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.
Feb 25, 2020•25 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 researchers, designers, developers, authors, and professors who provide strategies for effective learning design.
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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.
Dec 30, 2019•28 min
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.
Nov 10, 2019•38 min
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.
Oct 02, 2019•32 min
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.
Jun 05, 2019•34 min
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.
Apr 23, 2019•37 min
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.
Mar 21, 2019•30 min
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.
Jan 07, 2019•42 min
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 leadership and management and much more.
Nov 14, 2018•36 min
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.
Oct 10, 2018•30 min
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.
Jul 11, 2018•38 min
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?
Jun 02, 2018•32 min
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.
Apr 09, 2018•29 min
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.
Feb 23, 2018•24 min
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.
Jan 15, 2018•28 min
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.
Nov 27, 2017•24 min
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.
Oct 09, 2017•32 min
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?
Aug 13, 2017•39 min
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.
Jul 06, 2017•31 min
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.
Jun 08, 2017•34 min
ELC 040: How To Improve Your Skills And Products With Design Critiques
Design critiques, whether formal or informal, are an important tool to have in your toolbox. When they focus on the goal of meeting your objectives they may provide some of the most valuable feedback you can get.
Apr 20, 2017•34 min
ELC 039: How To Plan, Design and Write Tests
Testing expert, Michael Rodriguez, PhD, gives advice, guidance and guidelines for effective test design and writing better test items.
Mar 16, 2017•44 min
ELC 038: Learning Games, What Works And What Doesn’t
Do you want to design learning games or improve your skills, but you're not sure where to go? I suggest listening to the learning game guru, Karl Kapp.
Feb 01, 2017•37 min
ELC 037: Applying Agile Principles To eLearning Projects
Many instructional designers are moving away from traditional L&D methods. We discuss how to apply Agile principles to eLearning.
Nov 28, 2016•30 min
ELC 036: Strategies For Effective Online Instruction
Does technology rewire our brains? Can we use technology to enhance memory? We discuss strategies for effective online instruction.
Oct 06, 2016•31 min
ELC 035: There’s More Than One Way To Storyboard
In this episode, I speak with Kevin Thorn about eLearning storyboards. We compare our process for how to make elearning storyboards.
Aug 17, 2016•27 min
ELC 034: Psychology, Behavior and Design
To change behavior, performance and attitudes, we must spend more time and effort thinking about the psychology of the audience.
Jul 14, 2016•38 min
ELC 033: Mapping Experiences To Improve Design
How often do we look at the actions, thoughts and feelings of learners over time to better understand what they experience? In this episode I interview Jim Kalbach, about diagramming to understand experience.
Jun 08, 2016•32 min
ELC 032: Learning Myths and Misconceptions
You could be basing instructional strategies on learning myths. Find out if you're unintentionally accepting learning misconceptions.
Apr 28, 2016•35 min
ELC 031: How To Do Course Evaluations The Right Way
Course evaluations should provide the instructional designer with feedback for improvement. Instead, they often provide useless information.
Mar 07, 2016•24 min
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