On this episode, we're joined by the incredible Donald H. Taylor. His work consists of writing, researching and public speaking. Don has been highly influential and highly regarded across the global learning and development landscape. Since 2000, Donald has chaired the Learning Technologies Conference, and since 2014 he's produced the annual L&D Global Sentiment Survey, which attracts participation from over 3,000 people across 100 countries every year.

Plus, the importance of engagement in learning, the decline

School's in session!

Chapters:

01:57: L&D Trends and the Global L&D Survey

03:18: Involving People Outside of L&D in Training and

06:55: Practical Steps to Help People Become Comfortable

11:40: Building Relationships and Solving Business Problems

18:00: Focusing on Business Partnering in L&D

19:56: Moving Beyond Content Creation: The Role of L&D

24:43: Engaging a Diverse Audience in Learning

26:44: The Rise and Fall of Social and Collaborative

29:13: The Role of AI in Coaching and Mentoring

35:11: Immersive Training with VR Technology

40:48: The Future of VR in Learning and Development

46:19: Reevaluating Human Evolution: New Insights

Welcome back to 'Every day’s a School Day' and in today's episode, hosts Hannah Frame and Nicki Finnigan are joined by Harald Overaa, Tech Advisor at Docebo.

What’s Docebo? It’s a learning platform that enables you to drive engagement, productivity, and connections with your customers, partners, and employees.

We cover Docebo and their mission, the importance of change management, the role of AI in L&D, the learning tech jungle, and the excitement for L and D professionals moving forward. However, the episode focuses on tackling famous Learning and Development myths, examining their intersection with tech, cutting through the noise, to offer genuine solutions.

The trio discuss a consultative approach toward identifying learning needs from different sectors of an organisation and viewing technology as a tool instead of the complete solution in L&D.

Listen to this episode to understand how leveraging a collaborative learning ecosystem can unlock the full potential of your L&D initiatives, ensuring a more adaptable, skilled, and engaged workforce.

Harald has also curated playlist of articles from topics discussed on the podcast, which gives you an opportunity to dive into any topic in more detail linkedin.com/smart-links/AQHdeZpPVxVuDg [linkedin.com]

Listen now and discover the exciting future for AI in Learning & Development.

Immersive technology is transforming the L&D landscape. AI, VR, and other innovations are revolutionising the current and future workplace. But how? On today’s podcast, we’ll find out. Dr. Ashwin Mehta (MBA FLPI MChem, FRSC) joins Hannah and Nicki across this three-part mini-series to offer up his expert insights on digital learning's burning questions.

Episode One:

Explores all things AI, unveiling the latest trends, advancements, and limitations of the current L&D tech landscape.

Episode Two:

Looks at immersive learning, highlighting the power of gamification and role-play in boosting learner engagement and retention. Expect to hear the challenges of implementing immersive tech as well as the steps to overcome them.

Episode Three:

Wraps up with a discussion on the combined impact of both AI and immersive learning in forging the future of learning and development.

Key Takeaways:

For more from Ash, be sure to follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ashwin-mehta-mba-flpi-

Immersive technology is transforming the L&D landscape. AI, VR, and other innovations are revolutionising the current and future workplace. But how? On today’s podcast, we’ll find out. Dr. Ashwin Mehta (MBA FLPI MChem, FRSC) joins Hannah and Nicki across this three-part mini-series to offer up his expert insights on digital learning's burning questions.

Episode One:

Explores all things AI, unveiling the latest trends, advancements, and limitations of the current L&D tech landscape.

Episode Two:

Looks at immersive learning, highlighting the power of gamification and role-play in boosting learner engagement and retention. Expect to hear the challenges of implementing immersive tech as well as the steps to overcome them.

Episode Three:

Wraps up with a discussion on the combined impact of both AI and immersive learning in forging the future of learning and development.

Key Takeaways:

For more from Ash, be sure to follow him on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ashwin-mehta-mba-flpi-mchem-frsc-85818724/ [linkedin.com]

Immersive technology is transforming the L&D landscape. AI, VR, and other innovations are revolutionising the current and future workplace. But how? On today’s podcast, we’ll find out. Dr. Ashwin Mehta (MBA FLPI MChem, FRSC) joins Hannah and Nicki across this three-part mini-series to offer up his expert insights on digital learning's burning questions.

Episode One:

Explores all things AI, unveiling the latest trends, advancements, and limitations of the current L&D tech landscape.

Episode Two:

Looks at immersive learning, highlighting the power of gamification and role-play in boosting learner engagement and retention. Expect to hear the challenges of implementing immersive tech as well as the steps to overcome them.

Episode Three:

Wraps up with a discussion on the combined impact of both AI and immersive learning in forging the future of learning and development.

Key Takeaways:

For more from Ash, be sure to follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ashwin-mehta-mba-flpi-mchem-frsc-85818724/ [linkedin.com]

In this special episode, Hannah and Nicki hand the microphone over to Dan Cottrell to cover

Across the two-day event, Dan catches up with a whole host of industry leaders from companies working at the forefront of L&D, HR, Immersive Technologies and more.

You'll hear from Nicky Hoyland and Suzi Archer from Huler, Teresa Rose, Director of ConsultHer, Luke Willett from our friends over at Virti, Thirty Under 30 winner, Ciara Archbold from Siemens Digital Industries Software, Sophie Costin and Tonia Mamai from Make Real , Sam Benton and Jack Beldon from 5Mins.ai and one of HR’s most influential thinkers of 2023, Michelle Parry-Slater from Kairos Modern Learning.

They discuss their respective spaces within L&D, the exciting things that are happening within the industry (including tech!) as well as the challenges and opportunities and the future of the industry.

Happy listening!

In today's episode, hosts Hannah Frame and Nicki Finnigan are welcomed by leaders in the field of experiential training - Alex Young, founder of Virti and Luke Willet, account executive at Virti.

Virti is an award winning immersive enterprise learning solution for healthcare and beyond with a mission to enhance human performance through accessible and affordable experiential learning. They help professionals prepare for real life high pressure environments including surgery, sports, emergency response and military training. Virti's innovative approach is truly reshaping the future of education. 

The discussion covers the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and immersive learning technologies, and with these trail-blazing innovations dramatically reshaping educational landscapes, our panellists explore the host of benefits they bring to experiential learning and professional training spaces.

They also discuss the highly personalised nature of these platforms and how they can cater to diverse user requirements. This forward-thinking perspective encourages a revaluation of traditional 'soft skills,’ (or ‘power skills’ as Alex calls them) and how the advent of analytic platforms is reinforcing their vital importance in sectors including healthcare and emergency response to name a couple.

Luke and Alex also share a few success stories from renowned organisations like Cedar Sinai Hospital, in LA and Amazon. Despite the immense promise these immersive platforms hold for the future of professional learning and success, the discussion doesn't shy away from addressing the challenges and obstacles faced in the process.

Listen now and discover the exciting future coming up in the education and professional development space.

Historically, soft skills like communication, problem-solving, and teamwork were gained through practical experience, often limited by the availability and affordability of personal coaching or classroom-style instruction. However, virtual reality (VR) has redefined the landscape of storytelling, leveraging its immersive capabilities to deliver experiences unimaginable with traditional media. Arguably, VR as a storytelling medium is more powerful than anything that came before it. With it’s capacity for hyper-realistic roleplay scenarios, expansive training is achievable, scalable, and can cater to the mass market.

In the Future of Jobs Report 2023, The World Economic Forum listed 6 of the top 10 skills as the most important skills for the next ten years. So how do we make sure we’re skilled up on them?

Enter Bodyswaps. The award-winning leading provider of immersive AI simulations for education, healthcare, and enterprise - deeply human in its approach.

In this episode we speak to founder and CEO, Chris Mallet on his learning platform designed to transform behaviours for good. 

Since leaving the world of social media strategy consultancy and founding the company in 2019, Bodyswaps has helped private organisations, public agencies and educational institutions all deliver measurable business value by building empathetic and inclusive cultures. They've built scenarios which create a safe and realistic space where learners can not only practise their soft skills, they also get AI enabled analytical feedback which optimises personal improvement. The platform demonstrates the untapped potential of immersive tech in cultivating a workforce that is both technologically adept whilst heightening emotional connections and deepening understanding.

Tune in to find out the incredible personal story that led to the creation of Bodyswaps via an improv class, a pub and Van Gogh painting, the challenges Chris has faced since creating the platform plus discussion around accessibility - it’s importance and how Bodyswaps is successfully navigating it. 

We also discuss the future of personalised learning, how to work best with AI in the soft skills space (hint: it’s not a replacement for humans) plus the magic combination that is AI and VR. 

Erik Brown, an award-winning associate creative director at Stanford University with a passion for storytelling and leveraging digital technologies and innovations to support his mission of educational equity and outreach, joins Hannah Frame and Nicki Finnigan in this fantastic episode.

Erik’s background in film-making and documentaries both in the UK and US, having produced hundreds of online courses and marketing campaigns for or in partnership with MIT, Harvard University, NX, Boston University, Wellesley College and Stanford.

Topics covered include how digital technology has transformed educational outreach, a deep-dive into some projects Erik and his team have created and put out there and how to ensure digital innovations are inclusive in catering to diverse learning needs. We’ll also hear Erik’s advice for educational learning institutions looking to harness digital technologies for the biggest impact and hear how companies like SJP can apply some of these learnings in their own respective learning spaces.

School’s in session!

Elle Osili-Wood, a TV presenter and immersive technology expert who’s renowned for her insights into the cutting edge of tech and described by Google as “one of the most influential women in games,” joins Hannah and Nicki in today’s episode of Every Day’s A School Day.

Elle’s no stranger to our screens having worked with the likes of Netflix, the BBC, Channel 4 and has also hosted a Bafta Games Awards. She’s also been nominated for an ARIA as a presenter of Radio Four’s Front Row - she really knows her stuff when it comes to gaming.

So why gaming is now moving into more mainstream tech conversations? Elle, Hannah and Nicki discuss how mindsets towards gaming and the gaming industry are finally changing and what that means for businesses wanting to learn from the multibillion pound gaming industry.

Elle also shares specific projects where gaming is impacting industries including a project with Digital Schoolhouse teaching children computer and digital skills, as well as EndeavorRx, a game that is the first one to be FDA approved in treating children with ADHD.

Another fascinating episode of Every Day’s A School Day. School’s in session!