№ 75 Marianna Goral, Educational Consultant My guest for today is Marianna Goral, digital learning specialist and consultant recognized for the development of a variety of eLearning products. In 2016 Marianna was awarded best British educational research and scholarly work in education by the British Educational Research Association Committee. In this interview, Marianna shared with me her deep and broad experience throughout the lifecycle of eLearning, under the lens of “Exploratory Practice,” ...
Feb 09, 2022•32 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast № 74 Ronda Beaman, PEAK Learning, DreamMakers SLO It’s a real treat for me to have Ronda Beaman on the show today. Among many other things, she is the first recipient of the National Education Associations “Art of Teaching” Award. A “teacher’s teacher,” Ronda is a best-selling author (several times over), renowned university professor, serial educational entrepreneur, coach, fitness trainer, and a 2020 Stanford Distinguished Career Fellow. I’m sure you’re going to enjoy this conversation as much...
Feb 02, 2022•52 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast № 73 Ramanan Ramadoss, Tutoreels My guest for today is Ramanan Ramadoss, a serial EdTech entrepreneur based out of Singapore. In this episode, Ram and I talk about Tutoreels, his latest venture in what we maybe should start calling the “TutorTech” subspace. In this very instructive conversation we talk about: 🖥 What it takes for an eLearning technology to support the tutoring experience effectively; and the growing number of interesting use cases beyond your typical student-tutor relationship. ...
Jan 26, 2022•35 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast № 72 Thomas Korner and Mike Churchward, Moodle™ Users Association (MUA) As many of you know, Moodle™ is the most popular Learning Management System in the world. But despite being free and open source, meaning anybody can contribute, it’s not always easy if you’re not a developer, or if you don’t know what other people want to get out of the LMS. That’s where the Moodle™ Users Association comes in. My guests for today, Chairman Thomas Korner and Vice Chairman Mike Churchward, discuss what MUA an...
Jan 19, 2022•47 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast № 71 Katherine Fletcher, OpenStax You may think it hyperbole if I told you that the “F.A.T.E.” of Open Educational Resources lies on the shoulders of today's guest. But it's kinda true. Katherine Fletcher is the Director of Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Ethics —that is, “F.A.T.E.”— at OpenStax. She’s our second guest for one of the most important organizations for the advocacy of Open Educational Resources, or OER. And this time around, we dig deeper into the relationship ...
Jan 12, 2022•35 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast № 70 Chris Eigeland, Go1 After another successful round of funding last Summer, Go1 became Australia’s latest EdTech Unicorn, cementing its vision as the “Spotify for professional learning.” I spoke with Chris Eigeland, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Go1. In this sky-rocketing conversation we talk about: 🌐 The entrepreneurial journey of Go1 and its founding team, who came from diverse backgrounds that included web design, economics and international development; and how they discovered...
Jan 06, 2022•40 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast ~💗💍~ LMSPulse Media: https://linktr.ee/lmspulse Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast № 069 Diego Lainez, Dare To Learn For our final episode of 2021, my guest is Diego Lainez, the founder of Dare To Learn in Monterey, Mexico. Diego’s answer to one simple question may be the perfect lever you need to kick start your eLearning right 2022. The question is: What learning do you want to achieve? Diego, believes the best way to tackle this potentially overwhelming question is through cohorts. Diego helps organizations and teams develop powerful teamwork capabilities, where competencie...
Dec 28, 2021•44 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast № 068 Diana Suárez, GLOT Welcome to the eLearning Podcast. My name is Ladek and I’m your Host from LMSPulse.com. My guest for today is Diana Suárez, a true lover of languages, and founder of GLOT.org in Medellín, Colombia, GLOT is an initiative that uses evidence-based impact methodologies and volunteer based tutoring for language learning and to advance literacy. The ability to speak another language, or languages (if you want to earn “polyglot” status) is undoubtedly still one of the most valu...
Dec 21, 2021•27 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast Let's wrap up the year with Jess! She answered your questions on 🎒 Providing quality educational services that work for every student 🧠 Empowering individuals in their neurodiversity 🦸♀️ Where do you want to take your learners 2022? Stay tuned for more over at our eLearn Community: https://community.openlms.net/ Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com...
Dec 17, 2021•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast № 67 Hithakshi Kotyan, Priceline Global Initiatives Welcome to the eLearning Podcast. My name is Ladek and I’m your Host from LMSPulse.com. My guest today is Hithakshi Kotyan, Senior Learning & Development Specialist for Priceline. If you were or are a part of the travel industry —one of the hardest hit sectors during the global lockdowns— you faced some very serious issues over the past 24 months. Priceline is a very well known brand in the travel sector. It’s one of the companies under Boo...
Dec 14, 2021•44 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast № 66 Ryan Rasar, STEM Qwest My guest for today is Ryan Rasar, an architect turned teacher and educational entrepreneur based out of Las Vegas. Passionate about technology and science, Ryan founded Stem Qwest —that’s ‘Q W EST’— to deliver high quality courses on topics about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. In this very entrepreneurial conversation Ryan and I talk about: 📦 The process of moving away from architecture and into teaching, then into educational IT, then jumping deep into e...
Dec 07, 2021•47 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast № 65 Dr. Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan, Charles Strut University Let me ask you something: Do you sometimes feel like we’ve all been sitting in front of our computers for almost two years now? Well, now imagine what dancing, gymnastics or performing arts teachers are going through. While there must be a great deal of frustration, there’s also interesting questions and ideas about our physical bodies in the digital classroom. How do we keep ourselves active? How do we approach things like dance and ...
Nov 30, 2021•45 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast № Ben Jones, Allambi Care My guest for today is Ben Jones, the Learning and Development Manager for Allambi Care, an institution based in New South Wales, Australia that provides care for some of the world’s most vulnerable children. In this supportive conversation we talk about: 🚸 The history, journey and focus of the work of Allambi Care, and how they support vulnerable children with services like foster care, learning support and much more. 🎗 How the institution has created and sustained th...
Nov 23, 2021•39 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast My guest for today is Anna Sabramowicz, an instructional designer who specializes in designing interactive stories. In this narrative conversation we talk about: How Anna stumbled upon the art of storytelling after many years as a more "traditional" instructional design career, because of a contest that took her outside her comfort zone. How storytelling connects to other critical parts of instructional design, such as assessment and scaffolding, and why storytelling "sells" ...
Nov 16, 2021•44 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast № 62 John Failla, Pearl My guest for today is John Fallia, Founder and CEO of Pearl, a full service platform for tutoring companies and institutions. In this very instructional conversation we talk about: 📞 The evolution from John’s first tutoring venture, called Trilogy Mentors, to the full service platform of Pearl and how this pivot was driven by the need to simplify all of the different technology pieces used in a typical tutoring experience. 🏤 The realization of just how fragmented the tu...
Nov 09, 2021•48 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast № 61 Daniel Martin, Brightsity My guest today is Daniel Martin. Daniel is a social psychologist, organizational psychologist and business professor. He’s also the founder of Brightsity, a platform that helps individuals and organizations create measurable transformative change. In this compassionate conversation we talk about: 🇬🇧 The origins of Brightsity, which was born out of Daniel’s work on hierarchy maintenance in society, specifically around racism and sexism; and the recognized need tha...
Nov 02, 2021•59 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast On the Elearning Hotseat, our LinkedIn Live audience gets to ask our guests almost anything! https://linktr.ee/lmspulse Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com
Oct 29, 2021•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast № 60 Jeff Fissel, InstillEd (An LTG Company) My guest for today is Jeff Fissel. Jeff has been an innovator in the video-for-learning space for decades and was one of the original co-founders of the award winning instilled LXP. Today, Jeff helps with product strategy at several places within the Learning Technologies Group of companies, including Gomo Learning and People Fluent. In this eye-opening conversation we talk about: 🔋 Why Jeff is so passionate about video and the energy that surrounds ...
Oct 26, 2021•36 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast № Suchi Deshpande, Learnfully My guest for today is Suchi Deshpande, who is the Co-Founder of Learnfully, a personalized learning platform with neurodivergence as its main focus. Suchi discovered the idea for her platform after realizing how difficult it was for her kids to find an educational experience suitable for their needs. The idea truly came to life, when she also realized how difficult it was to socialize the simple idea that different children need different ways of learning. In this e...
Oct 19, 2021•47 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast № 58 Rachel Fisher, Hello PLATO My guest for today is Rachel Fisher, co-founder of the AI learning app, Hello PLATO. If you have an LMS or eLearning platform, and have always wondered how to integrate it to your students favorite messaging app in a way that makes sense, this is the conversation for you. After all, wouldn’t you rather meet your students right where they love to hang out the most? In this exciting conversation we talk about: ✅ Hello PLATO, and why the best answer Rachel and her te...
Oct 12, 2021•49 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast № 57 Luke Hohmann, FirstRoot.co For many, the term “Participatory Budgeting” likely conveys boring or dreary images of town halls, committee meetings and bureaucracy. So would you believe me if I told you my guest for today uses Participatory Budgeting to actually increase engagement with students on issues of financial literacy and civic engagement around the world? Silicon Valley insider Luke Hohmann is the founder of FirstRoot, which is an exciting approach to involve students in the improvem...
Oct 05, 2021•41 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast № 56 Kate Udalova, 7taps My guest this week is Kate Udalova, who is the founder, creator and driving force behind 7taps, which seeks to bring everyone into microlearning easily. Within their first year, 7taps has amassed over 3,000 clients across a variety of use cases who love the beautiful interface and straightforward approach. In this no-nonsense conversation we talk about: 🔨 Kate’s leap into creating 7taps and why she (and her partner) are “all in” on the microlearning platform 7️⃣ Why 7ta...
Sep 28, 2021•31 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast № 55 Kevin Marshall, Owwlish Welcome to the eLearning Podcast. My name is Ladek and I’m your Host from LMSPulse.com My guest for today is Kevin Marshall. A few years ago, Kevin stumbled into an online learning opportunity in a VERY niche market. After trialing a few courses that performed well, he and his partner decided to go all in. As Kevin worked to prepare a suite of courses, he found that popular publishing platforms didn’t offer the simplicity or level of ownership he desired. Fast forwar...
Sep 22, 2021•44 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast № 54 Anthony Palmiotto, OpenStax Today’s episode is part one of a three part series on Open Educational Resources, or OER, created in collaboration with OpenStax and Rice University, in Houston. Anthony Palmiotto is the Editorial Director of OpenStax, one of the most influential supporters of the OER movement. OpenStax gives you a comprehensive and top-notch library of peer-reviewed textbooks and other curricular resources, all completely free for teachers and students. With initiatives like Ope...
Sep 14, 2021•38 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast № 53 Harsh Jain, Escafate My guest for today is Harsh Jain, a young Bachelor in Commerce from Delhi University who in 2019 decided with his brother to launch Escafate. With this education startup, Harsh seeks to increase opportunities both in academic and training achievement; as well as job finding and career development. If these goals weren’t ambitious enough already, Escafate’s mission is to offer these opportunities to people with disabilities, focusing on the visually impaired. In this “es...
Sep 07, 2021•31 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast № 53 Mike Todd, Near-Life My guest for today is Mike Todd. Mike is the CEO of Near-Life, a company that develops Virtual Reality and interactive video solutions and tools. With clients including USAID and the World Health Organization, Mike and his clients are convinced of the power of immersive content for high-stakes training. In this exciting conversation we talk about: 🌌 How Mike shifted his career from the International Development space to the education space (without really leaving); and...
Aug 30, 2021•44 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast On the Elearning Hotseat, our LinkedIn Live audience gets to ask our guests almost anything! https://linktr.ee/lmspulse Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com
Aug 27, 2021•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast № 51 Peter Horwing, CHART Learning Solutions My guest for today is Peter Horwing, founder of CHART Adaptive Learning. With a model that puts technology at the service of the individual, CHART offers a mix of interactive content and one-on-one coaching on soft skills that ensures no one is left behind. In this flexible, yet meticulous conversation we talk about: 💹 Why Peter & Co. decided Soft Skills was the most important challenge CHART had to face, and why adaptive learning specifically is...
Aug 24, 2021•38 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast On the Elearning Hotseat, our LinkedIn Live audience gets to ask our guests almost anything! https://linktr.ee/lmspulse Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com
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