TLDCast Podcast

Sam Rogers kicked off Thursday’s TLDChat with a lovely beatboxing intro for our guest Mel Chambers. Mel Chambers is an Instructional Designer and online instructional specialist at MSC Consulting. She’s been doing virtual instructor led training (VILT) since 2002. This type of learning has been around for a while, but what has changed in the industry? Can VILT be an option for your organization’s...

Today’s guests on TLDChat were Scott Cooper, VP of Marketing at GO1 and Angela Wong, Instructional Designer at LinkedIn. This dynamic duo produces the Bay Area Hackathon, an event where teams work through a particular topic and then present their product or solution to a panel of industry leaders. Topics are selected based on issues that impact all different areas of learning and development: Huma...

We had a great conversation with special guest Lynne McNamee of Lone Armadillo Marketing agency. With marketing as her background, we started there and then made some stark comparisons to the L&D field, how we treat our end users, and how both of our departments are recognized within an organization. A lot of good questions in the chat as well, so be sure to scroll up through the interactions....

Today’s TLDChat guest was Utah’s own Jeff Batt. You have likely seen Jeff around the conference circuit, speaking about the power of coding in eLearning. Jeff has some great tutorials that are available free on his website, http://www.learningdojo.net/ . Jeff has a lot to say about coding for eLearning and is even going to be teaching an academic course about it this year at Bringham Young Univers...

The day started with a quick update on Ajay’s basement room project. It then turned to a great presentation by Josh Cavalier on the Neuroscience of Video. It weaved through microvideo concepts and how to reach people through its use. He also shared some tips and tricks when creating video to bring in your learners. Ajay’ basement project update Neuroscience of Video Microvideo Priming the viewer C...

We had Melissa Milloway on talking about “design ops” and xAPI. We got the basics and a deep dive on both as well as discovery and discussion on some other related topics. Design ops xAPI A/B Testing LRS Test groups Links Mentioned in this Episode http://www.designops.org/ https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/ https://canstudios.com/adapt-authoring-tool/ http://adlnet.github.io/ http://getbootstr...

We had a rock star in the window today…and we had a guest. Andrew Scivally from eLearning Brothers joined us today. He gave us a quick history of his company, what they do, and how that fits into the current L&D market. It was a fun day with “Garth” hosting in place of Brent today. eLearning Brothers History How templates work in creating training What do their customers want? The future of Ga...

In this episode, Mike Taylor of Mindset Digital brings his vast array of experience to TLDChat to talk about The "Mike Taylor Method" of curating content for social media Why more L&D Professionals need to think like marketers The benefits of working in decentralized environments Links mentioned in this episode: https://mindsetdigital.com/ https://feedly.com/i/welcome http://www.buffer.com htt...

If you wanted some Thursday Thoughts, there were plenty today on the TLDChat! Dr. Will Thalheimer, a 30 year veteran in learning and development and a prolific researcher and speaker, brought his data-informed perspectives. Not only did he share his perspectives on some hot topics in learning and development, but he also provided context. Which of the topics discussed did he track back to the earl...

Special guest, Cheryl Johnson gives us the run-down on Culture of Learning. We discuss the concept and what some of the obstacles are when pursuing that in the L&D industry. What is Culture of Learning What are some of the obstacles in getting it started How it looks to different environments What can we do to start a culture where there is no training department at all Links Mentioned in this...

In this episode, Brent Schlenker talks with Marco Faccini of www. Immersive.io. Marco broadcast live from San Jose, CA where he was a featured panelist and speaker at the Realities 360 Conference. Marco talks about the conference, the current state of mixed realities in L&D, and what the future holds for the instructional designer looking into venturing into this new technology. Link to Video:...

In this episode, Brent Schlenker talks with Margie Meacham, The Brain Lady, of LearningToGo. The discussion was a deep dive on what neuroscience can tell us about the learning and development field. There were a lot of good questions in the Q&A and our special guest, Margie Meacham brought her expertise in the field to the table to answer them. Topics Discussed: Training as a Science Discussin...

In this episode, Brent Schlenker chats with Lisa Goldstein, Senior Learning Technology Consultant for Nielsen. Lisa attended TLDC16 and had many great perspectives about this topic. What type of team challenges are you facing? Topics discussed: Mobile learning Working on virtual teams Workplace variety and silos https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/what-youtube-reveals-about-the-...

Today we welcomed Ray Jimenez into the box. We had a plethora of questions queued up in the Q&A section and no one was let down by the barrage of answers. Discussion started around story-telling and scenario based learning. The two were compared and the concept of context was brought into the discussion as well. The second half brought out a discussion on microlearning and Ray’s take on the co...

In today's session, Special Guest Marco Faccini talks about his extensive background in L&D, the shift he's made toward Mixed Realities, and the future of VR in Learning and Development. In the second half of the recording, we also brought on Enzo Silva of SAP and Greg Nagy of Ohio State University. Both of these additional guests have EdTech backgrounds that include implementing Mixed Realiti...

In this TLDChat session, Cara North hosted Dawn Snyder (Franklin University and The Ohio State University), Sean Hickey (Columbus State Community College), and Andrew Hughes (University of Cincinnati) for a discussion on Higher Education and Learning & Development. Topics discussed: The role of an Instructional Designer How to classify an Instructional Designer The differences between academic...

Today's session featured Workplace Revolutionary, Ajay Pangarkar. Ajay recently released a " Train the Trainer " course on www. Lynda.com specifically created for entry level trainers new to the industry. He discusses the nuances of designing a course for newbies, and also discusses the challenges of making the course worthwhile for more experienced trainers. Ajay and Anthony talk about the respon...

Today’s TLDChat featured Chris Bond, President, and CEO of Bluewater. Chris kicked off the chat sharing his impressive studio (along with the promise he will share how it is built on a future episode) and shared his history in video dating back to his father managing the Business Television Department for Texas Instruments. Chris echoed a theme for the week, focusing on data and performance for le...

In today's session, Guest Host Anthony Altieri interviews "the business conscience of L&D", Ajay Pangarkar. Why must L&D justify themselves? Ajay asks us to focus on performance. Often times as L&D professionals we talk about learning not performance. Should we be shifting the paradigm? Are we using it backwards? Anthony and Ajay explore the relationship between the business needs and...

Meet Patti Shank, author of “Write and Organize for Deeper Learning: 28 evidence-based and easy-to-apply tactics that will make your instruction better for learning (Make It Learnable)”. With Special Guest Host Karen Hyder. Patti Shank, PhD is writing the Make It Learnable series to help anyone who builds adult instructional materials (content experts, instructors, instructional designers, trainer...

Today’s featured guest iss Scott Cooper, VP of Marketing Go1.com, Founder of the Online Learning Weekly newsletter, and NBA Golden State Warriors sideline reporter for Starting5Online.com. He talked networking (how he got his NBA media credentials), curating content for his weekly newsletter, creating content (giving back- low cost but high quality ways to improve practice), and the need for certi...

It was an action packed Video Friday with special guest, Diana Howles of Howles Asssociates. She had tips, tricks, and behind the scenes ideas on video from start to finish. There was discussion around how to act behind the camera and in front of the camera, as well as banter in the chat and video about the difference between recorded video and live video. It was a rolling chat with a lot of outsi...