The Learning Circle

When last we met with Julie, we discussed digital habit formation. Today, we segue to the science of behavior change.

Like windows to the world, video connects us with people and ideas. And when the illusion is working, it's as if there's nothing in-between. We explore the fit for learning with expert, Steve Haskin. 

We speak with virtual training expert, Karen Hyder about the virtual classroom, its opportunities and challenges.

We speak with visual design expert and author, Connie Malamed, about the craft of communicating with type and image, and how these skills may be acquired by instructional designers who are being asked to do more than ever in our industry. Connie is the author of VISUAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS.

We visit with Dr. Alicia Sanchez once more to discuss the unique opportunities offered by games and simulation.

Podcasts. Video. eBooks... So many ways to serve content and inspire learning these days. We sit down with learning consultant and media expert, Sam Rogers, to talk about "the new breed", emerging assets that are lighter weight and more rapidly deployed, and how to break our addiction to the default forms of traditional elearning.

The Learning Circle concludes its discussion with Dr. Joseph DiPietro on technology-mediated instruction. Part 2.

What's to be gained by mixing digital and traditional methods of instruction? The Learning Circle talks technology-mediated instruction with Dr. Joseph DiPietro. Part 1.

We speak with legendary Disney animator, Glen Keane, about his years at Disney, taking up the torch from the fabled "nine old men" and carrying it through an amazing career that touched such features as The Rescuers, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Tarzan and Tangled, and his recent work with Google. These decades saw disruptive technological leaps from analog to digital and beyond, and we discuss the nurturing of creativity amidst such change.

INNOVATION is a word that adorns many glossy business magazine covers. But pushing past the bright, shiny objects that romanticize the topic, how does innovation manifest itself, and what's required to see it through? We speak with DAU's Dr. Judith Bayliss about the many dimensions of innovation and how to make it happen in an organization.