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The Learning Lab

Thoughts on instructional design, tech enablement, and building better learning cultures.

Agile Ceremonies in L&D

What agile ceremonies should your instructional design team perform? 

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Instructional Design Intake

How does your instructional design team receive work? I’ve seen a couple different approaches to intake.

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Vendor Demos

Over the last few months, my team has been exploring AI vendors. I sat through a series of demos and have some observations about what worked and what didn’t.

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Savvy Start Agenda

When you begin an instructional design project, kick off the work with a Savvy Start.

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Tricky Environment Access

Technical training relies on environment access, so what happens when that is not an option?

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Professional Wins of 2024

2024 was a year of major growth and new opportunities for me, and I had some big professional wins as a senior technical instructional designer.

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Home Office Desk Accessories

With a home office, you can customize the space and equipment to your exact liking. For me, that means tech accessories that make work smoother.

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ID Scrum Master

I took over as Scrum Master back in November of 2024. It’s a good fit for my skillset with the PMP.

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Benefits of AI Text-to-Speech Voice Generators

I built my first eLearning course using AI text-to-speech voices recently.

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Music and Work

Ever since university, I’ve loved to jam out to music while I am working as a way to calm my brain.

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