The Learning Hack podcast
What are the significant innovations shaping the future of learning? How is digital technology and scientific discovery changing the way we learn, train, teach and educate? Join John Helmer in conversation with the people who are visioning and actively creating that future. Published fortnightly (don't forget to subscribe!).
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
LH #45 Teaching Machines with Audrey Watters
Audrey Watters' new book, Teaching Machines, tells the story of how two academics, Sidney Pressey in the 1920s and B.F. Skinner in the 1950s, attempted to develop and market mechanical devices for le…
00:44:25 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
LH #44 Magic Moments with Bob Mosher
John talks to Bob Mosher, champion of workflow learning and the Five Moments of L&D Need. Bob has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for over 30 years and is …
00:38:22 |
Mon 05 Jul 2021
LH #43 Learning on the Jab with Reda Sadki & Marc Howells
This special edition of the podcast features interviews with two people who have each in their different ways played important roles in the effort to vaccinate the world and free us all from the mena…
00:49:24 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
LH #42 Why Does It Have To Be So Difficult? with Stella Collins
Cognitive load theory tells us that we have to do our best to make things easier for learners. But Bjork says that 'necessary' (or 'desirable') difficulties are an essential part of the process. Shou…
00:44:22 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
LH #41 Evidently Mirjam with Mirjam Neelen
John talks to Mirjam Neelen, Head of Global Learning Design & Learning Sciences at Novartis, and a well-known blogger and speaker. She recently co-authored a book, Evidence-Informed Learning Design, …
00:43:13 |
Mon 24 May 2021
LH #40 Either/Or with Lior Locher
John talks to Lior (Christine) Locher, a learning consultant, coach, author, and a director of the elearning network. Lior's experience spans journalism, practitioner L&D roles for companies such as …
00:42:03 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Great Minds on Learning: The Cognitivists with Donald Clark
This time we're featuring the pilot episode of a brand new podcast from the Learning Hack team, Great Minds on Learning. In this series, Donald Clark, the internationally famous author, blogger an…
00:53:52 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
LH #38 No Filter with Toby Harris
John talks to Toby Harris, Product Marketing Manager at Filtered. Filtered is an innovative company that uses AI to help large organizations deliver relevant learning content to the right people at t…
00:48:00 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
LH #37 E=MC5 with Gregg Collins
John talks to Dr. Gregg Collins, Chief Learning Scientist at NIIT. A Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Yale University, Dr. Collins played a key role in the seminal research carried out at the In…
00:49:42 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
LH #36 Got Any Other Numbers, Charles? with Charles Jennings
John Talks to Charles Jennings, who is Partner, Strategy and Performance of Tulser / 70:20:10 Institute. Recognised as one of the world's leading experts on building and implementing learning and org…
00:43:58 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
LH #35 A Brief History of Learning Systems with Donald Clark
'People imagine that technology's a recent thing in learning, [but] it's always been there.' From its earliest beginnings in cave paintings to today's AI-driven learning systems with interfaces influ…
00:50:41 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
LH #34 Learning Systems with Page Chen
John talks to Page Chen, CEO of Remote Learner; a learntech business leader with a strong academic background. How does she characterise the development of learning systems in the first two decades o…
00:46:49 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
LH #33 Behaviour Points with Julie Dirksen
John talks to Julie Dirksen, a leading expert in instructional design, digital learning and behaviour change. Is it a problem for learning professionals that even when they have supported learners in…
00:48:35 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
LH #32 Beyond Learning with Harold Jarche
John talks to Harold Jarche, blogger, speaker and consultant in the closely adjacent but oddly separate worlds of learning and knowledge management. People at work need more than skills training an…
00:48:02 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
LH #31 What Are We Talking About?
Looking back over a year and a half of podcast episodes, John Helmer summarizes the main themes that have emerged from these these fascinating discussions and attempts to draw insights by taking a he…
00:41:10 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
LH #30 Fantastic Mrs Fox with Laura Lee-Gibbs
John talks to Laura Lee-Gibbs, Digital Learning Consultant & Director of Learn Fox. In her 14 years in the industry she has worked both vendor-side and client-side, across a broad range of sectors in…
00:40:46 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
LH #29 Being B.A.D. with Andrea Miles
John talks to Andrea Miles, CEO of BestAtDigital, about her plans for the new company she is helming, spun out of Cornerstone, and her journey to get to this point. Andrea’s career spans over 20 year…
00:37:26 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
LH #28 Collective Intelligence with Gianni Giacomelli
John talks to Gianni Giacomelli, Chief Innovation Officer at Genpact, and Head of Design Strategy at MIT’s Centre for Collective Intelligence. Pointing to a growing body of research that pictures int…
00:38:40 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
LH #27 Learning's New Recession with Sharon Claffey Kaliouby
John talks to Sharon Claffey Kaliouby, VP, North America for Learning Pool, an award-winning professional and co-founder of the #women in learning group with Kate Graham. Sharon has held several high…
00:39:05 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
LH #26 Decisions, Decisions with Matthew Confer
John Helmer talks to Matthew Confer, VP, Strategy & Business Development at Abilitie, an expert in leadership and decision-making. How do leaders make tough decisions in tight situations? How do they…
00:27:37 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
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