Learning Design Secrets Seth Warburton

Ok, yes, that title was supposed to be clickbait too... But clickbait uses the principle of the unexpected and the unexpected grabs attention. In a lesson that can be exactly what you need to impact a learner. Today I talk about how to make learning a little more unexpected.

It doesn't matter how great the instruction is if the learner doesn't feel safe and connected to what they are being taught. In today's podcast I talk about the important skill of building a learning culture.

It's that time of year, the time to evaluate the direction of our careers. Today I talk about what we, as learning designers, are doing that is not working and then letting that go. Continuing to do what is working and finding what we are not doing yet that we need to start doing.

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.

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 create lasting impact through engaging the brain's rewards systems.

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 and still make an impact in their lives?