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Change is hard. It’s hard enough when you’re trying to break a bad habit or work toward a new goal. But leading change in your organization? That can feel impossible. Learning to Change is a show that’s about making change easier—for individuals and organizations—through learning. Bringing 20 years of education experience to leaders, managers, and executives, host Melissa Emler talks with people who have led change through learning in their organizations. Each episode is a tool for helping y ...
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Our company podcast “agiles ON AIR” is perfect for customers, IT enthusiasts and employees. We hold exciting discussions with experts from the IT industry and the Microsoft environment. You will also get to know our specialists who will share exclusive insights from their work at agiles and important learnings with you. We do away with the typical clichés about IT nerds and revive supposedly boring topics. Agiles ON AIR is hosted by our dual students who are full of energy and motivation to ...
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Documenting our processes and outcomes when we’re doing change work is vital.I recently encountered a philosophical concept that perfectly helps illustrate this, and today, as part of our ongoing series of explainers, I want to talk through the ideas of studium and punctum and how they can be applied to our work in and out of the classroom.LISTEN T…
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I want to share an exciting project that Modern Learners will be doing. We’ve been selected by the New York State Education Department to be the Technical Assistance Center for the PLAN Pilot work.This is a big deal.PLAN stands for Performance-Based Learning and Assessment Networks. The work of the PLAN Pilot is to create a network of schools that …
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Learning design and lesson planning might sound interchangeable, but they have distinct uses and purposes in education.So what’s the difference?In today’s episode, I’m responding to a listener question and parsing out these two concepts. I’ll talk about why, how, and when both of them apply to our learning environments, along with key questions and…
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All change is linguistic.It’s something that I frequently remind people of, but what do I really mean when I say that? The words we use have meanings. Changes in our language reflect the deeper cultural shifts at play and help us dismantle barriers and promote understanding.In this episode, I want to take a moment to dig into how linguistic changes…
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As part of our series on event planning and community, Gina Bianchini, founder and CEO of Mighty Networks joins me to talk about why People Magic is more than a set of tools, but a guiding philosophy of making valuable connections between people.She also explains why many online groups are using their platforms “off-label,” and how Mighty Networks …
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De afgelopen tijd is duidelijk geworden dat de zorg de patiëntenstroom bijna niet meer aankan. De oplossing ligt voor de hand: we moeten allemaal gezonder worden! Maar hoe doe je dat, als onze gezondheid voor een groot deel beïnvloed wordt door factoren waar we geen of weinig invloed op hebben, zoals luchtkwaliteit of sociaaleconomische achtergrond…
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In this installment of Off the Cuff Rants on Learning, I’m sharing my unfiltered thoughts and perspectives on accessibility.A recent experience speaking at an event has accessibility and universal design for learning on my mind, and I want to invite you to consider these issues with me.Let’s think through how we can remain true to our values of inc…
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Mensenrechten raken ons allemaal. Of het nu gaat om de vrijheid om verliefd te worden op wie je wilt, of om je mening te uiten. Mensenrechtenverdragen garanderen deze wezenlijke rechten. Maar hoe actueel zijn ze nog in onze snel veranderende wereld? Waarom gaat het toch vaak mis? En wat kun jij er als individu mee? Rechtswetenschapper prof. Antoine…
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In this installment of Off the Cuff Rants on Learning, I’m diving into the deep end and offering my unfiltered thoughts, passion, and perspectives on a topic that keeps me up at night: Bullying.These rants aren’t about getting it right on the first try, but about unpacking concepts and facing uncomfortable truths so that we can reflect and revoluti…
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Oorlogen worden steeds meer met digitale wapens gevoerd. Naast DDoS-aanvallen en hacks, draait de online strijd vooral om het beïnvloeden van de publieke opinie. Echte informatie en nepnieuws zijn vaak moeilijk te onderscheiden. Hoe beïnvloedt desinformatie het verloop van conflicten? Rusland-expert dr. Mariëlle Wijermars (UM) vertelt over de onlin…
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Welcome back to our series on creating impactful events.In the last episode, Liz Lathan asked the question, “You know what would be really fun?” To which I said, “Inviting Liz’s business partner at The Community Factory to talk more about fun and spontaneity in events and dream about what events could be!”So today, Nicole Osibodu joins me to dig in…
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Jongeren lezen steeds minder en slechter. Een kwart van hen haalt zelfs het basisniveau niet. Ook in de rest van de maatschappij neemt de geletterdheid af. De potentiële gevolgen zijn groot. Om mee te komen in de samenleving moet je goed kunnen lezen en schrijven. Wie bijsluiters van medicijnen niet begrijpt, of geen klacht kan indienen bij een ont…
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When dreaming up memorable events, today’s guest’s favorite question to start with is, “You know what would be really fun?”In this episode, we talk about bringing a flair of fun and spontaneity to your events, how creating shared experiences among peers builds community, and the time she ended up hosting a wedding at a corporate event.Liz believes …
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At Modern Learners, we help people and organizations host meaningful events. We focus on designing high-quality learning events and leverage a variety of design techniques and tools to do that.In this new series, we’re digging into some of those design techniques and tools by speaking with a variety of industry experts. Each of our guests will brin…
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In the final installment of this series on Just Culture, Julie Stephenson and I do a deep dive into the spectrum of behaviors within the Just Culture framework and how behaviors, actions, and outcomes are handled by the framework.Julie Stephenson’s commitment to and passion for conversations that move organizations toward a healthier and more human…
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Julie Stephenson returns to continue our special series on Just Culture.In our previous episodes, we’ve defined what Just Culture is, along with the common language used in implementing it. We’ve also learned how mission, vision, and values are intimately connected to creating a Just Culture.Today, we’re digging into our duties in the workplace, an…
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I’m back with Julie Stephenson for our special series on Just Culture. We’re continuing to define how Just Culture emphasizes fairness, empathy, and shared accountability and how shifting to this system is transforming the hospital where Julie works.In this episode, we explore how implementing a Just Culture model can truly impact an organization’s…
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A Just Culture is one where fairness, empathy and shared accountability are paramount. In this special four-part series, returning guest Julie Stephenson and I will examine how this culture has transformed the hospital where she works, shifting from punitive responses to understanding and addressing root causes. We'll also look at the challenges of…
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In the first of a new series, Off the Cuff Rants on Learning, I’m ditching the script and speaking straight from the heart.In each of these rants, I’ll share my thoughts and experiences, unfiltered and unrestrained, about a variety of issues in education and learning. I'll be tackling the topics that keep me up at night, the concepts that need unpa…
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A few years ago, philosopher Hanno Sauer (Utrecht University) shocked many of his colleagues by stating that ‘old’ philosophy is overrated. He wrote in a much-read article: “We can learn surprisingly little about philosophical problems by studying the works of the ‘great’ historical philosophers such as Aristotle, Hegel or Wittgenstein’. When a sma…
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Ons leven barst van de keuzes. Maar hoe vrij zijn we in de beslissingen die we maken? Volgens sommige wetenschappers is de vrije wil een illusie: je omgeving, je opvoeding en je brein sturen je acties, nog voor je je daar zelf van bewust bent. Filosoof Lieke Asma (Munich School of Philosophy) ziet het anders. Dat je onbewuste voorkeuren hebt, betek…
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Sharing and listening to life’s stories can have a profound impact on us and the people around us. Storytelling is an opportunity to learn, and when people learn, people change.Today, I’m talking with Graham Callis about the power of storytelling. Graham Callis is a storyteller and life coach. He founded Your Story Life Coaching and is an experienc…
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Volgens het existentialisme is wat je doet bepalend voor wie je bent. Door het idee dat je je eigen leven kunt beïnvloeden ontstaat vrijheid, stelt Sartre. De ideeën van Sarte en de Beauvoir wonnen in de jaren 40 en 50 aan populariteit maar werden daarna ook bekritiseerd. Want hoeveel keuze heb je daadwerkelijk in je leven? In ons digitale tijdperk…
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AI, chatbots, and generative search are already changing the way that we find and take in content online, and their impacts will only continue to grow.I’m joined today by Alex Birkett to talk about the future of search and how people will discover and interact with content online.We discuss whether websites and traffic numbers will even matter in t…
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Rede en geloof worden vaak tegenover elkaar gezet: aan de ene kant de atheïstische wetenschapper die de oerknal probeert te bewijzen, aan de andere kant de gelovige die ‘voelt’ dat er een goddelijke kracht bestaat. Religie wordt gezien als antwoord op vragen waar de wetenschap niks mee kan, zoals wat de zin van het leven is. Geloof is een kwestie v…
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Er is doorgaans geen gebrek aan aandacht voor geweld tégen vrouwen. Maar over geweld dóór vrouwen is veel minder bekend. Toch maken ook zij zich schuldig aan moord en doodslag – 7% van de TBS-patiënten is vrouw. Forensisch psycholoog prof. Vivienne de Vogel (Hogeschool Utrecht) onderzoekt deze groep al meer dan tien jaar. Wat weten we over de motie…
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Zorgeloos op vliegvakantie gaan, een hamburger bestellen of een nieuwe telefoon kopen: voor veel mensen kan dat eigenlijk niet meer. We zijn ons steeds meer bewust geworden van de negatieve impact die ons gedrag heeft op het klimaat en het milieu, en dat creëert veel ethisch ongemak. Filosoof Naomi van Steenbergen (Universiteit Utrecht) worstelt ze…
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