Beyond Engagement Theater: What Drives L&D Performance
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything you think you know about learner engagement is wrong? Clark Quinn, renowned learn...
Visual Design for Learning Performance and Accessibility
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if better visual design could simultaneously boost learning outcomes and meet accessibility req...
Fix the Meeting: Frameworks for High-Performance L&D Teams
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be honest — L&D teams are drowning in meetings that feel like productivity black holes. But ...
The Great Training Transformation: Adapt or Become Irrelevant
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The future of workplace training is arriving faster than anyone predicted, and Donald H Taylor has a...
Make Learners Want It: Marketing 101 for L&D Rebels
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
L&D’s relevance crisis is here — and hope isn’t a strategy. Marketing expert Ashley Hinchcliff...
Immersive by Design: Making Mixed Reality Part of the Blend
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immersive tech isn't just cool. It's useful. And more importantly, it fits right into the blended le...
The Quality Stack: Building Fail-Safes into L&D Pipelines
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you move beyond endless checklists to bake quality into every layer of learning design? In th...
The Performance Paradox: Solving L&D’s $100 Billion Waste Problem
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Wallace, Chief Learning Strategist at Beyond the Sky, merges decades of corporate marketing...
Neuroscience and AI: Enhancing Learning and Performance
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a captivating conversation with Margie Meacham, famously known as "The Brain Lady," a pi...
Creating Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences, By the Book
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Training content can only help create true change if it can help everyone in your organization. Ther...
Beyond Vanity Metrics: Driving Growth with Learner Engagement
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
L&D teams face mounting pressure to prove engagement isn’t just a vanity metric. Join Becky Willis...
The Accessibility Edge: How Benchmarking Fuels Inclusive Learning Success with Susi Miller
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in as 2025 LPI Learning Professional of the Year Susi Miller reveals how inaccessible learning ...
xAPI in 2025: Growing Pains and Future Gains with Megan Torrance
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been almost 12 years since Experience API (xAPI) version 1.0 was released, and it’s still exp...
Must-Steal Marketing Strategies for Your L&D Toolkit with Bianca Baumann
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The goal of any L&D department is to influence and change behavior. And guess what? That’s the sam...
Getting Real-World L&D Benefits from Artificial Intelligence with Tim Handley
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in the spotlight these days, and many L&D teams are exploring the ro...
Top eLearning Challenges in 2025 - Obstacles or Opportunities?
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time to dust off our trusty coffee mugs and get back on the mic!Instructional Designers In Of...
Solve Knowledge and Learning Issues with Organization Enablement with Mike Simmons
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard of Sales Enablement roles. But why is it that only sales teams get special attention...
Debunking Myths About Creating Accessible Learning Content with Diane Elkins
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you asked yourself lately why you don't put a stronger focus on accessibility when creating eLe...
Improving Training Videos Using Neuroscience with Patti Shank
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just because you have the skills to shoot and edit a video doesn't mean it's instructionally sound. ...
Using AI to Supercharge Training Team Productivity with Myra Roldan
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI is the hottest topic in L&D since Learning2.0. It's even hotter than Virtual Reality. Why? Becaus...
Navigating the NonProfit Learning Ecosystem with Nancy Bacon
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nonprofit organizations need training too. Just like the for-profit enterprise, a nonprofit has lear...
The 10 Principles of an Adaptive Learning Organization with Mike Hruska
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is the hottest thing since the internet. And it's the fastest growing, and f...
Becoming an Accidental Instructional Designer with Cammy Bean
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Oops! I tripped on a lego, and got back up as an accidental instructional designer.HA! Okay, maybe n...
The Realities and Future of Modern Learning Ecosystems with Craig Weiss
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is your company, or department, growing and needing to upgrade the training systems you've outgrown?...
Powering Performance with Formal/Informal Learning at the 5 Moments of Need with Bob Mosher
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 5 Moments of Need exist in every department of every enterprise, and requires a strong and effic...
Top Tips for Online Presenting with Kirsten Rourke
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As your career progresses you will be asked to be a speaker, or deliver a presentation, more and mor...
How L&D Can Become a Trusted Business Advisor with Jess Almlie
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learning and Development leaders and their teams support many different stakeholders. But all of the...
eLearning Research Surprises that May Surprise You with Jane Bozarth
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Industry research is an important part of advancing our profession. Did you know that, sometimes, re...
Data Literacy for Learning Leaders with Zsolt Oláh
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Data literacy is not something traditionally taught to training teams, but leveraging data for decis...
How to Create Accessible Learning Content Supporting DEI with Susi Miller
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, how often do you associate them wi...
Beyond Gamification: What Worked, What Didn't, and What's Next with Karl Kapp
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you tired of hearing the term "gamification"? Do you even hear it that much any more? Was it jus...
Facilitation in Action for Instructional Designers with Nikki O’Keeffe & Darryl Wyles
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Facilitation is about mastering how to deliver an engaging learning experience, all in the effort of...
Stories that Stick: Using Hollywood Methods to Supercharge Training with Jim Piechocki
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Telling stories is a tried and true method for helping people learn. You've probably studied the tra...
Digital Design Tips and Tricks for eLearning with Mark Lassoff
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Colors, fonts, images, shapes, white space, and so much more. Our work as instructional designers re...
How AI Impacts Learning and Development Departments with Mark Oehlert
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is the hot topic for 2023. Useful applications seem to be popping up daily, ...
Successful Blended Learning Methods with Michelle Parry-Slater
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before technology we had 1 method of instruction: Classroom based learning with student/teacher guid...
Instructional Design Best Practices for Supporting Multiple Languages with Mark Sheppard
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's global economy instructional designers are increasingly needing to create learning soluti...
Make Learning Come to Life Using Readable Videos with Lee LeFever
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who remembers seeing their first CommonCraft video? I remember seeing RSS in Plain English back in t...
Section 508 Accessibility and TTV5 for eLearning with Jenny Wincek
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know if your eLearning is accessible? If no, why not?As an instructional designer it's your r...
Reflecting on Instructional Design, Performance Support, and Technology with Allison Rossett
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allison Rossett's web site has a great quote, "She works on Learning and Technology in a way that is...
Holiday Drink'n'Draw - Creating Custom Graphics in Powerpoint for eLearning with Kevin Thorn
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sure you can find a lot of different free images on the internet, but there's always a project, or 2...
Hot Christmas Gifts, Tools, and Apps, for Instructional Designers with Nick Floro
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the past we've covered 15-20 items in one IDIODC episode. And as much as I feel that I'm connecte...
Modern Project-Based Learning for Instructional Designers with Brent Newhall
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most skills will never be learned without actually DOING the skill. Duh. It's basic training 101 tha...
Why Instructional Designers Need to Understand xAPI with Aaron Silvers
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You may not know Aaron Silvers, but around here we affectionately refer to him as the OG of xAPI. ...
Shifting from Internal to External Customer Training with B.J. Schone
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Having instructional design skills and knowledge can open up many different career paths. The easies...
The Learning Engineering Toolkit You Need with Jim Goodell
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learning Engineer may sound like a fancy new title for instructional designers, but it's so much mor...
The Big Shift – Virtual and Hybrid Learning in the Wake of COVID-19 with Jo Cook
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So much changed in the spring of 2020. In our L&D world there was a massive shift to online learning...
Top Trends in eLearning - LIVE #IDIODC from DevLearn 2022
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DevLearn is always filled with new solutions, forward thinking conversations, and great people. This...
Why Does Corporate Training Struggle? "It's the Balance Sheet, Stupid!" with Mark Oehlert
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are many frustrations working in Corporate Learning & Development. And there are many opinions...
Automate Your Instructional Design Work Using No-code Tools with Mike Taylor
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Designing and developing instruction is a creative and fun process. But it can also be filled with...
How to Balance Instructional Design Visuals that Avoid Cognitive Overload with Rachel Allen Dillon
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Visual design is a big part of building successful learning experiences. Whether you’re an instruc...
Improving Corporate Training Using Hollywood Experience with Jim Piechocki
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when experienced Hollywood professionals join the corporate training industry and begin...
How to Storyboard for eLearning with Tim Slade
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Storyboarding is only one part of the instructional design process. But storyboarding is a craft t...
What You Need to Know about Nudge-Learning with Amy Parent
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nudge-Learning. Is it micro-learning? Is it slow-drip learning? It is work-flow learning? Whatever i...
Drink'n'Draw: Creating Visual Languages for More Effective Training with Kevin Thorn
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Communicating clearly is probably the most difficult thing anyone can do in business. Our job as I...
Understanding Organizational Enablement for Instructional Designers with Mike Simmons
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Organization Enablement movement is coming. But what is it? And how does this impact our role in...
Drink'n'Draw: Your Vacation While Building Visual Design Skills with Kevin Thorn
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our Drink'n'Draw host, Kevin Thorn, recently took his family to Disney World and he sketchnoted the ...
Freelancing: 5 Tips for IDs Planning their Corporate Exit Strategy with Cara North
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The corporate 9 to 5 isn't for everyone, and never has been. In a post-pandemic world nobody is even...
Building Career Mobility for Frontline Workers with Matthew Daniel
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know the same percentage of employees who quit due to pay also quit for not having career ad...
Catching and Riding the Instructional Design Wave with Chuck Hodell
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're new to Instructional Design, or a more experienced L&D professional, you've probably seen ...
Big Learning Results with Little Experiments with Shannon Tipton
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Damn it, Jim! I'm an Instructional Designer! Not a scientist!That may be so, but it doesn't mean you...
How L&D Can Build a Corporate Learning Culture with Andrew Barry
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building a learning culture is the latest trending priority within many organizations. It's a daunti...
EnABLE the 5 Moments of Need with Conrad Gottfredson
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IDIODC we have the pleasure of talking with the founder of the 5 Moments of Need,...
How to Create Your L&D Measurement, Analytics and Reporting Strategy with David Vance
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building measurement skills is critical for corporate training professionals who seek to align their...
Photoshop for eLearning Developers with Mark Lassoff
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As an aspiring, or new, instructional designer, PowerPoint is okay to start building eLearning graph...
Marketing Your Learning Content for Success with Ashley Sinclair
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We often forget that creating a training event is only one part of the process. Just because you bui...
Demystifying VR Training with Lee Gregory
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
VR Headsets? Avatars? Metaverse? You may have heard these terms, but aren't sure how you might apply...
A DEI Roadmap for Trainers with Maria Morukian
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When done well, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training creates space for courageous convers...
Making Meaningful Learning Solutions with Clark Quinn
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"You must ENGAGE your learners!" Have you heard anyone say that before?Yep. Us too.We've had a few...
The Rise of Web3 for L&D with Myra Roldan
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blockchain, NonFungible Tokens, Crypto, ethereum, and other terms are making their way into L&D. Wel...
Drink'n'Draw: Sketchnoting Diverse Characters for eLearning with Kevin Thorn
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Instructional Designers and eLearning developers play an important role in DEI programs. When stoc...
The Journey to Corporate Training Success - Real World Case Study with Keith Stoneman
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The world of Learning and Development has changed over the decades, but many companies have a diffic...
Create Effective Dramatic Videos to Increase Learning with Tom Hickmore
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As instructional designers, we're often working on projects related to very specific processes. We...
Using Storytelling, Gamification, and Measuring Results for Success with Jeanne Bakker
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We had so much fun with Jeanne Bakker last year that we had to invite her back.With a strong backgro...
Learning Platform Innovations: Where is the technology taking us? with Bryan Chapman
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like every time you blink, a new learning platform pops into existence with some new innova...
How to Shift from Instruction to Performance Improvement with Guy Wallace
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered why training solutions often don't actually solve business problems? Or maybe...
Create Microlearning to Enhance Your Learning Solutions with Robyn Defelice
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you still look at Microlearning as simply shorter videos? That's not necessarily wrong, but if th...
Instructional Video Production Processes that Increase Your Learning Content Output with Josh Cavalier
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Video content is the future... of the internet. If you haven't noticed, everyone is creating and con...
2022 HR Trends that Impact Instructional Designers with Janet Clarey
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many Instructional Designers work within Human Resource departments. So, it would makes sense to l...
The Business of Being an eLearning Consultant with Kevin Thorn
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most new small businesses fail. You've heard that, right? It seems even more common within our i...
What Instructional Designers Need to Know about AI in Talent Development with Margie Meacham
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From agriculture to transportation, entertainment to medicine, and banking to social media, artifici...
Apps, Gadgets and Tech to Create, Collaborate and Elevate with Nick Floro
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most eLearning designers and developers don't have much say in choosing the LMS or authoring tool pr...
Building the LearnCoin Game with Myra Roldan
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Games are great tools for learning. And just so we're clear, designing games for learning is very ...
30 Under 30: Meet the Future of L&D with LaTarshia Wooten and Kavindya Thennakoon
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Supporting the future leaders of L&D is an important task for us all. The new young minds entering o...
Learning How to Increase Learner Engagement with Karl Kapp
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Engaging Learners in learning content is every instructional designer's goal. Why is it so hard to...
Systems Thinking in L&D will Improve Your Learning Solutions with Qian Feng
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Systems Thinking is the skill or ability to solve problems in complex systems. Hey! That sounds li...
Drink'n'Draw: Storyboarding Skills and DevLearn Recap with Kevin Thorn
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Storyboarding is a basic skillset often overlooked by instructional designers and project managers. ...
Improving eLearning with Better Multiple Choice Questions with Patti Shank
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Question: IDIODC stands for Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking CoffeePlease select the best...
How Training Departments Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Liza Wisner
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many training teams are already deploying DE&I courses. Is yours? Are you building your own course...
How to Engage Management in Your Instructional Designs with Amy Kay Czechowicz
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learning is often seen as a solo endeavor. But in reality our learning requires input from others. ...
Making Accessibility & Universal Design a Team Effort with Judy Tseng
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If there were design principles that significantly improved the accessibility of your eLearning cour...
Career Chat: From Instructional Designer to Chief Learning Officer with Frank Nyugen
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So you want to be a CLO? Are you sure? Do you really know what it means to be a CLO?According to Wik...
How eLearning Escape Rooms Boost Engagement with Alexander Salas
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever done an Escape Room? There are real world versions as well as virtual versions. Th...
Chatbots for Learning with Slack and Teams with Vince Han
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meeting your learners where they're at means delivering learning content outside of the traditional ...
A Year of Transitions: Classrooms to Virtual, L&D to Management, Focus on DEI with Sravani Tammiraju
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I think it's safe to say that over the last 18 months the #1 concern for training professionals has ...
Season FINALE Drink'n'Draw - Instructional Videos with Pizazz with Kevin Thorn
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We do a lot of drawing with Kevin. In this episode we're looking at taking those drawing skills an...
Gamified Onboarding with Measurable Results with Jeanne Bakker
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The term Gamification is often used, and over-used, in our industry. But any time I hear about mea...
How to Move from Event-based Training to Learning Journeys with Ann Rollins
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Classroom training is still the most common method of delivering courses. Even after 2 decades of in...
How to Design Accessible Learning Content with Susi Miller
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Making learning and development (L&D) content inclusive and accessible for everyone is not only a go...
Digital Design for Instructional Designers with Mark Lassoff
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do I need to know digital design if I'm already an instructional designer?Opinions vary on the a...