SSSC LearnCast

LearnCast is the new podcast series from the Scottish Social Services Council Digital Learning Team. Subscribing to LearnCast will give you an insight into the work of the Digital Learning Team, news about upcoming projects and access to interviews with leading figures in the world of digital learning both in the UK and internationally.

Welcoming Our New Cyber Resilience Advisor 10/21/2021

Welcoming Our New Cyber Resilience Advisor In this episode, Barrie Wilson, one of our Learning & Development Advisors welcomes Scott Tees to the team. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/20890766

Discovering SSSC MyLearning 11/30/2020

Discovering SSSC MyLearning In this episode we talk with George Burton about the new SSSC ‘MyLearing’ service and smartphone app. George also outlines our plans for the future of MyLearning, about how you can get involved in the that development and how we can help you get the most from ‘MyLearning’ in your organisation. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/16998353

Lockdown Special Part 3 06/25/2020

Lockdown Special Part 3 This is the 3rd and final part of our 3 part Lockdown special. Today we talk with Tracy Parish, education technology specialist at Southlake regional health centre in, Ontario, Teemu Patala, founding partner and Head of R&D at Context Learning in Helsinki and Cindy {Plunkett, Director of Learning Design and Development at PointClickCare in Toronto about the impact of the pandemic on their work and implications for the future of workforce development. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/14963306

Lockdown Learncast Part 2 06/23/2020

Lockdown Learncast Part 2 This episode of Learncast is Part 2 of a 3 part Lockdown special. Today we talk with Lee Ballantyne, Head of Education Futures at the University of the West of Scotland, and Natalie Lafferty, Director of the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the University of Dundee. about the impact of the pandemic on their work and implications for the future in higher education. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/14932985

Lockdown Learncast Part 1 06/21/2020

Lockdown Learncast Part 1 This episode of LearnCast is Part1 of a 3 part Lockdown special. Today we talk with Don Taylor (Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute & Chair of the Learning and Skills Group), David Kelly (Executive Vice President and Executive Director of The Learning Guild) and Bianca Woods (Founder of Clever Raptor, L&D design studio, and Senior Manager, Programming for The Learning Guild) about the impact of the pandemic on their work and their take on the future of L&D. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/14905208

Designing engaging digital learning with Christy Tucker 04/27/2020

Designing engaging digital learning with Christy Tucker In this episode we talk with Christy Tucker, learning experience design consultant from North Carolina in the USA. Christy has over 15 years’ experience in creating engaging eLearning with the aim of making a difference in how people do their jobs. In this discussion we talk about about story-based learning and scenario-based approaches to online learning (amongst other things). You can find more of Christy’s work at https://www.christytuckerlearning.com and follow her on twitter @ChristyATucker /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/14160170

Digital Learning - A European perspective 11/25/2019

Digital Learning - A European perspective In this episode we talk with Teemu Patala from Context Learning in Helsinki about the challenges facing small to medium sized employers in adopting digital learning, the trends emerging across the EU, collaborative approaches to designing digital learning and opportunities for learning & development professionals to network with their peers. More information: https://www.xedu.co ; https://changelearningalliance.wordpress.com /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/12164933

Supporting learning with podcasts the Action Group way 10/29/2019

Supporting learning with podcasts the Action Group way In this episode, Barrie Wilson talks to Lisa Williamson and Jennifer Dow from the Quality Team at The Action Group, a Third Sector provider based in Edinburgh. Lisa and Jen have started to use podcasts to support learning and development, and to provide information to their workers. In this podcast they describe their experiences of doing this and explain the benefits and impact they have found from using podcasts in this way. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/11824475

Surviving and thriving as a department of one 09/30/2019

Surviving and thriving as a department of one This month we are talking with Tracy Parrish about how to survive and thrive in digital learning as a department of one, delivering learning experiences with free tools and on virtually no budget, the role of social media in providing support and CPD opportunities and, about the limitations we place on others. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/11446214

Open Education and Web 3.0 08/30/2019

Open Education and Web 3.0 In this episode George Burton from SSSC Digital Learning talks open education and elearning 3.0 with Stephen Downes from the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/11057048

Design for how people learn with Julie Dirksen 07/30/2019

Design for how people learn with Julie Dirksen This month we are talking with Julie Dirksen. We know her best for her excellent book “Design for how people learn” - a fantastic guide to the fundamental concepts of instructional design both to improve your own learning and to engage your audience. We’re often asked for advice on how to get started with designing digital learning and the answer is always, “read Julie’s book”. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/10706639

Twitter, Wordpress, Mashups and social learning 06/27/2019

Twitter, Wordpress, Mashups and social learning SSSC Digital Learning talks with Natalie Lafferty (Assistant Director LLC and Head of Centre for Technology & Innovation in Learning at The University of Dundee) about the role of social media in learning and the potential of open source tools to have a positive impact on learners’ skills and engagement in the learning process. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/10311494

Building skills and changing cultures in learning 05/25/2019

Building skills and changing cultures in learning This month we’re talking with Lee Ballantyne (Head of Education Futures at University of the West of Scotland) about building digital skills, culture change in learning and addressing barriers to implementing digital learning approaches. Follow Lee on Twitter - @lee_ballantyne and find out more about the Certificate in Digital Learning Design at https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-course-search/digital-learning-design/ /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/9919481

Benefits and uses of Open Badges 04/30/2019

Benefits and uses of Open Badges Open Badges have become very popular in our sector since we introduced them and are becoming more and more popular with learners with each passing month. In this episode, Rob Stewart from SSSC Digital Learning talks with Don Presant, the president and executive producer at Learning Agents (a Canadian digital learning consultancy and producer of innovative learning tools - http://learningagents.ca/raconteur/services/services/ ) about the experience of Open Badges internationally. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/9585830

Creating story-based podcasts for learning 03/29/2019

Creating story-based podcasts for learning In this month’s episode we talk with Jeff D’Anza and Joe Meyer from Nationwide Insurance in the USA. Our conversation focuses on how they have used serialised podcasts and stories to promote learning in a diverse and dispersed workforce They give us an insight into their production process from idea, through scripting, to final product, and offer some hints and tips on how you can do the same. To view the BBC script archive referred to in this episode, visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/9188414

Staying safe online 03/01/2019

Staying safe online This month we’re talking with Coleen Wylie & Robbie Ross from Police Scotland and Kirsty Steele from the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Unit about how to stay safe online. This episode gives some practical hints and tips about how to avoid falling foul of some of the common risks online. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/8834222

The future of Learning and Development 02/01/2019

The future of Learning and Development In this month’s episode of LearnCast we’re in conversation with Don Taylor, Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) and workplace learning and learning technologies consultant. Amongst other things we talk about the changing role of learning and development in organisations and the skills profile needed for the potential future roles of learning and development professionals. To view the LPI Capability Map referred to in this episode, visit https://www.thelpi.org/resources/capability-ma /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/8480999

Developing digital capabilities, Open Education and the role of playfulness and fun in learning 01/15/2019

Developing digital capabilities, Open Education and the role of playfulness and fun in learning In this month's episode, SSSC’s George Burton speaks to Stephanie 'Charley" Farley from the University of Edinburgh about their respective 23 Things programmes to support the development of digital capabilities, Open Education, Open Badges, and the role of playfulness and fun in learning. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/8262284

Making the most of visual design in learning 12/17/2018

Making the most of visual design in learning Do you want to use better visual design to improve the effectiveness of your online learning but aren't sure you have the skills to do it? We talk with Bianca Woods of Clever Raptor Learning Design about how to maximise the impact of your designs, even if you don't consider yourself a 'designer'. You can follow Bianca on Twitter - @eGeeking or via her website: http://www.cleverraptor.ca /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/7944128

Learning with Virtual and Augmented Reality 11/23/2018

Learning with Virtual and Augmented Reality In this month's episode, we talk to Matthieu Poyade from Glasgow School of Art's School of Simulation and Visualisation about the work they are doing in developing learning and for solutions using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/research/research-centres/school-of-simulation-and-visualisation/ /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/7663553

Talking trends with David Kelly, eLearning Guild 10/23/2018

Talking trends with David Kelly, eLearning Guild In this month's episode we chat with David Kelly, Executive Vice President and Executive Director of The eLearning Guild (http://www.elearningguild.com) about emerging trends and technologies in digital learning. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/7283708

Digital Learning at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto 09/24/2018

Digital Learning at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto In this episode we talk with Lisa Sokoloff and Cindy Plunkett from Baycreat Health Sciences - a specialist healthcare facility in Toronto, Ontario about their take in using digital learning to support staff. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/7083526

SSSC LearnCast 08/22/2018

SSSC LearnCast In this first episode of LearnCast, meet the SSSC Digital Learning Team and find out about the projects they're working on right now. /episode/index/show/sssclearncast/id/6955424

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