The Visual Lounge - Strategies for Learning

Strategies for Learning

11/30/22 • 41 min

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If you want your learning content to have the best possible impact on your audience, there’s only one thing for it...you need a solid strategy in place!

Whether your go-to learning method includes videos, images, or something else entirely, starting out with a strategy is the best way to ensure you’re choosing the right medium to deliver training.

Treion Muller, CEO and Founder of The Modern Learning Architect, is on The Visual Lounge to share his strategy secrets and frameworks for delivering the best learning content.

He explores the power of video, why your content should be problem-led, not solution-led, and how to measure success and tie metrics to wider business goals.

Learning points from the episode include:

00:00 Intro
00:59 Matt introduces Treion Muller
02:48 How Treion got started using images in videos
04:25 Defining success for learning content
06:26 Why less descriptive text is more on slides
09:00 What does a Chief Learning Architect do?
18:35 Innovation in the L&D space
20:14 Criteria for the modality of a piece of learning
26:16 Ask the right questions when creating your content
32:01 Treion’s C.A.R.E.S framework
35:01 Speed round questions
40:26 Outro

Important links and mentions:

Connect with Treion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treionmuller/
The Modern Learning Architect: https://modernlearningarchitect.com/
The C.A.R.E.S. framework: https://blog.elblearning.com/who-c.a.r.e.s.-how-learning-got-its-bad-rap-what-we-can-do-about-it

If you want your learning content to have the best possible impact on your audience, there’s only one thing for it...you need a solid strategy in place!

Whether your go-to learning method includes videos, images, or something else entirely, starting out with a strategy is the best way to ensure you’re choosing the right medium to deliver training.

Treion Muller, CEO and Founder of The Modern Learning Architect, is on The Visual Lounge to share his strategy secrets and frameworks for delivering the best learning content.

He explores the power of video, why your content should be problem-led, not solution-led, and how to measure success and tie metrics to wider business goals.

Learning points from the episode include:

00:00 Intro
00:59 Matt introduces Treion Muller
02:48 How Treion got started using images in videos
04:25 Defining success for learning content
06:26 Why less descriptive text is more on slides
09:00 What does a Chief Learning Architect do?
18:35 Innovation in the L&D space
20:14 Criteria for the modality of a piece of learning
26:16 Ask the right questions when creating your content
32:01 Treion’s C.A.R.E.S framework
35:01 Speed round questions
40:26 Outro

Important links and mentions:

Connect with Treion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treionmuller/
The Modern Learning Architect: https://modernlearningarchitect.com/
The C.A.R.E.S. framework: https://blog.elblearning.com/who-c.a.r.e.s.-how-learning-got-its-bad-rap-what-we-can-do-about-it

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I Don’t Want to Make This Video

It happens to the best of the best, even those people who have been making videos for years. A creative slump can feel impossible to get out of sometimes.

You might lack inspiration or motivation, or self-doubt might have crept in, making any creative work an uphill battle. If that sounds familiar, then this episode of The Visual Lounge is for you.

Host Matt Pierce, TechSmith’s Learning & Video Ambassador, explores what it means to be in a creative slump, how you can kickstart your motivation again, and why perfectionism is the enemy of progress. He explains why taking baby steps is the best way to escape a creative funk because, from there on, you can only progress more and more.

Learning points from the episode include:

0:00 – 1:09 Introduction
1:09 – 2:46 Why the creative slump is so common
2:46 – 5:31 Why it’s so important to reduce barriers in your creative process
5:31 – 15:21 Top tips for getting out of a creative slump from video experts
15:21 – 18:16 How to avoid perfectionism
18:16 – 20:12 Why you should aim to make small improvements before big changes
20:12 – 22:16 How to spark ideas with the power of Google Docs
22:16 – 23:09 How to kickstart inspiration
23:10 – 25:05 The power of positive psychology
25:05 – 27:54 Why the best way to get out of a slump is to start (anything)
27:54 – 28:44 Outro

Important links and mentions:

Camtasia: https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html

Next Episode

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Everything needs a refresh eventually...and that includes e-Learning!

Jonathan Hill, Head of E-Learning at Entain, believes it’s personality and humor that e-Learning often lacks. But why is it so important?

Jonathan joins Matt Pierce, TechSmith’s Learning & Video Ambassador, in this episode of The Visual Lounge to discuss challenging traditional workplace learning.

He explains the benefits of adding humor to your educational content, what defines success in L&D for him and provides a ton of expert advice for anybody creating educational video content. A true must-listen!

Learning points from the episode include: