Dr. Cara North is a learning & Development leader, speaker, and researcher and currently works as the Operations Training Manager at Silfex, inc. Her previous experience includes learning experience design work at Ohio State University and Amazon and President of the Columbus Ohio chapter of ATD.

Today we talk about: 
👉  Transitioning from being an individual contributor to a learning leader
👉  Tenacity and daily committed learning as key things to help you to the next level 
👉  How Cara uses social media and daily habits to cultivate a personal learning environment
👉  The three buckets of networking

Resources:
👉  Nuzzle - https://nuzzel.com/ 
👉  Feedly - https://feedly.com/ 
👉  Buffer - https://buffer.com/ 
👉  Cara’s job ID and resources posting texting number - 614-963-2951
👉  Edtechbooks.org - free open source books, articles, and journals
👉 Journal of Applied Instructional Design (via Edtechbooks.org) https://edtechbooks.org/jaid_10_1 
👉  eLearning Heroes Challenge - Articulate: https://community.articulate.com/hubs/e-learning-challenges 

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61 // Growing Your Career from Designer to Learning Leader with Dr. Cara North

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While earning her master’s degree in Instructional Psychology & Technology at BYU, Alyssa worked on instructional design projects and teams in university, K-12, and corporate settings. Her work at BYU Independent Study introduced her to how Agile principles can be applied and adapted to instructional design, which became the subject of her master’s thesis. She currently works as a Learning Experience Designer at Qualtrics in the world of sales enablement. 

Today we talk about: 
👉  Agile and waterfall project management methodologies as related to instructional design
👉  Alyssa’s experience of using agile methodologies in academic and corporate organizations
👉  Estimating work to be done using “planning poker” 
👉  An example of a traditional waterfall project viewed from an agile perspective

Resources:
👉  Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-Doing-Twice-Work-Half/dp/038534645X 
👉  Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg (Book) https://tinyhabits.com/ 
👉  Episode 42: Habits, Context and Designing for Behavior Change with Andrew Webb
👉  Agile for Instructional Designers (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Instructional-Designers-Iterative-Management/dp/1949036502

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62 // Examples of Designing Learning Experiences using Agile Project Management with Alyssa Erickson

Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data, and ultimately performance. Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works in learning so they devote considerable time to teaching and sharing about agile project management for learning experience design and the xAPI. Megan is the author of multiple books, including Agile for Instructional Designers which will talk about today. 

Also in this conversation we discuss: 
👉  Megan’s definition and application of agile project management
👉  Examples of agile development projects that Megan’s team is working on right now
👉  And insights into working with stakeholders and making better for project estimates 

Resources:
👉 [BETA] Review this episode with this mini-review! https://app.7taps.com/story/eyJhIjoyMTAzLCJiIjoyNjE4LCJjIjoiMjYifQ
👉  A Quick Guide to LLAMA (complimentary eBook for LX Leader Listeners) https://torrancelearning.egnyte.com/dl/xKcICg4H5Y/?
👉  Agile for Instructional Designers (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Instructional-Designers-Iterative-Management/dp/1949036502 
👉 April 2021 Learning Guild Research: https://www.learningguild.com/insights/261/effects-of-the-pandemic-on-learning-technology-roadmaps/ 
👉  Collection of articles and resources: https://www.torrancelearning.com/llama/

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63 // Using Agile to Push Past Perfection with Megan Torrance

The Learning Experience Leader Podcast is a project devoted to design, leadership, and the psychology of learning. The aim of the show is to help you expand your perspective of learning design through conversations with innovative professionals and scholars across the world. 

Every other week a different practitioner or researcher shares insights from their work and experience to bring a more holistic view on how learning happens and what we can do to create amazing learning experiences through design and leadership.  We explore these topics from many angles such as user research, project management, marketing, instructional and learning experience design, storytelling, evaluation, business management, and more. 

Additionally, every month or so I review a book either I've read alone or with a fellow designer and reflect on it in a "Read with me" episode.  

If you are interested in how people learn and how you can be more effective in helping others grow and develop, then this podcast is for you.

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