Sue Stockdale talks to learning designer Agnese Spona about the process of creating learning experiences. Agnese shares her frustrations with traditional education systems and the barriers to scaling individualised learning. The conversation concludes with thoughts on how to inspire better human interactions and curiosity within educational contexts, considering the rapidly evolving landscape influenced by AI and technology.<br /><br /><b>About Agnese Spona</b><br />Agnese Spona is a professional with a passion for empowering individuals and organisations through transformative learning experiences. Agnese is  founder of Ness, a learning design and facilitation practice focused on fostering growth and positive change. She also co-founded MadeFor, an international learning business where she led instructional design, customer experience strategy, and brand building as well served as a management team member at the Customer Bureau.<br /><br />Agnese's insights on education sector has been deepened in her role as a thesis and research supervisor at Hague University of Applied Sciences and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She is also a founding member of Women in CX and has served as a Strategy and Proposition Design advisor at Logiscool Netherlands (coding school for kids). Her volunteer work : TEDx Amsterdam Impact Program Coach and with Project Fearless demonstrate her commitment to community and social impact.<br /><br /><b>Find out more about Agnese Spona </b>via her <a href="https://www.think-ness.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">website</a> : <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nessthinks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnese-spona/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a><br /><br /><b>Key Quotes</b><ul><li><i>How do you actually motivate people to recognise that they want to learn?</i></li><li><i>One of the things that's really hard in education is evaluation of effectiveness of that education.</i></li><li><i>The ultimate goal is to make sure that you consider really the learner  in your design.</i></li><li><i>If AI can do your Excel spreadsheet the question is what you're going to do then with that Excel spreadsheet.</i></li></ul><b>Time Stamps</b><br /><b></b><br />01:35 Agnese's Journey into Learning Design<br />03:14 Building a Learning Business<br />04:29 Understanding the Learner's Needs<br />08:37 Challenges in Traditional Education<br />14:21  Impact of COVID and AI on Learning<br />19:13  Personal Reflections on Education<br />22:05 Curiosity and Customized Learning<br />24:34 Scaling Individualized Learning<br />27:41 Future of Learning and AI<br /><b></b><br /><b>Connect with Access to Inspiration</b>: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/accessinspirat1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/accesstoinspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/accesstoinspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/access-to-inspiration/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn </a><br /><br />If you are enjoying this podcast -<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/accesstoinspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Buy Me A Coffee</a> and leave us a message to help us continue producing quality audio content for our listeners.<br /><br />Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra<br />Producer: Sue Stockdale <br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-to-inspiration--4156820/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-to-inspiration--4156820/support</a>.

Access to Inspiration

Sue Stockdale

137. Agnese Spona: Exploring the future of learning design

OCT 30, 202437 MIN
Access to Inspiration

137. Agnese Spona: Exploring the future of learning design

OCT 30, 202437 MIN

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Sue Stockdale talks to learning designer Agnese Spona about the process of creating learning experiences. Agnese shares her frustrations with traditional education systems and the barriers to scaling individualised learning. The conversation concludes with thoughts on how to inspire better human interactions and curiosity within educational contexts, considering the rapidly evolving landscape influenced by AI and technology.<br /><br /><b>About Agnese Spona</b><br />Agnese Spona is a professional with a passion for empowering individuals and organisations through transformative learning experiences. Agnese is  founder of Ness, a learning design and facilitation practice focused on fostering growth and positive change. She also co-founded MadeFor, an international learning business where she led instructional design, customer experience strategy, and brand building as well served as a management team member at the Customer Bureau.<br /><br />Agnese's insights on education sector has been deepened in her role as a thesis and research supervisor at Hague University of Applied Sciences and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She is also a founding member of Women in CX and has served as a Strategy and Proposition Design advisor at Logiscool Netherlands (coding school for kids). Her volunteer work : TEDx Amsterdam Impact Program Coach and with Project Fearless demonstrate her commitment to community and social impact.<br /><br /><b>Find out more about Agnese Spona </b>via her <a href="https://www.think-ness.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">website</a> : <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nessthinks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnese-spona/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a><br /><br /><b>Key Quotes</b><ul><li><i>How do you actually motivate people to recognise that they want to learn?</i></li><li><i>One of the things that's really hard in education is evaluation of effectiveness of that education.</i></li><li><i>The ultimate goal is to make sure that you consider really the learner  in your design.</i></li><li><i>If AI can do your Excel spreadsheet the question is what you're going to do then with that Excel spreadsheet.</i></li></ul><b>Time Stamps</b><br /><b></b><br />01:35 Agnese's Journey into Learning Design<br />03:14 Building a Learning Business<br />04:29 Understanding the Learner's Needs<br />08:37 Challenges in Traditional Education<br />14:21  Impact of COVID and AI on Learning<br />19:13  Personal Reflections on Education<br />22:05 Curiosity and Customized Learning<br />24:34 Scaling Individualized Learning<br />27:41 Future of Learning and AI<br /><b></b><br /><b>Connect with Access to Inspiration</b>: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/accessinspirat1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/accesstoinspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/accesstoinspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/access-to-inspiration/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn </a><br /><br />If you are enjoying this podcast -<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/accesstoinspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Buy Me A Coffee</a> and leave us a message to help us continue producing quality audio content for our listeners.<br /><br />Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra<br />Producer: Sue Stockdale <br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-to-inspiration--4156820/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-to-inspiration--4156820/support</a>.