Learning Well Podcast MindSpring

Join us as we talk with Grant Tucker Learning and Development Manager at Sonepar and Blayne Gregory Director of Consulting at MindSpring. We’ll begin by discussing Grant’s journey in the L&D world and his view of the industry through the lens of his current position. Then we’ll focus on a project Blayne and Grant worked on employing the consulting services of opportunity analysis and curriculum mapping.
Segment One: A journey to learning experience design  
Segment Two: State of the Industry  
Segment Three: Making use of an opportunity analysis and curriculum mapping 
Segment Four: What are you learning well now? 

Join Miriam Taylor and Dr. Jerry Zandstra as we discuss Learning Trends in the upcoming year! 
We’ll discuss extended reality trends, upskilling/reskilling, and AI as well as several other trends.
 
Segment One: Looking back at 2022. What were the popular trends and where do we see them now?
Segment Two: Immersive Learning
Segment Three: Trends related to Upskilling/reskilling
Segment Four: Content is King–using AI to generate it
Articles referenced:
Training Industry 2023 Trends
2023: Managing Training for a changing workplace
https://www.talentguard.com/blog/reskilling-upskilling-strategic-response-changing-skill-demands
elearning industry the future of work 2023
LinkedIn learning workplace learning report 2023

MindSpring’s learning experts see learning in everything. Even our favorite Christmas movies! Come along for the ride and also hear our exciting plans as we move into Season 2 of the podcast in the new year. 
 
Segment One: A Christmas Story-motivation can lead to powerful learning experiences.
Segment Two: It’s a Wonderful Life-don’t be distracted by the “shiny-new” when designing learning experiences. 
Segment Three: Home Alone-fear is a powerful motivator. Applying creative thinking to learning.
Segment Four: Christmas Vacation-lessons learned through failure
Segment Five: Elf-self-directed learning is hard and requires help along the way
Segment Six: The Santa Clause-learning principles should inform on-boarding and improve the experience

Today Martha Lanaghen joins us to share ways to Clear Creative Hurdles. This isn’t just the traditional writer’s block conversation. In our world, there are all kinds of creative roles from choosing learning strategies, to design, to writing and beyond. 
Join us to discover: 
What’s the difference between being stuck vs stumped?
 How to ask juicy questions?
 7 fun and interesting ways to jump-start creativity no matter your role. 
Make sure to download the handout Martha graciously provided as a reference.
Martha Lanaghen is an experienced operations executive accustomed to rapid-change, high-growth environments. She is successful in start-up and turnaround situations. She also has, extensive experience in customer and student lifecycle management (retention, engagement, win-back, and lifecycle experiences). Public speaker. Author.
Martha Lanaghen can be found on LinkedIn and via email at Martha@SparrowGroup.biz

In this episode, we take a deeper dive into Immersive technologies. Join us as Adam Navis takes us on his journey of discovering, understanding, and teaching others XR technologies. Beginning with the creation of 3D objects Adam explains how those objects relate to VR and eventually AR technologies. He’ll also share the best use cases and some first steps for implementation within your organization.  Finally, we’ll briefly discuss the proprietary software MindSpring uses and sells to develop these learning experiences. 
Adam Navis is a Solutions Architect for MindSpring specifically serving our clients that deliver their learning through XR technologies.
 
Segment One: Building 3D objects
Segment Two: Development of VR using 3D
Segment Three: AR technologies 
Segment Four: What are you learning well now?

It’s October! In this episode, we’re going to discuss an L&D topic that is scary to many. Immersive technology–VR/AR/MX feels scary for a variety of reasons but it doesn’t need to! Join us as we gain a better understanding of these tools, and how to create, evaluate and measure when designing immersive learning experiences. We’re joined by our favorite guest host Dr. Jerry Zandstra and his encouraging breakdown of this topic will leave you feeling reassured and definitely not scared!
 
Segment One: Definitions, State of the Industry, and Barriers
Segment Two: Approaches
Segment Three: Designing for a non-linear experience, evaluation, and ROI
Segment Four: What are you Learning Well now?
 
MindSpring Examples of recent XR projects