Want to know the best elearning podcasts to listen to? Stay on top of the latest trends, advice and best practice from top learning professionals and gain fresh inspiration for your elearning projects. Here’s a breakdown of the top elearning podcasts to start listening to right now…

Top 10 elearning podcasts

1.  The Learning at Large Podcast

Our elearning podcast explores the challenges and triumphs of delivering people-centered learning at scale, with global leaders. Join our host, Kirstie Greany, in uncovering the strategies being implemented in the world’s most successful organizations to deliver transformative large-scale learning experiences. 

With over 30 podcast episodes, discover the challenges and innovations facing L&D and how we can ensure success for the future.

Listen to the Learning at Large podcast now

You can also subscribe to the Learning at Large newsletter, which brings you insider content each month to help you create, manage, and deliver engaging learning at scale.

2. Rod’s Pulse Podcasts

Rod’s Pulse elearning podcast is great for anyone who is interested in learning about the latest elearning technologies. Rodney B. Murray currently has produced over 200 podcast episodes, interviewing a wide variety of experts including Narine Hall – Founder & CEO of InSpace, Adam Geller – Founder & CEO of Edthena, and Dan Avida – CEO & Co-Founder of Engageli. 

Check out Rod’s Pulse Podcasts here

3. The eLearning Coach

With over 70 episodes, Connie Malamed hosts The eLearning Coach which covers topics from social media learning, to instructional design, to visual communication. Connie shares new ideas and actionable tips for success with creating the best learning experiences. 

Interested in hearing more? Check out the latest podcast episodes

4. The Online Course Coach

Jeff Long has created The Online Course Coach elearning podcast to provide insights and recommendations on how to best teach online, specializing in video-based online courses. 

With guest speakers spanning across several industries, listeners can benefit from learning about Learning Management Systems (LMS), how to market your online course, and website creation.

With over 50 episodes to get your teeth into, start listening now

5. Trends and Issues

This elearning podcast keeps the listener up-to-date with the latest trends and issues in instructional design, educational technology, and learning sciences. Every fortnight, Dr. Abbie Brown and Dr. Tim Green – professors of instructional design and educational technology, share their observations through this great podcast.

Catch up on podcast episodes right here

6. Scenario Secrets 

The Scenario Secrets podcast, hosted by Anna Sabramowicz, explores practical strategies on how to design your own award-winning scenarios, work with subject matter experts, leverage engagement strategies, and so much more. 

With 100 episodes so far, this is one of the great elearning podcasts that dives deep into exactly how to create the best elearning content.

Get stuck into the Scenario Secrets podcast now

7. The DIY Narrator

The DIY Narrator is the perfect podcast for instructional designers who narrate elearning. This podcast provides over 30 insightful listens into the world of elearning narration to truly engage your learners. Discover exactly how to connect your learner to the message and intent of your e-learning project. 

Start to explore how to improve your narration skills for delivering the best elearning content by listening to the podcast here

8. Instructional designers in offices drinking coffee

Join Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden every Wednesday in their elearning podcast Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking Coffee. With over 150 episodes to listen to, this podcast covers topics including corporate training success, storytelling, gamification, and microlearning. 

Listen to this IDIODC podcast here

9. The Mind Tools L&D podcast

The Mind Tools L&D podcast is hosted by design expert Ross Garner who has created over 160 episodes all about elearning, development and human resources. With a weekly guest appearance, you will gain critical insights into the issues facing L&D.

Want to discover more about topics including agile training and gamification? Check out the Mind Tools L&D podcast here

10. Kineo’s stream of thought

Hosted by the Kineo team, the Kineo’s stream of thought podcast shares their creative ideas with the L&D community about all things elearning, LMSs and beyond. Be inspired by their latest thinking and thoughts from the elearning professionals.

Listen now to their 25 podcast episodes here 

So what now?

Ready to dive into an elearning podcast? Start learning as you listen with our Learning at Large Podcast or get the best tips from our Design Tip Tuesday newsletter!

Hearing from other industry experts is a great way to keep your finger on the pulse, get new ideas and inspiration for how to improve L&D in your organization. You used to have to go to events or keep on top of reading blogs and books, but with the rise of podcasts you can hear straight from the gurus on your daily commute. Here’s our list of some of the best learning and development podcasts available now.

Top L&D podcasts

Learning at Large

The podcast where global leaders discuss the challenges of delivering people-centered learning at scale. Join Simon Greany (our very own CLO and founder of Elucidat) in discovering the strategies being used in some of the worlds most successful organizations to deliver transformative large scale learning programs.

Subscribe now via apple podcasts, spotify, google play – or search Learning at Large on your podcast player of choice.

See the most recent episodes of Learning at Large

Good practice podcast

A firm favorite amongst the L&D community (and in the Elucidat team), the Good Practice podcast focuses on key issues affecting L&D and HR teams. User experience, evidence-based practice, responsive elearning and advances in tech are the type of areas you might find the hosts diving into if you tune in.

Learn more

The future of learning podcast

What will learning look like in the future? Lloyd Dean, Head of Digital and Innovative Learning at EDF Energy, grapples with this question from all angles. Along with his guests, Lloyd tackles topics like demonstrating ROI and impact, building a culture of innovation and emerging learning technologies.

Learn more

The future of work podcast

Why is the world of work changing? How is work changing? What do you and your organization need to do about it? Hosted by Jacob Morgan, this weekly show gives you the inside track from senior executives and business leaders around the world on the future of work.

Learn more

Kineo’s stream of thought

Every month Kineo Solutions Consultant Paul Westlake gets some of his colleagues together to discuss a hot topic in the L&D industry. These conversations cover a broad spectrum, from the potential of AI in learning, to digital transformation, to social learning.

See recent episodes

The eLearning coach

This podcast from Connie Malamed ranges from instructional design, cognitive psychology, visual communication and social media learning. Interviewing expert learning designers, developers and authors, Connie shares ideas and actionable tips for producing better digital learning experiences.

See recent episodes

Sponge

This L&D podcast focuses on digital learning, covering the technology behind learning as well as theory and best practice for producing learning that sticks. With episodes sticking at around 15-30 minutes they’re easy to fit into your day-to-day.

See recent episodes

Learning now radio

From the makers of Learning Now TV, Learning Now Radio present interviews with global thought leaders in corporate L&D. Lisa Minogue-White, who hosts the show, tackles the challenges and innovations facing L&D leaders today, including subjects like neuroscience, modern learners and developing learning cultures.

See recent episodes

What are your favorite learning and development podcasts? Tweet us @Learn_at_Large to let us know!

Finally, make sure you subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on new episodes!