Here’s a bit of working out loud and sharing an experiment. It’s an example of an AI podcast. We’re so interested in your thoughts – especially if you’re in #L&D. Quick background – why? Conversations ‘outside of the classroom’ are what we’re often aiming for in our learning design i.e. design the learning to drive conversations – to be the catalyst. This got us thinking to bake in conversations within elearning too – i.e. listen in to others talking – when we have no means to drive active g...
Mar 03, 2025•5 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Neil King, the National Manager of Vision Australia’s Digital Access group and Chris Edwards, Manager of Government Relations & Advocacy for Vision Australia, join The Learning Hook Podcast to explore accessibility, especially focused on digital access for all. These guys work in this space A LOT. They know the Australian and international landscape so well and share many tactical ways to create better access for all, taking us from standards to strategy for change. Check out the great list of w...
Sep 16, 2019•51 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast James Bevelander, Group Digital Learning Manager for the Cotton On Group, joins The Learning Hook Podcast for a chat on a wide range of topics. This episode’s highly relevant for retail learning and development professionals, learning designers creating video (from scripts to shoots), L&D for large global organisations, and of course general elearning aficionados wherever you may be 😊. Snapshot below James’s story: From Flash Developer to Group Digital Learning Manager for the Cotton On Group H...
Aug 17, 2019•53 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Graeme Cowan on creating more mentally healthy and caring cultures Graeme Cowan, Leadership & Team Resilience Speaker, Bestselling Author, Board Director R U OK? and Co-Founder of FactorC, joins Brenden Carter from The Learning Hook for a chat on the role of training to support more mentally healthy workplaces (aka caring cultures). Snapshot below Runtime: 37 minutes Graeme’s personal story and battles with depression which led to his best selling book, 'Back from the Brink' and his involvement ...
Apr 30, 2019•37 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Clint Clarkson, Cartoonist and Learning Design thought leader, joins Damala Scales Ghosh and Brenden Carter from The Learning Hook. In his own words, Clint’s been tricking adults into enjoying learning since 2001 and is the founder of eLearning Alchemy. You might also know Clint from his hugely popular cartoon series, ‘The L&D Scene’, depicting those challenges we all too often face in Learning and Development, and especially as designers of learning and performance solutions. We highly recommen...
Sep 30, 2018•51 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Julie Gibson CEO and Co-Founder of Hitnet joins Justin Cruickshank and Damala Scales Ghosh from The Learning Hook. Surprisingly, the digital divide (internet access and affordability) is a real issue in Australia. We spoke to Julie about how Hitnet work to bridge this gap with custom technology and content designed specifically for remote and marginalised communities. Join us for a conversation about design, technology and the digital economy, including: Digitally excluded communities – who are ...
Aug 16, 2018•41 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Cathy Moore, training designer, presenter and creator of the Action Mapping model speaks with Brenden Carter and Damala Scales Ghosh from The Learning Hook. Join our action mapping 10-year anniversary mini-celebration as Cathy shares stories and deeper insights into her workplace performance analysis and design model, and discusses the use of rich scenarios for authentic practice. Some of the key elements of the conversation: None of us enjoy a ‘dud’ scenario and how to avoid writing one! The pu...
May 03, 2018•40 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Tracey Ezard chats with Brenden Carter and Rhiana Power from The Learning Hook team for our latest podcast. Tracey is an author, educator, facilitator and leading speaker on creating 21st century tribes that thrive. During our chat we found Tracey to have an absolute 'laser focus' on helping business leaders shake the status quo to reach extraordinary outcomes. She's also the author of 'The Buzz, Creating Thriving and Collaborative Learning Cultures' and 'Glue, the stuff that binds us together'....
Mar 19, 2018•46 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Arun Pradhan, Learning Performance Strategist at Deakin Co, Learning Agility Design Thinking Geek (this is ‘so’ his own description – and very well said!), and creator of the wonderful app, Learn2Learn, joins Rhiana Power and Brenden Carter for The Learning Hook’s first podcast in 2018. Arun shares with us the interesting road he’s travelled to be doing what he does. Join us to hear so much more on the Learn2Learn app (if you follow Arun on LinkedIn etc you will know a little about this app, and...
Feb 13, 2018•35 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Kara MacLeod, Head of Risk Skills at National Australia Bank, chats with Brenden Carter, The Learning Hook’s founder and Creative Director. Kara recounts her journey of delivering a learning portal within one of Australia’s largest enterprises. She covers much detail, powerful insights and practical points of reflection for anyone considering doing the same. Some of the key elements of the conversation: Challenges within Risk: It’s a highly regulated and complex area of business, yet still in th...
Dec 19, 2017•47 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we chat with Helen Blunden, social learning leader, champion, practitioner and Director of Activate Learning, www.activatelearning.com.au . Helen shares some wonderful insights on social learning (or better yet - 'how we learn from each other!'), tagging, curating, Snap Chat, building trust online, getting the most from LearnTech Asia, her Harold Jarche learning hook and of course a little on knitting (we hope you follow our advice on this topic). Join us for a free flowing conv...
Nov 30, 2017•46 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Is there a hybrid model we can create of the Hero’s Journey, Gagne’s Nine Steps, and Merrill’s First Principles? What do classic learning and storytelling models have in common? In this episode Damala Scales Ghosh and Brenden Carter speak with Peter Allen, an award winning filmmaker and educator with a specific interest in animation, visual effects and early film history. As a lecturer in Film and Television at the VCA, Peter supports the development of some of Australia’s best filmmaking talent...
Nov 23, 2017•50 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brenden Carter interviews Marc Niemes, Executive Producer at HealthXN ( www.healthxn.com.au ). Our conversation covers how Blockchain can be used for learner records (some interesting cross over to xAPI / Tin Can and learner record stores here), the top five challenges in Health, the importance of increasing onboarding and efficiencies in training due to the expense of health (approximately 10% of Australian GDP is spent in this area), along with more on virtual reality, occupat...
Nov 16, 2017•40 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast The Learning Hook team discuss virtual reality (VR) and immersive storytelling in Part Two of this VR series. The discussion centres around our own experiences within VR, writing for it and production. We hope there's some practical advice for anyone looking to create VR and particularly use it within elearning solutions or blended learning and general learning campaigns. If you want to read more on this topic, visit our blog - www.learninghook.com.au/blog...
Oct 15, 2017•15 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast The Learning Hook team discuss virtual reality (VR) and immersive storytelling. The discussion centres around a VR meet up our team attended and all the thoughts that triggered, ideas and practical ideas on making the most of VR. It is Part One of two on VR and immersive storytelling. If possible, we recommend you listen while viewing the blog on the same topic on our website, as it provides a sketch note summary of the whole topic which you may find useful. www.learninghook.com.au/blog/ . OR se...
Oct 15, 2017•29 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast In The Learning Hook's opening podcast, we discuss podcasts within elearning. Kind of ironic right? It was inspired by a blog Rhiana Power wrote on this topic which can be found on our website and is perhaps of particular interest for those designing learning campaigns. www.learninghook.com.au/podcasts-in-learning-campaigns-are-we-underestimating-their-value/...
Oct 15, 2017•10 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
