LH #89 The Horses of Instruction with Sarah Ratcliff

What can horses and brain damage teach us about learning?

Sarah Ratcliff is an award-winning Learning Consultant, Speaker, and Ambassador for Learning, with over twenty years experience in the industry. She is currently a spokesperson for the learning provider Cegos, and a regular chair for the Learning Technologies conference. In 2020, she earned the esteemed Learning Professional of the Year award from the LPI. She talks to John about how the experiences in her life that have formed her views about learner engagement, including her love of horses and a debilitating head injury.

• 00:00 - Start
• 02:52 - How did Sarah get into learning?
• 09:47 - How do horses inform her view of learning?
• 14:48 - Her car crash and recovery
• 23:57 - Learner engagement
• 26:47 - Are marketing techniques useful for learner engagement?
• 36:10 - The extended L&D toolkit of today
• 42:59 - End

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