The Learning Technology Playbook - by Pooja Jaisingh (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Make Technology Your Most Powerful Learning Ally

As an L&D professional, you are experiencing a dramatic transformation in the way employees learn, work, and grow. How do you keep up with the fast pace of change so you can serve the needs of your learners and your organization? The Learning Technology Playbook is the essential resource you need to thrive in today's training landscape.

In this step-by-step guide, renowned learning technologist Pooja Jaisingh shares how she evaluates, adopts, and integrates new technology solutions. Using real-world examples from leading companies and insights from more than 30 industry leaders, Jaisingh demonstrates how to move from exploration to full integration of new technology, while keeping ethics, privacy, and inclusivity at the forefront.

The Learning Technology Playbook is packed with:

• Actionable strategies to prepare your organization for the next big leaps in learning

• Reflection prompts to enhance your understanding of key concepts


• Practical templates, checklists, audits, and planning worksheets to help you create future-ready content for tomorrow's workplace


• A glossary of tech jargon for easy reference

This book empowers instructional designers, trainers, and consultants to become savvy technology strategists by learning to optimize workflows, future-proof learning initiatives, and champion innovation. Whether you're just beginning your journey or advancing as an L&D leader, Jaisingh will inspire you to harness learning technology as a force for growth and success in your organization--and to claim your seat at the table by leading technology adoption responsibly and purposefully.

Review Quotes

"As an L&D professional constantly fighting tool fatigue, I found The Learning Technology Playbook to be the exact road map I needed to stop chasing trends and start delivering real business outcomes. Pooja's brilliant ETPS (Explore, Test, Pilot, Scale) framework is a complete game-changer for how we evaluate, pilot, and scale learning technology." --Debbie Richards, CEO, Creative Interactive Ideas

"We need a book that cuts through corporate hype now more than ever. The Learning Technology Playbook guides you through a much-needed strategic pause, rather than chasing the next new thing. Pooja's practical, real-world examples will resonate with L&D practitioners facing the rapidly changing learning ecosystem in the age of AI." --Sarah Mercier, CEO, Build Capable; Editor, Design for All Learners

"In more than three decades of watching learning technology reinvent itself every few years, I've never seen the categories collapse as fast as they are right now in the age of AI, and Pooja Jaisingh is the first author to treat that collapse as a design problem instead of a shopping problem. This book won't tell you which tool to buy; it teaches you how to decide, which is the only skill that survives this pace of innovation." --Josh Cavalier, CEO, JoshCavalier.ai; Author, Applying AI in Learning and Development

"Overwhelmed with the rapid advancement of instructional technologies? Worried you're being left behind, falling out of date, or losing credibility? Have a plan? Pooja Jaisingh has created an indispensable, pragmatic guide to staying on top, even if your time to explore new tools (let alone learn and adopt them) is severely limited. If you're in the digital learning space, you need this book at your side to stay current and accelerate your work to greater heights!" --Michael Allen, CEO, Allen Interactions; Author, Rethinking eLearning

About the Author

Pooja Jaisingh, PhD, is on a mission to make learning technology less chaotic and a lot more useful. For more than two decades, she has helped instructional designers, trainers, and L&D leaders move past the hype and build something that actually works for their learners. As the founder and CEO of Digital Learning Nook, Pooja helps organizations and practitioners navigate the modern learning tech landscape, with a focus on generative AI and content innovation. Her earlier roles as associate vice president of digital learning at Icertis and principal e-learning evangelist at Adobe taught her one thing above all: The best technology decisions start with the problem, not the tool.

Pooja holds a PhD in educational technology and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional. She is a recipient of the Guild Master award and multiple DemoFest awards from The Learning Guild, and a regular speaker at top industry conferences. Her writing appears on LinkedIn, in Learning Guild Articles, in Adobe eLearning Community blogs, and in TD magazine. She also shares practical tutorials and stories on her YouTube channel, where L&D pros can learn how to think clearly and build smarter.