AI Impact for L&D - Beyond the Hype: Learning Trends & Innovations SIG (Virtual)
Description:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming Learning & Development, yet many organizations struggle to move from experimentation to real adoption. The challenge isn’t just the technology—it’s ensuring that L&D professionals are prepared, confident, and equipped to use AI effectively in their work.
This practical, action-focused session will explore how L&D teams can successfully adopt AI, focusing on real strategies that drive momentum and build AI confidence within organizations. We’ll go beyond the hype & the prompts and look at the AI Impact Zones for L&D, identifying where AI is already changing content development, learner experiences, and workforce transformation.
Key Takeaways:
- Distinguish among the AI Impact Zones for L&D – Explore how AI is reshaping content creation, learning experiences, and workplace processes.
- Identify organizational and cultural barriers – Discover the key blockers that slow AI adoption and how to navigate them.
- Explore actionable strategies – Learn how teams are building AI literacy, encouraging experimentation, and fostering a culture of AI-driven learning.
- Apply change management techniques – Set realistic expectations and create engagement strategies that help AI adoption stick.
Presenter: Megan Torrance
About Megan:
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.
Megan is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, Making Sense of xAPI and the upcoming book, The AI Implementation Guide for L&D. She facilitates in several of eCornell’s certificate programs focused on power dynamics, communication skills and women’s executive leadership.
ATD Capability Model:
Personal: n/a
Professional: Instructional Design, Technology Application
Organizational: Change Management, Future Readiness
