Megan Torrance

Megan Torrance

CEO at TorranceLearning

Qualifications

CEO and founder of TorranceLearning with 25+ years in learning design and consulting

Author of Agile for Instructional Designers and Making Sense of xAPI; founder of the xAPI Learning Cohort

Learning Guild Master; frequent conference speaker on L&D and learning analytics

Expertise

Instructional design

Learning strategy

Learning data and analytics

Agile for learning

xAPI

Workforce learning

Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, helping organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works in learning, offering professional development programs in instructional design, learning technologies, racial equity and Agile methods. At TorranceLearning, Megan has brought several products to market – Eleventure® (an off-the-shelf curriculum of business skills topics), LLAMA® (an adaptation of Agile methods for the instructional design context), and xapi.ly® (the statement builder for xAPI learning products) – as well as founded the xAPI Learning Cohort (a 12-week learning experience offered twice a year with recent enrollment topping 850 worldwide), the ID Ways of Working professional development curriculum and CREW (Cultivating Racial Equity in the Workplace). Megan is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers (2019), The Quick Guide to LLAMA (2012), and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management (2014) and Making Sense of xAPI (2017). She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning is on the 2018 list of Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. In 2019, the Learning Guild named Megan as a Guild Master for her contributions to professional development in the workplace L&D industry. A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Communication and an MBA, and an eCornell Facilitator in the Women's Executive Leadership curriculum, Megan lives and works near Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Experience

CEO | Chief Energy Officer at TorranceLearning

Jan 2003 — Present · 23 yrs 6 mos

Leads TorranceLearning, helping clients design and deliver meaningful learning experiences; focuses on learning strategy and data analytics.

Founding Member, Board of Directors at Institute for Infrastructure and Interoperable Data in Learning

Dec 2025 — Present · 7 mos

Founding board member of a learning data interoperability institute.

Adjunct Instructor, Learning Design & Technology at Penn State University

Jan 2024 to May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

Taught systematic instructional development to master's and certificate students.

Instructor at Cornell University ILR School

Jan 2021 to Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Instructed Designing Effective Teams in the Executive Masters in HR Management curriculum.

eCornell Course Facilitator at Cornell University

Feb 2020 to Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Facilitated courses across several leadership and communications certificate programs.

Advisory Board Member at HR.com

Jan 2020 to Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Guided HR.com's primary research on learning engagement, solutions and platforms.

Qualifications

CEO and founder of TorranceLearning with 25+ years in learning design and consulting

Author of Agile for Instructional Designers and Making Sense of xAPI; founder of the xAPI Learning Cohort

Learning Guild Master; frequent conference speaker on L&D and learning analytics

Expertise

Instructional design

Learning strategy

Learning data and analytics

Agile for learning

xAPI

Workforce learning

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