Lockdown Learncast Part 1

In this episode, Barrie Wilson one of our Learning & Development Advisors welcomes Scott Tees to the team.  Hear about Scott's background and what he will do in his new role with us at the SSSC.

In this episode we talk with George Burton about the new SSSC 'MyLearing' service and smartphone app. George also outlines our plans for the future of MyLearning, about how you can get involved in the that development and how we can help you get the most from 'MyLearning' in your organisation. Find the download links at http://www.mylearning.scot User forum: https://www.badges.sssc.uk.com/forums/forum/mylearning/  

This is the 3rd and final part of our 3 part Lockdown special. Today we talk with Tracy Parish, education technology specialist at Southlake regional health centre in Newmarket, Ontario, Teemu Patala, Co-founder and Director of online Learning at the Change learning alliance and founding partner and Head of R&D at Context Learning in Helsinki and Cindy {Plunkett, Director of Learning Design and Development at PointClickCare in Toronto about the impact of the pandemic on their work and implications for the future of workforce development. 

This episode of Learncast is Part 2 of a 3 part Lockdown special. Today we talk with Lee Ballantyne, Head of Education Futures at the University of the West of Scotland, and Natalie Lafferty, Director of the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the University of Dundee. about the impact of the pandemic on their work and implications for the future in higher education. These conversations took place around a Month apart over May and June this year…

This episode of LearnCast is Part1 of a  3 part Lockdown special. Today we talk with Don Taylor (Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute & Chair of the Learning and Skills Group), David Kelly (Executive Vice President and Executive Director of The Learning Guild) and Bianca Woods (Founder of Clever Raptor, L&D design studio, and Senior Manager, Programming for The Learning Guild) about the impact of the pandemic on their work and their take on the future of L&D. 

In this episode we talk with Christy Tucker, learning experience design consultant from North Carolina in the USA. Christy has over 15 years' experience in creating engaging eLearning with the aim of making a difference in how people do their jobs. In this discussion we talk about about story-based learning and scenario-based approaches to online learning (amongst other things). You can find more of Christy's work at https://www.christytuckerlearning.com and follow her on twitter @ChristyATucker

In this episode we talk with Teemu Patala from Context Learning in Helsinki about the challenges facing small to medium sized employers in adopting digital learning, the trends emerging across the EU, collaborative approaches to designing digital learning and opportunities for learning & development professionals to network with their peers. More information: https://www.xedu.co ; https://changelearningalliance.wordpress.com

In this episode, Barrie Wilson talks to Lisa Williamson and Jennifer Dow from the Quality Team at The Action Group, a Third Sector provider based in Edinburgh. Lisa and Jen have started to use podcasts to support learning and development, and to provide information to their workers. In this podcast they describe their experiences of doing this and explain the benefits and impact they have found from using podcasts in this way.

This month we are talking with Tracy Parrish about how to survive and thrive in digital learning as a department of one, delivering learning experiences with free tools and on virtually no budget, the role of social media in providing support and CPD opportunities and, about the limitations we place on others.   You can find more of Tracy's curated list of free tools at https://e-learning.zeef.com/tracy.parish and connect with her at http://www.tracyparish.ca

In this episode George Burton from SSSC Digital Learning talks open education and elearning 3.0 with Stephen Downes from the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada. You can find more from Stephen at https://www.downes.ca