Megan Torrance
CEO, TorranceLearning
Megan Torrance is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, where she leads a team of learning experience designers & engineers in reimagining workplace learning. Her firm has served Fortune 1000 companies, major research universities, global professional associations, and federal agencies for over two decades. Megan brings a strategic vision that helps TorranceLearning bridge vision with execution—delivering innovative, data-informed, and learner-centered solutions.She is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, and Making Sense of xAPI and serves as a Facilitator for eCornell’s leadership programs and an adjunct instructor in Penn State’s Learning Design & Technology Master’s program.
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Journeys: Megan Torrance, TorranceLearning
Journeys are recorded interviews with successful entrepreneurs in the Learning and Development space. Explore how and why Megan Torrance launched TorranceLearning—and learn from her experience as an eLearning designer and developer, xAPI pioneer, and evangelist for equitable workplaces and Agile project management.
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The Core Elements of an xAPI Pilot
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your xAPI adventure will likely start small and build over time. In this session, Megan will share a pathway to xAPI implementation based on successive strategic pilots, starting with the types of projects that you might consider creating here in the xAPI Cohort.
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Get the Most From Your Learning Analytics Data
The true potential of xAPI doesn’t come from the data itself; it comes from how that data is used. In this week’s session we provide tips and proven strategies for driving the most value from your learning analytics data.
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User Stories, Learner Journeys & Other Epic Tales: Decoding Agile & UX Techniques for LX design
Using story in learning extends beyond a narrative storytelling instructional approach. It’s also a way to ensure that the learning resources you create will fit into the personal and professional stories of end users. In this session, we will explore the use of story as an instructional design technique by applying the concept of a story to define needs, describe a solution, and create a master plan for your L&D team’s work over time. First we’ll explore “user stories,” a technique that software development teams use to identify and define areas of scope for their work. We’ll create user stories…
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Intro to the Experience API & the xAPI Cohort
This week’s opening session for the Fall 2022 Semester features Megan Torrance as she explores the foundational elements of xAPI, providing an introduction to the specification that will serve as the foundation we will build upon each week. We will also cover how the Cohort works to ensure you get the most value from your time as a participant.
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2022: The State of xAPI Adoption
This report breaks down results from a recent survey among Learning Guild members to update readers on the current state of xAPI adoption in 2022.
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The xAPI Learning Cohort Expands & Solidifies its Reach
The Learning Guild is partnering with TorranceLearning in supporting the next evolution of the xAPI Cohort.
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Learning Data in Action: A Pathway Forward
With xAPI adoption increasing and organizations moving todata-driven decision making across many functions, L&D professionals mayfind themselves playing catch-up. Many of today’s learning ecosystems havelimited, disconnected data streams. But, as platforms and data standardsadvance rapidly and organizations call for more rich insights about learningexperiences, we have an opportunity to level up our skills and our impact. In this session, Megan Torrance shares insights and storiesabout organizations that are successfully using learning data to driveperformance at multiple levels. We’ll begin with a framework to organize themany uses of data in the learning function, from evaluation and analytics topersonalization, recommendations, and business…
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Panel: Hot or Not: Exploring the Emerging Technologies Landscape
In this closing session of the Learning Leaders Online Forum we’ve invited three Guild Masters for a discussion exploring the role technology plays in our work. You will examine a host of emerging technologies and explore perspectives on where they present opportunities, and where they may present limitations and/or risks. While we explore individual trends, we will also be placing a spotlight on the common characteristics of emerging technologies that have the potential to disrupt organizational learning and provide tips on how to vet new technologies in the context of your own work.
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Catch Up, Do More Faster, A Seat at All the Tables: Pandemic Impacts on L&D
This report examines responses from individuals in the L&D community regarding the impact that the pandemic has had on their learning technology roadmaps.