Podcast appearances and mentions of megan torrance

Creating videos can be a lengthy process with many tools and people involved. But when the pandemic hit, TorranceLearning had to adapt fast and figure out a way to make high-quality videos without having a team in the studio all at once.In this episode of The Visual Lounge, we sit down with Megan Torrance, CEO of TorranceLearning, to explore how she's revolutionized video production for her small business. Megan shares her journey of adapting to the challenges posed by the pandemic, transforming her video setup into a one-person operation that's both efficient and versatile.Megan dives into the nitty-gritty of her streamlined process, from using shot lists to expedite editing to leveraging review tools for collaborative work. She explains how this newfound efficiency has dramatically improved their turnaround time, allowing them to update course content, respond to client needs, and create marketing materials in record time. But it's not all business - Megan also emphasizes the importance of injecting fun and authenticity into their videos, keeping things engaging for their audience.Learning points from the episode include:00:00 - 00:52 Introduction00:52 - 02:18 How the pandemic forced TorranceLearning to change how it produces videos02:18 - 03:12 The benefits of streamlining the production process 03:12 - 04:54 Why it pays to inject a little fun into your videos 04:54 - 05:50 How TorranceLearning saves time with its new process 05:50 - 08:40 How her new process has enhanced her business 08:40 - 08:52 How to connect with Megan and TorranceLearning08:52 - 09:09 OutroImportant links and mentions:Connect with Megan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance/TorranceLearning: https://www.torrancelearning.com/

In this episode of the Learning While Working Podcast, Megan Torrance joins the show to share what she is learning about using Chat GPT.  We focus on using Chat GPT to enhance the learning experience itself, and just using AI to generate content.About  Megan TorranceMegan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organisations connect learning strategy to design, development, data, and ultimately performance. Megan has more than 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment, and consultingKey takeaways:Chat GPT can act as an assistant for learning designers. It aids in structuring content and generating examples, particularly when subject matter experts may tire of providing numerous case examples. As a result, it helps designers craft more thorough and comprehensive learning materials.In the context of medical education, AI is employed to provide detailed feedback on learners' responses to case scenarios. This feedback is compared against expert responses to provide meaningful insights to learners. However, it's crucial to ensure that the AI never gives direct medical advice – the final decision must always be left up to the learner.Inform learners if the feedback they're receiving is AI-driven. This transparency ensures that learners understand the nature and source of their feedback and approach it with a degree of scepticism, especially in sensitive areas like medical education.Segmented time stamps:(00:00) Start exploring AI but be careful(01:11) What are some of the ways that ChatGPT can be used by learning designers?(02:40) Taking a simple approach(07:39) Using AI in complicated areas in medical education and legal training(10:46) Other ways AI is being used to put in a learning experience(14:44) Using ChatGPT as an assistant(16:46) Mitigating bias in AI(18:37) Megan's greatest general advice for learning designers in using ChatGPTLinks from the podcast Connect with Megan on LinkedInTorranceLearning's WebsiteDownload Megan's one-page practitioner's guide job aid to using ChatGPTWatch a recording of the ChatGPT Driven Instructional Design: Dreams, Results, and Horrors webinar  

Summary:Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning - helping organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works in learning, offering professional development programs in instructional design, learning technologies, racial equity and Agile methods. She is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers (2019), The Quick Guide to LLAMA (2012), two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management (2014) and Making Sense of xAPI (2017) and she is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide.Many people don't realize that the skills that an instructional designer use are no different than what makes a great salesperson. It's all about facilitating a behavior change. Megan helps L&D professionals connect to learners on a personal level and ultimately help them apply what they learn on the job. We chat about how she thinks about creating a compelling reason to change, how she got into this work, great questions she likes to ask to get to the heart of her clients problems, why she teaches her kids hockey, and so much more! Key Moments:09:20 - The reasons and motivations for becoming a teacher. Passing knowledge14:48 - The differences between teaching and learning in person and online20:54 - A story of how she helps a manufacturing client show their learners a compelling reason to change and balance the workers need to get it right with the organizations need to be right.28:28 - Questions Megan likes to ask her L&D clients to get to the heart of their problems.Connect with MeganLinkedINConnect with Us!LinkedIN: Website:

Megan Torrance, CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, joins the podcast to share how to get started with data and analytics.  Megan provides a framework for talent development professionals to archive, analyze, and act on workplace learning data, whether you are a beginner or a long-time data user.   Resources: Megan's new book: Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers Megan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance TorranceLearning website: https://www.torrancelearning.com/

Megan Torrance is CEO—chief energy officer—at TorranceLearning, a full-stack learning services firm. TorranceLearning also provide professional development for the learning and development industry, including the free xAPI Learning Cohort, which they ran before handing the baton to the Learning Guild. Megan is an evangelist for xAPI and has over 25 years of consulting, instructional design, and project management experience. She's also the author of Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results and Making Sense of xAPI. In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, co-host Celisa Steele talks with Megan about all things xAPI: what it is, what it promises above and beyond SCORM, and real-world examples of what it looks like in action. They also talk about cmi5 and why most learning business professionals should care about it (but not too much), what can be done with data and analytics, human learning versus adult learning, and much more. Full show notes and a transcript are available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode319.

In this episode of Beltway Broadcast, your Metro DC Chapter of ATD hosts Megan Torrance. Megan is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning. She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide and the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, The Quick Guide to LLAMA, and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA for ISD Project Management and Making Sense of xAPI. In this episode, Megan discusses how to use Agile methodology to manage training projects, adapt to change as it happens, and deliver the content most needed by learners.  If you'd like to learn more about Megan, visit her company's website. For more info about the Metro DC Chapter of ATD, visit DCATD.org.  Episode Credits: Series Announcer: Julie Waters Hosts: Christina Eanes, Stephanie Hubka, Laëtitia Gnago, and Halyna Hodges

Megan Torrance, CEO of TorranceLearning, joins the Learning Unlocked podcast. She shares with us the best ways to design modern L & D courses, provides insight on how the L & D space has evolved and tells us about her courses that are available in the Open Sesame catalogue of courses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your video and workplace media can have a big impact on users, but is it affecting everyone in the same way? Understanding how your media choices represent people and their experiences can help you select more diverse and inclusive images and videos that impact everyone more effectively. Jess Jackson, Racial Equity Strategist, and Megan Torrance, CEO, both of TorranceLearning, join this episode of The Visual Lounge to explain how to incorporate a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) mindset into your video and workplace media decisions. They also talk about the unique position and responsibility creators, instructional designers and those in learning and development roles have for instilling DEIB approaches within organizations. Learning points from the episode include: What is diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging? Why instructional designers and learning and development departments are vital to spreading the DEIB message How organizations (including small businesses) can embrace more inclusive and diverse practices Three key things to consider when making media choices Different approaches for tackling representation within your organization Recommended diversity, equity, and inclusion resources Important links and mentions: Resource guide: https://torrancelearning.ac-page.com/crew-workshop-access-your-resource-guide (https://torrancelearning.ac-page.com/crew-workshop-access-your-resource-guide) Torrance Learning: https://www.torrancelearning.com/ (https://www.torrancelearning.com/) Megan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mmtorrance (https://twitter.com/mmtorrance) Jessica's Twitter: https://twitter.com/learnsjess (https://twitter.com/learnsjess) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Talk-About-Race/dp/1580056776 (https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Talk-About-Race/dp/1580056776) Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald: https://www.amazon.com/Blindspot-Hidden-Biases-Good-People/dp/0553804642 (https://www.amazon.com/Blindspot-Hidden-Biases-Good-People/dp/0553804642) The Harvard Implicit Association Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) Camtasia asset library: https://library.techsmith.com/camtasia (https://library.techsmith.com/camtasia) Snagit asset library: https://library.techsmith.com/snagit (https://library.techsmith.com/snagit) Learn more about the TechSmith Academy https://academy.techsmith.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=visuallounge&utm_content= diversityinclusioninvideo (here). To read the blog post on the topic or watch the video, go to: https://www.techsmith.com/blog/diversity-inclusion-in-video (https://www.techsmith.com/blog/diversity-inclusion-in-video)

John is joined by Megan Torrance, Chief Energy Officer of Torrance Learning, a custom development company based in Michigan USA. With an MBA from Cornell and a consultancy background, Megan has a firm grasp of the business value of learning initiatives.   But her two decades of experience in learning technologies also includes a strong bent towards using data for learning. She is strong advocate for xAPI, and organizes the 'xAPI Party'. How does she feel about the slow rate of adoption of xAPI among learning departments?   0:00 – Intro 2:09 – How she leads Torrance Learning 6:03 – Normalising Data in L&D 10:42 – Current state of xAPI 15:17 – xAPI Examples 20:43 – Learning as a process 30:33 – Women in L&D 39:42 – How to follow her activities   The xAPI Party https://xapicohort.com/xapi-party/ Megan's work can be found at ATD: https://my.td.org/search?query=megan%20torrance and Learning Solutions https://learningsolutionsmag.com/author/megan-torrance Professional development workshops: http://www.torrancelearning.com/shop    Contact Megan Twitter: @MMTorrance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance Website: http://www.torrancelearning.com/   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/ Download the new white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer & Ben Betts – Suite Dreams: The Past, Present and Future of Learning Systems https://learningpool.com/suite-dreams/   Don't miss Cornerstone Convergence on November 16 and 17. With an incredible lineup of speakers focused on helping talent and learning leaders like you gain the tools to create a better experience for your people, you won't want to miss this all-virtual, all-free event. Register today at https://www.cornerstoneconvergence.com/?utm_campaign=EMEA_UK_PROS_2021_Q4_10_EN_Convergence-2021&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_source=the-learning-hack&utm_content=registration

Have you ever wished you could have more time in your day to develop better, creative, more engaging and effective training programs? Today's podcast with Megan Torrance doesn't magically give you more time, but she does talk about some key ways to save time and avoid time suckers during your next training project.

Are you getting all the data you need to determine the effectiveness of your learning programs? On this week's podcast, Megan Torrance shares some insights on how xAPI can help you collect the right data.

Listen in as I chat with Jessica Jackson and Megan Torrance of Torrance Learning about xAPI and the recent success of their 12th FREE xAPI cohort! This was admittedly my very first real conversation about xAPI and I learned so much! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ifyouaskbetty/support

TorranceLearning CEO Megan Torrance and Racial Equity Product Development Manager Jessica Jackson join us for this episode of the Accidental Trainer to discuss how companies and trainers can be more mindful of their diversity and inclusion practices. We talk about starting a conversation around DEI and psychological safety at work, how to be mindful when picking graphics for learning materials, what social equity means and much more.  Resources TorranceLearning Racial equity Tokenism Gaslighting ATD TechKnowledge

The venerable ADDIE systems model, well known to Instructional Designers, has company. Megan Torrance explains the benefits of Agile and how LLAMA tailors the methodology for our world, transforming our approach, outlook and mentality. If you're overwhelmed with the complexity of today's product development environment, there's help to be found in this episode. Join us! Listen via Apple or wherever you subscribe to podcasts: https://apple.co/3927E7R

In this second episode of the podcast we dive deep into research and design with Eric Nalian, instructional design leader and doctoral candidate. He's been researching how we can apply fundamental principles of instructional design to other areas of our field, particularly change management. I sat down with him for a conversation about his work with the national ATD publication series, TD at Work. Learn more about Eric's work with ATD and purchase his publications "Guide Organizational Change with ADDIE" at https://www.td.org/td-at-work/guide-organizational-change-with-addie This month's book review: Agile for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance, available at https://www.td.org/books/agile-for-instructional-designers Production Notes: Host: Michael Haynes Guest: Eric Nalian Special thanks to production consultants Nick Harmon and Matt Nadolny. ATD in the D Today is produced by the Detroit Chapter of the Association for Talent Development. Learn more at detroitatd.org.

We're putting Community first in this new series of episodes from TLDC. With conferences cancelled and events rescheduled or reorganized as online events, how do we go about continuing to connect with L&D professionals in meaningful ways? We'll here's a start. This is a new series called Community Showcase, and we're featuring TLDC Members and Supporters in short interviews that will help YOU get to know more about THEM and what THEY do. And if you're interested in helping support TLDC, join us. You can find more information at www.TheTLDC.com. Next up, meet Megan Torrance of Torrance Learning. Megan is always fun to talk to and it's easy to see why she's the "Chief Energy Officer" at Torrance Learning. Learn more about Megan in this episode and find her at www.TorranceLearning.com.

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Disruption series.  This pop-up daily series aims to equip learning professionals with practical guidance and tips to get started or scale up with practices needed as part of their organisational response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.  One of Megan Torrance’s areas of expertise is on the use of Agile work methodology for instructional design projects.  The approach she has adapted is called Lot Like Agile Management Approach (LLAMA).  In the spirit of the Disruption series Megan identifies a core set of steps you could start using right now to speed up your instructional design projects and still get out effective solutions. The key is to create a Minimum Viable Product, release it for testing, get feedback and then iterate – in a series of short cycles. Host:  Michelle Ockers Guest: Megan Torrance  Resources: Torrance Learning website https://www.torrancelearning.com/ Reconciling ADDIE and Agile, article by Megan Torrance - http://bit.ly/2QvNr0o Agile for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance - https://amzn.to/2WzmblL Leaving ADDIE for SAM: An Agile Model for Developing the Best Learning Solutions by Michael Allen - https://amzn.to/33AAVSS More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://michelleockers.com/learninguncut/

What is xAPI? How do you send data? What data do you send? And where do you send it? How do you keep it all organized? As we move further toward a "data-centric" world, collecting, analyzing, and managing data has become a top priority among successful organizations. And in L&D, xAPI has risen to forefront of the tools for processing data. Megan Torrance is one of Learning & Development's premier experts on xAPI. And in this Data, Measurement, and Analytics Playlist episode, she offers an informative overview of what xAPI is, how you use it, why it's important, and guidance on how to get started. You can learn more about the Data, Measurement, and Analytics Playlist here: https://tldc.us/dma-playlist/.

The Beatles said it best. We get by with a little help from our friends. Or something like that. And it’s true. We learn more and become more productive when we’re with other people, especially our friends and trusted colleagues. However, bringing a group together for an impactful conversation with meaningful outcomes does not happen by accident. We used to solve this problem with single events. The newer, more successful approach is long term, connected groups, communicating virtually and in periodic group gatherings. It’s a cohort of professionals supporting each other in the long term process of learning, and behaviour change. While Brent is away this week, Megan Torrance is joining Chris to talk about the power of learning with your friends. You may know Megan from her years of experience running the xAPI Cohort, or her past episodes on IDIODC. In this conversation we’ll talk with Megan about how the cohort framework can be applied in so many different corporate situations as a comprehensive learning and development solution. Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. 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, of course, the xAPI. TorranceLearning hosts the xAPI Learning Cohort, a free, virtual 12-week learning-by-doing opportunity where teams form on the fly and create proof-of-concept xAPI projects. Megan is the author of The Quick Guide to LLAMA, and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management and Making Sense of xAPI. She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning projects have won several Brandon Hall Group awards, the 2014 xAPI Hyperdrive contest at DevLearn, and back-to-back eLearning Guild DemoFest Best-In-Show awards in 2016/2017 with xAPI projects. TorranceLearning is a 2018 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. A Quick Guide to LLAMA - Agile Project Management for Learning: By Megan Torrance - https://www.amazon.ca/Quick-Guide-LLAMA-Management-Learning/dp/1500751553 Agile and LLAMA for ISD Project Management: By Megan Torrance - https://www.td.org/td-at-work/agile-and-llama-for-isd-project-management Making Sense of xAPI: By Megan Torrance and Rob Houck - https://www.td.org/td-at-work/making-sense-of-xapi You can learn more about Megan on her LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Megan: @MMTorrance https://twitter.com/MMTorrance Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

Brent and Chris host the first ever live and in-person IDIODC Meetup and Hangout at the 2019 ATD International Conference and Expo! But what are they talking about this week? This IDIODC episode is recorded at the end of the meetup. Brent and Chris go live and talk with some folks joining us who have been recognized for their help in our community: Carla Torgerson, Megan Torrance, Karl Kapp, Emily Wood, Duncan Welder and Amy Shilliday (...and the xAPI Gnome too). The gang goes over the best parts of the show so far. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Become friends with some of the guests who joined us live for this episode: Carla Torgerson: @CTorgerson https://twitter.com/ctorgerson Karl Kapp: @KKapp https://twitter.com/kkapp Amy Shilliday: @LNAmy https://twitter.com/LN_Amy Duncan Welder: @DuncanWIV https://twitter.com/DuncanWIV Megan Torrance: @MMTorrance https://twitter.com/MMTorrance Emily Wood: @IDEmily https://twitter.com/IDEmily xAPI Gnome: @xAPIGnome https://twitter.com/xapignome?lang=en Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

This is more than just an introduction to xAPI. This is a conversation about real world training and development issues. Megan Torrence from TorranceLearning joins back with us on IDIODC to chat about how xAPI empowers you and your training team to deliver more to the business than just attendance records. You don’t want to miss this conversation. And you don’t want to be in it alone. Invite your manager and other key leadership to hear how other high performing training organizations are shifting to a learning strategy that includes xAPI. This conversation will touch on technical concerns but only at the level that everyone can understand. So don’t let the technology scare you. 2019 is the year you need to understand xAPI. Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. 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, of course, the xAPI. TorranceLearning hosts the xAPI Learning Cohort, a free, virtual 12-week learning-by-doing opportunity where teams form on the fly and create proof-of-concept xAPI projects. Megan is the author of The Quick Guide to LLAMA, and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management and Making Sense of xAPI. She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning projects have won several Brandon Hall Group awards, the 2014 xAPI Hyperdrive contest at DevLearn, and back-to-back eLearning Guild DemoFest Best-In-Show awards in 2016/2017 with xAPI projects. TorranceLearning is a 2018 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. Check out Megan's books: A Quick Guide to LLAMA - Agile Project Management on amazon https://www.amazon.ca/Quick-Guide-LLAMA-Management-Learning/dp/1500751553 Agile and LLAMA for ISD Project Management on ATD https://www.td.org/td-at-work/agile-and-llama-for-isd-project-management Making Sense of xAPI on ATD https://www.td.org/td-at-work/making-sense-of-xapi You can learn more about Megan on her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Megan: @MMTorrance https://twitter.com/MMTorrance TorranceLearning: @TLearning https://twitter.com/tlearning Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee In this episode, Brent and Chris chat with the one and only Megan Torrance from TorranceLearning. With the xAPI Fall Cohort just getting kicked off, the three go over the ABC's of xAPI and get you a full scoop of what the xAPI Cohort is all about. (Don't need to read anymore on xAPI Fall Cohort and want to get started ASAP? Well, here's the link! https://www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-cohort/ ) The xAPI Learning Cohort is a free, vendor-neutral, 12-week learning-by-doing project-based team learning experience about the Experience API. (Yep, you read that right – free!) It’s an opportunity for those who are brand new to xAPI and those who are looking to experiment with it to learn from each other and from the work itself. Participants form teams based on shared interests and work together on an xAPI project. Each cohort features some predefined projects so you can jump right into something that sounds interesting and of course you can come with your own project idea and gather a team around you to get moving (or bring your team!). Past projects have included an onboarding checklist that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT), a game that tracks user clicks as a way to identify UX gaps, and exploration of LMS-LRS interoperability. xAPI Learning Cohorts run twice a year in spring and fall “semesters” with weekly all-group web meetings on Thursdays 2pm US Eastern Time chock-full of introductory information, practical how-tos, and high-level discussions of the implications for our industry. Teams work on real-life projects that interest them and set their own meeting and working schedules. Oh, and it’s ok to just hang out on the sidelines and observe the action if taking on a team project is too much right now. It’s also ok to participate on more than one project team during a Cohort session. Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. 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, of course, the xAPI. TorranceLearning hosts the xAPI Learning Cohort, a free, virtual 12-week learning-by-doing opportunity where teams form on the fly and create proof-of-concept xAPI projects. Megan is the author of The Quick Guide to LLAMA, and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management and Making Sense of xAPI. She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning projects have won several Brandon Hall Group awards, the 2014 xAPI Hyperdrive contest at DevLearn, and back-to-back eLearning Guild DemoFest Best-In-Show awards in 2016/2017 with xAPI projects. TorranceLearning is a 2018 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. Learn more about Megan Torrance through her LinkedIn and check out all the great work and info done by TorranceLearning: Megan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megantorrance/ TorranceLearning: http://www.torrancelearning.com/ Become virtual friends with the gang (and our favourite xAPI advocate, the xAPI Gnome)! Remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag!: Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Megan: https://twitter.com/MMTorrance xAPI Gnome: https://twitter.com/xAPIGnome Check out the FREE, 12-week xAPI program here: https://www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-cohort/ Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

Megan Torrance and Torrance Learning takes over TLDCast with guest Connie Malamed. Not to be missed!

Today we have special guest, Megan Torrance, CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. She brings over 25 years of experience in the L&D field to the window. We talked about xAPI, conferences, LLAMA, and ID challenges. Be sure to scroll up through the chat and follow while you are listening back. xAPI Cohort ID Academy Certificates Conference connections Lego LLAMA ID challenges

Megan Torrance is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning and she brings over 25 years of experience in L&D to the group as we talk about everything xAPI including the ‘gnome’, the ‘cohort’ and how to get up to speed with xAPI. xAPI Cohort Gnome Getting to code The download thing LLAMA

Megan Torrance from TorranceLearning discusses xAPI and how it can bring instructional designers back to the roots of focusing on learning performance.

Agile principles call for iterative and incremental development that improves as a project advances. It's an effective way to make project corrections as requirements change. In this session, I speak with Megan Torrance about Agile project management for eLearning design and development. Megan is the chief energy officer of TorranceLearning, an eLearning design and development firm. She has spent over two decades knee-deep in projects involving change management, instructional design, consulting, and systems deployment. She and the TorranceLearning team have developed the LLAMA project management approach, blending Agile with instructional design. WE DISCUSS: Where Agile started and what it's about How Agile is different than Addie or the waterfall method Six key Agile practices that apply to eLearning project management How to improve through iteration and making incremental advancements Determining what to include in the early iterations The meaning of LLAMA and the model Reputation of the eLearning industry How to run an Agile project adapted for LX design Convincing clients that an iterative approach results in the best solution Tool recommendations for Agile project management TIME: 30 minutes RATE: Rate this podcast in iTunes TRANSCRIPT: Download the [Download not found]. RESOURCES: TorranceLearning Agile for eLearning 6 Things Agile Teams Do Well Reconciling ADDIE and Agile Adopting an Agile approach in your organization 12 Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto Cathy Moore's Action Mapping Leaving ADDIE for SAM (book) by Michael Allen: An iterative approach to design and development User Stories for Agile TOOLS MENTIONED: DominKnow Flow Trello: Project management app Slack: Team communication app One Note: Note-taking app Card Colors for Trello: Chrome extension Scrum for Trello or Agile Scrum for Trello: Chrome extensions Get smarter about online learning with articles, tips and resources delivered to your Inbox once a month. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//forms.aweber.com/form/66/775275066.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "aweber-wjs-v9wwc4idc"));