Conversation Design for the Voice User Interface

    A future skill for instructional designers is designing for voice controls. I speak with Myra Roldan about conversation design for the voice user interface (VUI).

  22. ELC 069: Set Yourself Up to Create Quality eLearning

    The quality assurance practices in the elearning industry are subpar. Hadiya Nuriddin explains how to improve the quality of your eLearning.

  23. ELC 068: Applying Social Learning Theory To Learning Design

    I speak with Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner about the big ideas in their book, Learning to Make a Difference. They share ways that we can live and learn intentionally in a social learning context.

  24. ELC 067: Educating the New Instructional Designer

    How should instructors and professors educate instructional designers to meet the needs of the modern workplace? This episode focuses on the challenges and solutions facing instructional design educators.

  25. ELC 066: Best Of | How to Write Compelling Stories

    Story coach and author, Lisa Cron, reveals how to transform your learning scenarios and vignettes into must-read stories. If you use stories in your instructional design and learning design practice, you'll want to listen.

  26. ELC 065: Pro Tips For Working With Subject Matter Experts

    Subject Matter Experts or SMEs are indispensable in learning design. Diane Elkins and Dawn Mahoney provide strategies for dealing with SMEs.

  27. ELC 064: How to Create Meaning From A Torrent of Information

    Every day, we engage in sense-making from a torrent of information. And we attempt to help others construct meaning in the learning experiences we design and provide. This episode delves into creating meaning through interactions.

  28. ELC 063: The Evolution To Learning Experience Design

    Instructional design is evolving into learning experience design or LXD. We discuss the benefits for learners and learning professionals.

  29. ELC 062: Starting An Instructional Design Career in Higher Education

    Have you ever considered starting a learning design career in higher education? Have you wondered if academia is the best fit for your preferences and interests? In this episode, Peter Shea and I discuss the roles that instructional designers play in higher education and what it's like to work in...

  30. ELC 061: Getting Started With Inclusive Design

    Once you understand accessible eLearning and inclusive design, you can’t turn back. Change your design habits to impact more lives.

  31. ELC 060: How to Practice Evidence-Informed Learning Design

    Evidence informed learning design draws from cognitive psychology research. It focuses on applying learning science to instructional design.

  32. ELC 059: How Chatbots Can Support and Enhance Learning

    In this conversation, we discuss how to use chatbots to engage people in interactive activities that support learning and behavior change.

  33. ELC 058 Virtual Training is Much More Than a Presentation

    How can you translate the in-person learning experience to an effective virtual classroom experience? In this episode, Cindy Huggett, virtual training expert, answers that question.

  34. ELC 057: How To Plan And Design Microlearning

    In this episode, the authors of Microlearning Short and Sweet clarify misunderstandings about microlearning and provide best practices for planning and designing it.

  35. ELC 056: How To Develop Your Creativity

    Do you ever wish you could improve your creativity? In this episode, you'll learn proven ways to generate more creative ideas.

  36. ELC 055: What You Need to Know About Cognitive Load

    John Sweller, who formulated cognitive load theory, explains how instructional designers can design more effective learning experiences.

  37. ELC 054: Do learners understand your instructional graphics?

    Can we assume that people understand our intent in the instructional graphics that we use? Professor Elizabeth Boling says we should not be over confident.

  38. ELC 053: Creating Long-term Engagement with Game Thinking

    In this conversation with author, game designer and start-up coach, Amy Jo Kim, we discuss how to apply game thinking to learning experience design.

  39. ELC 052: The Story of Becoming a Great Manager

    If you are a new, experienced or aspiring manager, or if you want to understand your manager, you will benefit from this episode. In this session, I speak with Katy Tynan about the misconceptions people have about management, the best ways to manage a creative team, the relationship between...

  40. ELC 051: Tips and Tools for Creating an eLearning Portfolio

    You never know when you might need to show an eLearning portfolio.This episode will inspire you to create one or to make your current portfolio stand out.

  41. ELC 050: Learning Myths You Might Believe

    Are you inadvertently believing learning myths? Are your best practices based on hearsay? In this episode, I speak with Clark Quinn about many of the myths, superstitions and misconceptions learning professionals may believe.

  42. ELC 049: How to ‘Find Funny’ When Speaking, Writing and Installing Mufflers

    Research shows that appropriate humor can set instill a positive attitude toward learning. How can writing humor fit into learning design?

  43. ELC 048: The Strategic Use of Learning Management Systems

    If you want to get the most out of your learning management system or if you want to purchase or research one, this interview will help you make a more informed decision.

  44. ELC 047: The Action Mapping Alternative

    If you are frustrated with the limited models available for instructional design, then you’ll be interested in this conversation with Cathy Moore. She is the creator of Action Mapping, a model of training design that focuses on improving workplace performance.

  45. ELC 046: Best Podcast Gems Of 2013

    Tune in to this episode of The eLearning Coach podcast for some of my favorite gems from episodes in 2013. The topics include finding a job in instructional design, social media for learning, storytelling, cognitive architecture, and information graphics.

  46. ELC 045: The Art And Science Of Practice And Feedback

    Designing the appropriate type of practice and providing effective feedback requires a lot of know-how. Patti Shank, PhD., has been studying the research on this topic and wrote a book about it.

  47. ELC 044: Behind The Scenes With Three Voice Actors/Artists

    What do narrators need in a script? What can we provide to ensure we support them to do their best. Do they want to be called narrators, voice actors, voice talent or voice artist? These questions and more are answered in this episode.

  48. ELC 043: Will you design intelligent agents in the future?

    How will you be using AI in the future? Will you design AI agents for learning? Will you be training AI agents?

  49. ELC 042: The Power and Practice of Digital Curation

    Digital curation is emerging as a sound strategy in learning experience design to replace or enhance courses. Find out how to be successful at curation.

  50. ELC 041: Technology Implementations Are About People

    Learning technology implementations for learning and development are complex. I speak with Donald Taylor about how to make them a success.

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Connie Malamed is founder of Mastering Instructional Design and publisher of The eLearning Coach. She helps people learn, build, and grow instructional design skills. Listen to interviews with expert researchers, designers, developers, authors, and professors who provide strategies for effective learning design.

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