Martin Bloomfield joins us again for yet another fascinating foray into neurodiversity and learning design. We discuss the differences between learning ‘input’ and what ‘output’ is expected from learners, why it’s so important to identify neurodivergence early in a learner’s life, and who’s responsible for ensuring learning is more inclusive. Martin also introduces us to a new acronym – PERDISOMOLO – and invites us to imagine we were wombats! (Stick with it – he’s making a very important...

Michelle Mangal talks to LearnJam about why representation matters in learning resources, how to do justice to learners’ complex identities, and how good teachers can make learning materials interesting and relevant to young people. This episode is part of our Season 2 mini-series focusing on inclusive learning design (ILXD). Download the ILXD Dimensions framework at www.learnjam.com/resources and find out more about our inclusive approach to learning design at...

How can a learner's environment – physical or digital – affect the inclusivity of learning design (ILXD)? Featuring special guest Runna Badwan, talking about the need to adapt techniques and approaches for learners in different contexts, the risk of making assumptions about learners' knowledge of digital technologies and how teachers and learners can thrive even in particularly challenging environments.

In this episode, we explore one very important factor in inclusive learning design (ILXD) – the learners themselves. Featuring special guest Martin Bloomfield, talking about how individuals think and learn in different ways, and how education and assessment need to reflect this diversity.

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, Tim has an announcement to make...

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 text message courses to deskless workers. We talked about where the inspiration for Opus came from, what exactly it is and how it works. We also hear Rachel's take on what makes for effective SMS-based learning and why she thinks it's so valuable and important for deskless or frontline workers. LINKS Find out more about Opus:...

In this episode, Tim and Laurie speak to Lucy Williams from the LearnJam team about how we use storyboarding in our online course development and why it works so well. We also share some tips and ideas for how to storyboard remotely.

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 practices in inclusive online learning.

Tim and Laurie speak to Jo Sayers, fellow co-founder of LearnJam, about how (and why) he uses the Agile product development methodologies to develop digital learning products and solutions. We find out a bit more about his approach and Jo shares advice for anyone looking to find out more about Agile and how it can be put into practice.

Tim and Laurie talk to Laura Patsko – a language and pedagogy consultant exceptional researcher. Laura shared insights into how she worked through vast quantities of learning research and evidence in order to develop our evidence-informed Learning Design Principles.

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 learn aren't intrinsically motivating and extrinsic motivators, like rewards and punishments often don't work. In this episode we discuss two theories of motivation: self-determination theory and 'ideal future self' theory. We also talk about how we've put these theories into practice in some of our recent projects.

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 and training with a focus on innovation and creativity. We discuss whether people can be trained to be innovative and what an innovative organisation looks like.

In this episode we talk to Martin Bloomfield, the author of Dyslexia Bytes, which won a special commendation for equality, diversity and inclusion at the 2020 ELTon awards. We find out that dyslexia is not what we thought it was. We also learn that people with dyslexia can experience time in a different way and what that means for us as Learning Designers. LINKS Martin Bloomfield on LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/y3dhzftp Dyslexia Bytes: http://www.dyslexiabytes.org/

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 phrase "cathedral of learning". Hosted by Laurie Harrison and Tim Gifford - cofounders of LearnJam, a digital learning agency and consultancy. 

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 Zealand and how, subsequently, she was able to reframe that from a really negative experience to one of the absolute highlights of her year. She shares her thinking and reading around what positive framing might mean for Learning Design.

In this short shoutout Laurie and Tim invite you to get in touch with questions or observations about your own Learning Design practice.  Maybe you currently don't identify as a Learning Designer but have a unique perspective that you'd like to share.   Maybe you'd even like to join us on an upcoming episode to share your take on all things Learning Design.  We'd love to hear from you. Get in touch with us at [email protected]

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 develop a prototype of a chatbot that the world wasn't ready for. We also talk about how Tim had to go back to school to learn empathy and how mirrors can solve the problem of slow elevators.

In this episode we talk about our three research-based Learning Design principles, Laurie shares a recent confrontation with an enraged optometrist around a less than optimal digital learning experience, and we uncover a couple of areas in which we realise we could have done better.

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 film director. Hosted by Laurie Harrison and Tim Gifford - cofounders of LearnJam, a digital learning agency and consultancy. 

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 and medicine. Hosted by Laurie Harrison and Tim Gifford - cofounders of LearnJam, a digital learning agency and consultancy.