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Podcasts
ELC 088: How to Begin Your Journey of Designing for All Learners
If you’re feeling overwhelmed about how to practice inclusive design, this episode gives you practical advice so you can start today.
ELC 087: Steal From Marketing to Improve Your Training
Marketers use strategies, tactics, and technologies that can transform the work of L&D teams and individuals
ELC 086: Educational Technology: Surprising Careers You Didn’t Expect
Ed Tech specialist, Matt Campbell, explains how to start a career in Educational Technology, the varied roles, and the most important skills.
ELC 085: Generating AI Podcasts for Learning
Can an AI tool generate accurate and interesting podcasts for learning? Listen, react, and leave a comment.
ELC 084: How to Develop Leadership Skills for Any Role in L&D
David Kelly explains why developing leadership skills in L&D is important for people at every level of an organization and in any role.
ELC 083: Quality Management: It’s More Than Missing Commas
Hadiya Nuriddin explains how to start or improve a quality management program in your organization.
ELC 082: A Blueprint for AI Literacy in Learning and Development
If you’re feeling lost regarding what you need to learn about AI, this AI literacy framework maps out the areas of knowledge and skills.
ELC 081: Focusing On Behavior Change in Instructional Design
If you don’t have the right strategy or tool to solve a problem, consider looking at ways to affect behavior change. In this episode, Julie Dirksen explains how to apply a behavior change model to instructional design.
ELC 080: Use Data and Analytics to Level Up Your Instructional Design
Using data and analytics for instructional design may seem difficult. But Megan Torrance explains it in simple terms. Listen in to level up your ID skills.
ELC 079: The Updated Accidental Instructional Designer
The Accidental Instructional Designer has a second edition! Author Cammy Bean provides the big picture view of the learning and development industry.