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Instructional design in the spotlight on LNTV

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LNTV, Nov 28: The importance of instructional designers understanding the objectives of their work; Matt Richter discusses his new book "Techniques for Interactive Learning"; Getting learning departments more integrated into the business; and the latest news from Learning News.

 

On Learning Now TV this month, Ajay Pangarkar talks to Nigel about the importance of instructional designers understanding the end results and objectives of their work and claims that many instructional designers fail to reverse engineer the desired outcomes, leading to courses that don't address the actual needs of the organisation.

Also on the show, Matt Richter, president of the Thiagi Group, discusses his new book "Techniques for Interactive Learning", Vanessa Alzate talks about her plans to refresh and update the Kirkpatrick model and help learning departments become more integrated into the business. In the news Rob Clarke talks to Don Taylor about the launch of the 2025 L&D Sentiment Survey, discusses how L&D is taking AI on board and has a special feature on Learning Networks' 'Connect 2024' conference.

The next Learning Now TV live-streamed programme is on Thursday Nov 28 at 10 am UK time. And the full programme will be available on catch-up from the LNTV website three days later. 

The full programme of interviews and features for LNTV Nov 28:

  1. Ajay Pangarkar talks to Nigel about the importance of instructional designers understanding the end results and objectives of their work. He argues that many instructional designers fail to reverse engineer the desired outcomes, leading to courses that don't address the actual needs of the organisation.
  2. Matt Richter, president of the Thiagi Group, discusses his new book "Techniques for Interactive Learning" and explains that interactive learning involves mental activity beyond physical interaction, aiming for meaningful engagement tailored to the context. 
  3. Vanessa Alzate talks to Nigel about her plans to refresh and update the Kirkpatrick model, work with organisations to implement evaluations, and help learning departments become more integrated into the business.
  4. In November's Learning News Bulletin, Rob Clarke talks to Don Taylor about the launch of the 2025 Learning Sentiment Survey, discusses how L&D is taking AI on board with Fosway's David Perring, and provides a review of Learning Networks' 'Connect 2024' conference, including keynotes Laura Overton and Cara North.

The next Learning Now tv programme is on Nov 28 at 10 am UK time with the live social stream with Colin Steed starting at 9.50 am UK time.