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Sabbath and Sabbatical: Understanding the Assignment
posted on Jul 16, 2024 When I joined the Learning Forte team early in 2022 I was delighted to be part of an organization with articulated values such as "embodied spirituality" - something that has long been a personal pursuit for me. I was further pleased to find ou...
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Can an Organization Take a Digital Sabbath?
posted on Jul 16, 2024 On vacation, I accidentally dropped my phone in the ocean. It turned out to be a gift, as it forced me to engage in an unplanned yet liberating digital sabbath. While much has been written about digital sabbath for individuals , how does an ...
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There’s No Automation without Intentions
posted on Jun 25, 2024 The alarm rings and I'm already behind. I fumble around getting showered, dressed, and ready for another day. I lock the front door and realize that my lunch is still on the countertop. By the time I've reached my desk, I'm already feeling today'...
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Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice
posted on Jun 25, 2024 When was the last time you bookmarked a new approach to leadership from something you read online or heard a great new idea about being a more agile or creative leader in a podcast only to get frustrated when you attempted to incorporate that app...
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Adapting Instructional Design to Enrich Engagement
posted on Jun 25, 2024 In what context do you find yourself leading and instructing others? Congregational ministry? Non-profit work? An academic classroom? Depending on your environment, you may or may not think of yourself as a "teacher" in the traditional sense of t...
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Human Learning vs. Machine Learning: how do they differ?
posted on Jun 25, 2024 Learning as a Lens in the Generation of AI Over the last few months, I've worked more with AI and reflected on the differences between human and machine learning. This journey has caused me to revisit the four big ideas about learning that ...
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Finding Your Winning Path with so Many Paths to Choose
posted on May 14, 2024 When creating digital spaces , finding the "right direction" can be both liberating and paralyzing. There are so many "right" places and paths, meaning that it's beautifully in your hands to create your digital space - and yet, what-ifs about do...
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Piloting for Your Present and Future Wins by Including Assessment
posted on May 14, 2024 Dr. Marlon Johnson , Seminary of the Southwest Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, has hope, vision, insight, and expertise around healing racial trauma in community-based settings . When it came time to pilot his Racial Healing In...
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Creating Achievable Wins by Naming Your Context
posted on May 14, 2024 Over the past few weeks, I've been spending a lot of time with others on the Learning Forte team looking closely at our Aligned Design process . It's a process that starts with a key step for any learning design project. It asks the question: w...
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Naming Wins and Changing Your Organizational Culture
posted on May 14, 2024 Celebrating wins at Learning Forte started out as a way to name what had been accomplished, instead of just being focused on what still needed to be done. While this practice has helped us become less obsessed with our to-do lists , it has also ...
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