March 2024: Top Instructional Design Events, Webinars and Courses

 

Selection of Instructional Design Events, Webinars and Courses

March 2024

 

• Designing Accessible Learning Adventures: Dive In!

  • Instructure and Utah State University

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 5, 2024
  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
  • Key topics:
    • The growing need for flexible, multimodal course delivery
    • Strategies for integrating accessibility into course design
    • Adoption of accessibility tools and creating accessible content
    • Enhancing accessibility and engagement through design

 

• BEYOND FUN: Using Gamification to Boost Training Outcomes

  • 42 Comets

  • Modality: Free Online Webinar
  • When: March 6, 2024
  • Time: 12:00 PM EST
  • Key topics:
    • The hidden features that make games great teachers
    • Step-by-step process to apply gaming features in e-learning
    • Strategies for maintaining consistent e-learning clients

 

• How AI and Automation Transforms Training

  • Administrate

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
  • Key topics:
    • Exploring different types of AI and their operational mechanics
    • Preparing training teams for AI integration
    • Immediate impacts of AI on training operations

 

• Fail to Learn: How to Grow Your Organization Through Trial, Error, and Play

  • Training Magazine Network

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 6, 2024
  • Time: 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern
  • Cost: Free
  • Key topics:
    • Understanding society’s aversion to failure
    • Comparing failure rates of innovators like James Dyson and Thomas Edison
    • Creating fail-forward approaches in organizations
    • Building playful and fearless learning cultures
    • Using game-based thinking for reflection and self-efficacy
    • Gamifying learning environments

 

• Learning that Sticks: Maximising Engagement

  • Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 6, 2024
  • Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AEDT
  • Key topics:
    • Focusing on WHY the learner should engage
    • Optimising HOW to embed long-term learning and change
    • Understanding WHO your participants are to increase your impact

• Instructional Design: Creating Impactful Learning Experiences

  • Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)

  • Modality: Virtual, Face-to-Face, In-House
  • When: From March 7, 2024 to March 21, 2024
  • Key Learning Points:
    • Applying key principles of adult learning to instructional design.
    • Identifying different types of cognitive load and designing to manage them.
    • Creating basic visual designs that facilitate long-term learning.
    • Identifying and articulating precise learning outcomes.
    • Building feedback mechanisms into course design.
    • Exploring learner preferences and the impact of neuroscience on program effectiveness.
    • Learning practical storyboarding techniques and effective visual and graphic design creation.

 

• Coaching to Self-awareness For Better Learning

  • Training Magazine Network

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 7, 2024
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern
  • Cost: Free
  • Key topics:
    • Building self-awareness through coaching
    • Strategies for greater adoption of training and learning
    • Improving acceptance of training through coaching techniques

 

• Webinar: Navigating Career Choices & Achieving Fulfillment by Senior PM

  • Product School

  • Modality: Online
  • When: Saturday, March 9
  • Time: 8:30 – 9am NZDT
  • Key topics:
    • Aligning personal values with workplace dynamics for sustained fulfillment.
    • Understanding the impact of business models and industry domains on the product management role.
    • Choosing between specialization and generalization in product management.

 

• Powering Learning Operations: L&D’s Impact on Business Outcomes

  • Cognota, FM Global, Truist

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 12, 2024
  • Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM NZDT
  • Key topics:
    • Understanding L&D’s strategic impact on business outcomes.
    • The role of L&D as a catalyst for organizational growth.
    • Innovative learning approaches leading to business brilliance.
    • Navigating uncharted territories with L&D strategies.

 

• Turning High Achievers’ Expertise into AI Digital Role Plays

  • SkillGym

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 13, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
  • Key topics:
    • Mapping high achievers’ skills and identifying team gaps
    • Implementing SkillGym’s AI digital role plays for practical training
    • Enhancing team performance with AI-driven training methods

 

• London L&D Meetup #23

  • L&D Shakers

  • Modality: In-person Event
  • When: March 13, 2024
  • Time: 18:00 – 20:00 GMT
  • Location: Dorchester Collection Academy, Ground Floor, 1 Knightsbridge, London, UK
  • Key topics:
    • Networking with L&D Professionals
    • Sharing Best Practices in Learning & Development
    • Accelerating L&D Careers

 

• Culture Club: Resiliency Skills

  • LifeLabs Learning

  • Modality: Virtual Workshop
  • When: March 14
  • Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
  • Key Learning Outcomes:
    • Assisting employees with emotion regulation and resilience skills
    • Equipping managers to support people through challenging times
    • Helping your company grow stronger and more capable, even in the face of uncertainty

 

• L&D Project Management

  • Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)

  • Modality: Virtual Course
  • When: From March 18, 2024 to April 5, 2024
  • Facilitator: Vanessa Trower – Expert in managing L&D projects.
  • Course Format: 6-part blended learning course, combining self-paced learning with online sessions delivered on specific dates.
  • Key topics:
    • Understanding and applying the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodology.
    • Mastering the phases of an L&D project lifecycle.
    • Applying techniques for accurate project scope definition, planning, and control measures.
    • Estimating task durations, sequencing, scheduling deliverables, and tracking project progress.
    • Identifying HR management issues common in L&D projects.
    • Conducting risk analysis and managing the change control process.
    • Integrating project management functions for successful project delivery.

 

• ATD Demo Day: Assessment Tools for L&D

  • Association for Talent Development

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 18, 2024
  • Time: 4:55 AM – 8:30 AM NZDT
  • Presenters: Ryan Auston, CEO, Cognota; Brandy M. Ford, Assistant VP, Manager Strategic Learning Projects and Analytics, FM Global; and Matt Mason, SVP, Learning Enablement and Technology Director, Truist
  • Key topics:
    • The strategic impact of L&D on business outcomes
    • L&D as a catalyst for growth
    • Navigating uncharted territories for business brilliance

 

• Confidently Communicating – The things we feel but don’t say

  • L&D Shakers

  • Modality: Online Webinar via Zoom
  • When: March 19, 2024
  • Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM GMT+13
  • Cost: Limited Spots Remaining – Registration Required
  • Key topics:
    • Developing self-awareness around speaking discomfort
    • Learning physical practices to calm nerves
    • Feeling more confident to speak under pressure
    • Speaking with increased energy, inspiration, and influence

 

• How to Build Intercultural Competence in the Workplace

  • Seramount

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 19, 2024
  • Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM NZDT
  • Presenters: Shyama Venkateswar Ph.D., Senior Director, Seramount and Mollie Teitelbaum, Associate Director, Seramount
  • Key topics:
    • Building self-awareness of cultural values and impacts on perception and behavior
    • Practicing strategies for perspective-taking, effective communication, and relationship building
    • Creating commitments and building intentionality for workplace interactions

 

• Using the Talent Development Capability Model to Plan Your Certification Journey

  • Association for Talent Development

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 21, 2024
  • Time: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM NZDT
  • Presenter: Morgean Hirt, Director of Credentialing, Association for Talent Development
  • Key topics:
    • Strategic leadership and technical expertise in developing credentialing programs
    • Focus on test development, policy and standards development, and program audits
    • Strategic planning and accreditation processes

 

• Reading Renaissance: Proven Techniques to Activate Your Team with Books That Matter

  • Association for Talent Development

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 27, 2024
  • Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM NZDT
  • Presenter: Jonathan Munk, CEO, BookClub
  • Key topics:
    • Rekindling a love for reading in a screen-centric world
    • Promoting books that resonate with company culture and values
    • Innovative strategies to encourage reading for personal and professional growth
    • Establishing a reading-friendly organizational environment

 

• Needs Analysis and Evaluation

  • • Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)

    • Modality: Virtual Course
    • When: March 27, 2024
    • Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    • This is a one-day course.
  • Key topics:
    • Understanding the roles, stages, and types of needs analysis and gaps.
    • Conducting gap and root cause analysis and assessments.
    • Comparing needs analysis methods to suit various contexts.
    • Understanding the basics around structuring a learning program.
    • Implementing effective and useful learning outcomes.
    • Identifying the stages of evaluation.
    • Analyzing and reporting on evaluation analytics.

 

• How to Host an Accessible Hybrid Training

  • Training Magazine Network

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 28, 2024
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern
  • Key topics:
    • Accessibility fundamentals for tools and platforms selection
    • Creating support services based on personas
    • Accessibility best practices for physical learning spaces
    • Inclusive strategies for hybrid training engagement
    • Bonus: Access to Oleb Media’s guide: The Beginner’s Guide to Selecting Accessible Tools for Inclusive Learning

 

• Is Your Training Paying Off? Evaluating Training Impact with the Kirkpatrick Method

  • Training Magazine Network

  • Modality: Online Webinar
  • When: March 28, 2024
  • Time: 12:00 PM Pacific / 3:00 PM Eastern
  • Key topics:
    • Introduction to the Kirkpatrick Model
    • Four levels of sales training evaluation
    • Strategies to measure sales training effectiveness
    • Practical insights for sales leaders, trainers, and HR professionals
    • Revolutionizing sales training initiatives for success

• Panel Discussion: Career Growth in Large Organizations

  • Product School

  • Modality: Online
  • When: Friday, March 29
  • Time: 8:30 – 9am NZDT
  • Key topics:
    • Understanding career growth dynamics within large organizations.
    • Exploring the importance of cross-functional collaboration and strategic influence.
    • Learning from the experiences of seasoned product leaders.