Nov 11, 2021
I get asked what I do all the time, and until recently I would just give my job title. The problem with just giving the job title is that it doesn't explain anything, and people end up more confused. Today I talk about how I tell people what I do in a much better way and how it has re-invigorated my career.
Oct 15, 2021
In today's podcast, I take a step into the brain science of why it's important to engage our students in more than just the curriculum. People are complex creatures, and the brain requires stimulation in complex ways. If we just focus on delivering the basic information we are missing out on big opportunities to...
Sep 16, 2021
In today's podcast I talk about teaching the learner who doesn't want to learn: teaching the unteachable. Sometimes students are forced to be in class, or they need to learn something they just don't want to learn. How do we as learning designers get past the learner's lack of desire or their contempt for the curriculum...
Aug 12, 2021
While a lot of aspect of quarantine was NOT fun I feel like it did help online learning take a couple of leaps forward. In today's podcast, I talk about what I learned with doing a blended classroom and what we can continue to do to help our students learn most effectively.
Jul 8, 2021
Sometimes in our efforts to be amazing Learning Designers we take on too much and overwhelm our capacity to the point that we are no longer effective. In today's podcast, I talk about how to help you as a designer not get too overwhelmed so that you can use your full cognitive capacity for the learner!