ELC 090: The Evolution of Learning and Development in an AI-Powered World
What is the future of AI in Learning and Development? How will the role of learning designer evolve? Get a big-picture view in this episode.
Feb 03, 2026•39 min
The eLearning Coach Podcast
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 designers, developers, authors, and professors who provide strategies for effective learning design. If you have a passion for instructional design, cognitive psychology and visual communication, this podcast is for you.
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Building The Skills-Based Organization: A Data-Driven Approach
Learn what it takes to build a skills-based organization, why valid people data matters, and how L&D can lead this transformation in today’s evolving workplace.
Dec 02, 2025•39 min
ELC 088: How to Begin Your Journey of Designing for All Learners
If you're feeling overwhelmed about how to practice inclusive design, this episode gives you practical advice so you can start today.
Apr 11, 2025•35 min
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
Feb 25, 2025•35 min
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.
Dec 17, 2024•26 min
ELC 085: Generating AI Podcasts for Learning
Can an AI tool generate accurate and interesting podcasts for learning? Listen, react, and leave a comment.
Oct 27, 2024•21 min
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.
Aug 07, 2024•29 min
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.
Jun 07, 2024•31 min
ELC 082: A Blueprint for AI Literacy in Learning and Development
If you're feeling lost regarding what you need to learn about AI, this AI literacy framework maps out the areas of knowledge and skills.
Dec 16, 2023•29 min•Ep. 82
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.
Oct 05, 2023•32 min
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.
Jul 24, 2023•33 min•Ep. 80
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.
May 17, 2023•33 min
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.
Apr 29, 2023•23 min•Ep. 78
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.
Apr 06, 2023•28 min
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.
Feb 01, 2023•26 min•Ep. 76
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.
Dec 06, 2022•16 min
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.
Aug 09, 2022•36 min•Ep. 74
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.
Jun 20, 2022•29 min
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.
Mar 23, 2022•42 min
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.
Feb 07, 2022•36 min•Ep. 71
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).
Dec 10, 2021•29 min•Ep. 70
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.
Sep 17, 2021•33 min
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.
May 13, 2021•37 min•Ep. 68
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.
Mar 22, 2021•31 min•Ep. 67
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.
Feb 06, 2021•31 min
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.
Dec 07, 2020•42 min•Ep. 65
ELC 064: How to Create Meaning From A Torrent of Information
Information is ubiquitous and complex. In this episode, we discuss ways to create understanding from raw information.
Oct 14, 2020•44 min•Ep. 64
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.
Aug 14, 2020•34 min•Ep. 63
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 that environment.
Jul 03, 2020•39 min•Ep. 62
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.
May 14, 2020•33 min•Ep. 61
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