E-Learning Lane with Brady Licht

What Are The Best Practices For Designing Self-Paced Learning?

Self-paced learning gives learners flexibility, but without thoughtful design it can also lead to disengagement and incompletion. This episode covers the design choices that make self-paced courses work.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

What is the Difference Between Instructional Design and Learning Experience Design?

These two titles are sometimes used interchangeably and sometimes treated as fundamentally different disciplines. This episode sorts through what distinguishes them and whether the distinction matters for your work.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

How Do We Avoid the Banking Model of Education in Higher Ed?

Paulo Freire's critique of the "banking model," where education is treated as depositing information into passive learners, remains relevant in higher education. This episode considers what alternatives look like in practice, especially in online and blended formats.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

What is the "Human-in-the-Loop" AI Approach?

Human-in-the-loop is one of the more grounded frameworks for thinking about AI in education. This episode explains what the concept means, how it applies to learning design and training, and where it runs into its own limitations.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

How Do We Make Learner Personas?

Learner personas help you design for real people rather than abstract audiences. This episode covers how to build useful personas based on actual data and observation, not just demographic assumptions.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

What Are the Different Models of Blended Learning?

Blended learning isn't a single approach. There are several distinct models, from flipped classrooms to flex programs, and each one structures the relationship between online and in-person learning differently. This episode walks through the main options.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

How Do We Balance Quality with Time & Resources?

Every learning design project involves trade-offs between what you'd like to build and what you can actually deliver given your constraints. This episode looks at how to make those trade-offs intentionally rather than by accident.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

How Important is a Learning Platform?

It's easy to get caught up in platform decisions when the more important questions are about design and content. This episode considers how much the platform actually matters and where to focus your energy instead.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

How Can You Help Leadership See the Value in Learning Initiatives?

Learning professionals often struggle to communicate the value of their work to leadership in terms leadership cares about. This episode looks at strategies for making the case for training and learning initiatives in organizational contexts.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.

How Do We Build High Quality One-Pagers?

A well-designed one-pager can communicate more effectively than a 20-page document. This episode covers what makes a one-pager work, from content selection to visual hierarchy.
E-Learning Lane is a short-form podcast where Brady Licht works through questions about educational technology, learning design, and training. Episodes are recorded on the go, so the audio is informal and occasionally rough around the edges. If you have a question or topic you'd like covered, send it to licht.education@gmail.com. For more articles, tools, and resources, visit bradylicht.com.