TLDCast Podcast

This is another episode from our Certificates and Certifications Playlist and we're moving on from discussing graduate certificates to industry certifications. This episode's guest, Deadra Welcome, has half a dozen certificates: The CPLP, the CPTM, a Master Trainer certification from Langevin Learning, just to name some of them. I invited Deadra as a guest to answer some questions about the value...

"Trainers gonna train". That's what I thought of when I logged in to Cara North's TLDCast on conference proposals this last week. Cara included guests Jonathan Rock, Jonathan Hill, and Thomas Sealock in this episode which was all about helping anyone interested in submitting a conference proposal for an industry event. There was lots of activity in this one, and the group did a great job of provid...

We continue our discussion on graduate certificates with two faculty members of Boise State University, developers of the Organizational Performance & Workplace Learning Master's Degree, as well as online certificates in instructional design, e-Learning, and performance improvement. Meet Lisa Giacumo and Anthony Marks, learn who they are, what they do, and why a graduate certificate may or may...

In this episode moderated by host Cara North, Rubina Halwani discusses her recent experience building an eLearning Program from Scratch. Rubina shares what is basically a case study on launching an entirely new eLearning project at a job she was just hired for a few months ago. I'm sure many of you listeners will hear some familiar experiences in this episode, and I'm sure you'll learn a few new t...

In our first playlist episode on Certificates and Certifications, we had a lot of questions for Christy Tucker about graduate certificates. Christy is a Learning Experience Design Consultant at Syniad Learning and has done a great deal of research on grad certificates, which she's posted about on her blog. In fact, when I was researching this topic, Christy's articles came up so many times it only...

In this episode, Cara North and Jonathan Rock discuss Discursive Practices in L&D. So what are discursive practices? In this case, they are the dominant ideas or practices in an industry that ultimately define that industry. And in this episode, Cara and Jon discuss a recently released capability model from ATD, the Association of Talent Development. In this release, there were some somewhat s...

In this Productivity Playlist episode, our guest is Nick Floro, President of Sealworks Interactive. Nick is well-known for sharing fantastic app and software tips, and I'm delighted we were able to get him in for this episode. His discussion was focused around new project productivity tips and hacks, and he shared the entire suite of tools he and his team uses whenever they start a new client proj...

When you consider productivity, "reflection" isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe it's because we don't value reflection as something that's a part of our workday; it's more of a new age-y concept, like mindfulness and meditation. Well like mindfulness and meditation, reflection definitely has its place in increasing personal productivity. And in this episode, Jo Cook of Lightbulb Momen...

This Productivity Playlist episode features Jonathan Rock aka JRock. JRock works in a learning department of ONE. That role may or may not be familiar to many of you, but at the very least, you can imagine how important it is to maintain a level of productivity and efficiency being the lone instructional designer in an organization. So in this episode of the Productivity Playlist, Jonathan focuses...

In this Community Discussion episode, we discussed GOALS. Since it's the beginning of the year, it only felt natural to reflect on what's ahead for 2020. So in this episode, some of our live audience contributed their 2020 goals and we also had a couple of fantastic onscreen guests. Mike Simmons, Founder of Catalyst Sale and known for his stellar ability to execute on and accomplish goals, broke d...

In this episode, Kristen Hayden Safdie interviews participants from the 2019 Fall xAPI Cohort. This series of interviews is a great way to learn more about the Cohort sponsored by Torrance Learning. The eight guests that appeared and their projects are: Team Alexa, featuring Bryan Wanzer and Izzy Laura, discussed using xAPI to track learners that were functioning as customer service representative...

This TLDC Productivity Playlist episode took place on Thursday, January 2nd, 2020. This discussion featured Kristen Hayden Safdie who discusses some of her more recent productivity tips and hacks from 2019, which she is carrying into 2020. Kristen discusses these productivity tips in this episode: Realistic sleep schedules Most important thing is to get rest - but find what is natural for your sch...

This TLDCast was a Community Discussion that took place on Monday, December 30th 2019. Featured guests for this broadcast included Kristen Hayden Safdie, Toddi Norum, Tameka Harris, and Cara North, and it was hosted by me, Luis Malbas. The topic was Must Have ID Skills for 2020 and Beyond and the live show was quite busy in chat to go along with the brisk conversation onscreen. As a result of our...

When we talk eLearning, we are often considering moving beyond PDFs, MS Word, and Powerpoint. But implementing eLearning in your training program isn't just about a shift in tools and platform, it's also about the fundamental question of how you are answering business needs. And just as important, the context within which you are launching your eLearning is a critical component of its success. So...

Today's episode was a Community Discussion, this one an end of year episode, talking about some of our own notable 2019 personal and professional events. Reflection is an integral part of the learning process and the goal of this discussion was to promote a bit of that by asking our live audience a dozen or so questions that might activate reflection. So do you regularly practice reflecting on wha...

In this episode, Host Cara North talks with Clint Clarkson, author of "The L&D Scenes", a collection of comics about L&D practitioners and the challenges they go through. Cara and Clint mostly focus on why Clint started writing the comic series, with some details about how the series has evolved and how he produces it. If you aren't already aware of the comic, you can find it here and on l...

This Community Discussion episode features special guests Christiana Houck and Joe Ganci as they join host Luis Malbas in a series of Q&A answering questions about Instructional Designers and Learning. Most popular question: "Are there elements of instructional design that you used to use, but no longer use?" Want to know the answer? Listen in...

In this XR Playlist episode, James Watson, discussed the key benefits of using VR for training or assessment, and some of the main factors to be aware of when implementing a VR training program. He presented an excellent set of slides that were centered on the top 7 things you need to know if you're considering launching VR at your org. If you're interested in implement virtual reality in your tra...

Augmented reality is a powerful tool that can help your team achieve learning goals in a meaningful and hands-on way. But within the L&D field, there’s a lot of misunderstanding about what exactly AR can do and how it can be implemented. And this can make it a challenge get everyone at your organization—and even just your team— on board with what you need to know to make an augmented reality l...

Duncan Welder is a long time instructional designer and LMS implementation specialist with a passion for tracking data. As the Director of Client Services at RISC Inc he focuses on using learning analytics to find solutions for customers and clients. Duncan and Andrew talk about the similarities of their background and common experiences they share "coming up" in the L&D space at the same time...

John Temples went from middle school science teacher to instructional designer to learning consultant. Working with manufacturing companies, he learned that focusing on performance outcomes is key in successfully achieving organizational learning objectives, and that just building training isn't the best solution - focus on performance. If you're someone who works with or in a manufacturing compan...

This audio only version of TLDCast took place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 online in front of a live audience. In this episode, Andrew Hughes of Designing Digitally talks with Matthew Pierce of Techsmith about how video can improve learning outcomes. They also discuss mentorship, leadership, and go into Matt's backstory about his journey to becoming a learning and video ambassador for some of th...

This audio only version of TLDCast took place on Friday, November 1, 2019 online in front of a live audience. In this episode, I talk with Niels Floor, Learning Experience Design Pioneer. Niels originated and coined the term "Learning Experience Design" in May 2007, with the job title following shortly thereafter. He's also the Founder & Owner of Shapers, a Learning Experience Design Consultan...

You would think the way some L&D folks talk about VR, implementing this groundbreaking technology is as simple as buying some headsets, strapping them on students, and pressing go. Not so. Not. At. All. The reality of Virtual Reality is that getting it to run for a single student is no bed of roses. And a class of 25? Forget about it. That is unless you have the know-how and determination that...

This episode is a brief conversation with Kristen Hayden Safdie, Learning Technology Specialist at Motivf. We discuss her upcoming DevLearn Session "What's Your Problem? Using Design Thinking to Frame Performance Issues". If you're interested in using design thinking to solve some of your instructional design challenges, this is a great interactive session to attend next week in Las Vegas.