Adventures in Learning Design
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Adventures in Learning Design
A series of conversations about ideas, principles, research and practice. Join the LearnJam team as they explore how to make learning more effective and enjoyable, whether it's in the workplace, in school, university or at home.
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S02 EP05: ILXD Dimensions – Interactions
Martin Bloomfield joins us again for yet another fascinating foray into neurodiversity and learning design. We discuss the differences between learnin...

S02 EP04: ILXD Dimensions – The Materials
Michelle Mangal talks to LearnJam about why representation matters in learning resources, how to do justice to learners’ complex identities, and how g...

S02 EP03: ILXD Dimensions – The Environment
How can a learner's environment – physical or digital – affect the inclusivity of learning design (ILXD)? Special guest Runna Badwan talks to us about...

S02 EP02: ILXD Dimensions – The Learner
In this episode, we explore one very important factor in inclusive learning design (ILXD) – the learners themselves.
Special guest Martin Bloomf...

S02 EP01 – Welcome to Season 2!
We reflect on some highlights from the first year of the Adventures in Learning Design podcast and look ahead to what's coming up in Season 2. Plus, T...

EP. 14 - Learning through text messages
In this episode we have a scintillating conversation with Rachel Nemeth, CEO of New York-based startup Opus. Opus is a digital platform that delivers...

EP. 13 - Storyboarding
One of the key tools we use to design online courses is storyboarding. It involves getting all of the people who are involved in the development of th...

EP. 12 - Inclusive Learning Design
Tim and Laurie talk to fellow LearnJammers Laura Patsko and Lucy Williams about an Innovate UK project we are working on to develop and share best pra...

EP. 11 - Agile
In this episode, Tim and Laurie speak to Jo Sayers, fellow co-founder of LearnJam, about how (and why) he uses Agile product development methodologies...

EP. 10 - Research
In this episode Tim and Laurie talk to Laura Patsko about how she carried out the research that led to the creation of our evidence-informed learning...

EP. 09 - Motivation
Motivation is one of the most important learning design principles – but also one of the most difficult to design for. Lots of the things we need to l...

EP. 08 - Innovation
In this episode Tim and Laurie speak to fellow LearnJam co-founder, Nick Robinson. As well as his LearnJam work, Nick does a lot of executive coaching...

EP. 07 - Dyslexia and Learning Design
In this episode we talk to Martin Bloomfield. Martin is a trainer at York Associates where he helps individuals develop skills to improve communicatio...

EP. 06 - Our Learning Design process
In this episode we unpack the stages we go through in our Learning Design process, we confront our lack of building expertise, and Laurie coins the ph...

EP. 05 - Positive framing in Learning Design
In this episode, we chat to LearnJam's Learning Designer, Katy Asbury. Katy tells us the story of a particularly horrendous hike that she did in New Z...

*Short contributor shoutout*
In this short shoutout Laurie and Tim invite you to get in touch with questions or observations about your own Learning Design practice.
Maybe...

EP. 04 - Design thinking
In this episode, we talk about design thinking; what it is, how it works, and how we use it in our own projects, including how we applied it to develo...

EP. 03 - Our Learning Design Principles
In this episode we talk about our three research-based Learning Design principles, Laurie shares a recent confrontation with an enraged optometrist ar...

EP. 02 - What does a Learning Designer do?
In this episode, we talk about how you need to tell your clients they're wrong sometimes, and we somehow managed to compare a Learning Designer to a f...

EP. 01 - What is Learning Design?
In this episode, we talk about the futility of asking people what they want, and we somehow managed to clumsily compare Learning Design to both music...