The Magellan Podcast

If you listen to discussions about higher education, you’ll find a plethora of ways that people talk about it. Is it a workforce development machine? Is it a training ground for future leaders? Is it ...

1 Nov 202321min

Wytheville Community College has a thriving dual enrollment program that serves the needs of many students in southwest Virginia. When WCC lost its dual enrollment partner at the eleventh hour, Dean S...

22 Aug 202345min

In this episode, we are joined by Kathy Calvert, Director of Learning Design and Development at Magellan Learning Solutions. Through the dedicated work of the Learning Design team, we help our clients...

16 Jun 202359min

For this special client spotlight episode on the Magellan Podcast, we wanted to introduce you to one of our clients, Reverend Dr. Debra Lynn Haggins. We've been privileged to support Rev. Dr. Haggins'...

12 Apr 202329min

We've spent a lot of time talking about the theory of cognitive load and some ways we might apply it in our classrooms. Instructional designers can be instrumental in helping instructors to think thro...

29 Mar 202333min

If you're like most people, you've probably learned some piece of information and then, as soon as it didn't seem useful anymore, promptly forgot it. It takes a lot of effort to move knowledge from sh...

15 Mar 202325min

Did you ever have a student who was able to memorize everything you said but couldn't quite understand how it all fit together? Have you ever found yourself fielding questions about what the point of ...

1 Mar 202328min

Cognitive load has been a major topic of conversation among psychologists and educators for the past few decades. Thanks to research in this area, we now have the capacity to design activities and cur...

15 Nov 20221h 6min