LearnJam

21/09/2021

💬 👋 We'd love to start having more conversations with you all, and this week we'd like to start a conversation on the purpose of current systems of education.

People talk about 'broken systems' of education. Rather than being broken, we believe current systems of education are working in pursuit of the wrong goals.

🥅 What do you believe are the problematic goals of current systems of education?

14/06/2021

In our most recent podcast episode we have a scintillating conversation with Rachael Nemeth, CEO & co-founder of New York-based startup Opus Training. 💫

👉️ Opus is a digital platform that delivers text message courses for deskless workers, and LearnJam has been working with them recently develop the learning design and content for some of those courses. 👈️

We talked about:

- where the inspiration for Opus came from
- what exactly it is and how it works

We also hear Rachael's take on what makes for effective SMS-based learning and why she thinks it's so valuable and important for deskless or frontline workers.

Check out the full episode on:

Spotify >>> https://spoti.fi/3pIVVBE
Apple podcasts >>> https://apple.co/3xhJwXU
Our podcast page >>> https://bit.ly/3gsxrIF
Youtube >>> https://bit.ly/3wh8cQu

14/04/2021

We are really excited to be taking part in the upcoming about designing for inclusion.

As learning designers, how might we better recognise and overcome our own biases so that we can create experiences that reflect, incorporate and celebrate the essence of what it means to be human?

Can we, as a learning design community, co-create solutions that are more inclusive?

👉️ Come along and hear practitioners Vanessa Faloye and Laura Patsko share real inclusion challenges they have needed to respond to.

👉️ Take part in a discussion group to co-create solutions in response to those challenges.

Join the conversation on Tuesday April 27.

https://bit.ly/3e0XKo7

01/04/2021

We're experiencing a temporary change in personnel today. Hero Patsko, our Chief Wagging Officer, will be issuing a statement in due course.

Meet the team >> https://bit.ly/3rzUi8U

31/03/2021

Join us for a free 30-min exploring how remote teams can continue to drive innovation, despite the challenges we’re all facing.

Are you struggling to foster innovation across your team at this time of uncertainty and change?Is remote working presenting challenges to business as usual?In this 30-minute webinar,...

12/03/2021

In our latest episode on inclusive Lucy Williams and Laura Patsko talk about the impetus behind an Innovate UK project we are currently working on.

Link to full ep (and all podcast eps) on our site:

https://learnjam.com/podcast/

11/03/2021

In our latest blog post Laura Patsko and Vanessa Faloye explore how we can move from a well-meaning but still exclusive mindset to a genuinely inclusive one.

They touch on:

- Why it's important to move from designing for 'equality' to designing for 'equity'

- How we can be more proactive to anticipate a variety of learner needs

- How solving challenges for the most acutely marginalised ‘few’ actually solves for everyone else along the way.

https://learnjam.com/inclusive-mindset/

12/02/2021

In our latest podcast episode, Tim and Laurie speak to Jo Sayers, fellow co-founder of LearnJam, about how (and why) he uses Agile product development methodologies to develop digital learning products and solutions.

We thought it'd be great to have a chat with Jo to find out a bit more about his approach and to see what advice he has for anyone looking to find out more about Agile and how it can be put into practice.

In our conversation, we covered:

- What Agile actually is and what an Agile project looks like.
- How to manage a backlog and why it's important.
- What makes a good user story and how to write one.
- Why we use Agile in our Learning Design projects.
- The challenges of applying Agile, and some pro tips.

Check out the full podcast ep on ...

Spotify >> https://tinyurl.com/y6zdurbq
Apple Podcasts >> https://tinyurl.com/2d8mwjvt
Our podcast page >> https://learnjam.com/podcast/

04/02/2021

Towards the end of 2020, we launched a new project with Innovate Uk into what more inclusive learning design looks like, or as we’ve been calling it, ILXD 🔥

We have realised that we can’t simply develop a tool or set of tools to make learning design more inclusive and accessible. We also need to take a long, hard look at ourselves, to reconsider and evaluate everything we do, and take concrete steps towards becoming a fairer, more diverse and inclusive organisation in all respects.

By attending to all three pieces of this puzzle, we hope not only to improve our work as learning designers but to improve ourselves as individuals and as a professional team 🙌

https://learnjam.com/edi-in-learning-design/

02/02/2021

We're having a great time recording our Adventures in Learning Design .

Since kicking off the series in September 2020 our conversations have covered a wide range of topics, including dyslexia, motivation, innovation, design thinking and research.

We're looking forward to seeing where the conversations take us next.

To dive into the series so far, head over to our podcast page >> http://ow.ly/YanB50DoHhF