The eLearn Podcast - Is Your Executive Functioning? With Jess Corinne, Learnfully

Is Your Executive Functioning? With Jess Corinne, Learnfully

06/02/22 • 50 min

SEASON 2
No 2 Jess Corinne, Learnfully
My guest for today is Jess Corinne who is Head of Educational Services at Learnfully. Her passion is making sure that instructors have the tools they need to effectively serve learners with special needs.

In this wide ranging conversation Jess and I discuss:

What it means to be Head of educational services for Learnfully and how her work impacts and oversees all of the organization’s delivery for families and learners.

What exactly executive functioning is and how it is the gateway for basically everything that happens in your brain and the three “buckets” these functions fall into.

We also have a very detailed conversation - with clear examples - of the 8 component subskills underneath those three major buckets, and why all of us (yes, even if you think you’re entirely “normal”) deal with issues related to executive functioning in one way or another.

Why neuroplasticity is “alive and well” and is so important and how our brains shift, mold and strengthen synaptic connections so we can continue to adapt to the world. (And how you can consciously re-train yourself and your brain for new situations).

Why we really need to accept that “the goalposts are always changing” in life and learning to enjoy the journey through adapting results in the most fulfillment and satisfaction.

We end with Jess’s recommendation for using sensory language with the instructions for your learners and how it can help them to understand how they learn.

And... just a note about the format of this episode. I’ve started to move all interviews to a live format so that we can interact with you - our listeners! In this episode you’ll hear Jess and I answer questions as they come in via chat messages. I invite you to join us every Thursday on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube!

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In this wide ranging conversation Jess and I discuss:

What it means to be Head of educational services for Learnfully and how her work impacts and oversees all of the organization’s delivery for families and learners.

What exactly executive functioning is and how it is the gateway for basically everything that happens in your brain and the three “buckets” these functions fall into.

Why we really need to accept that “the goalposts are always changing” in life and learning to enjoy the journey through adapting results in the most fulfillment and satisfaction.

We end with Jess’s recommendation for using sensory language with the instructions for your learners and how it can help them to understand how they learn.

~💗💍~
LMSPulse Media
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New Normal, New Priorities With Al Kingsley On The eLearn Podcast

SEASON 2 PREMIERE
No 1 Al Kingsley, NetSupport
My guest for today is Al Kingsley who is an EdTech thought leader and disruptor, author, and CEO of the company NetSupport, which has been providing technology solutions for education for more than 30 years.
In this wide ranging conversation Al and I discuss:
What priorities schools should continue to look at as we come out of the pandemic and enter a new normal, including social and mental health issues, implementing what we know works in EdTech, and understanding knowledge vs skills in what we’re delivering for learners.
Why priorities and challenges change not only globally, but also from city to city and neighborhood to neighborhood - and why tech is (almost) never the answer and not the main actor on the stage in learning.
The ephemeral nature of content, software and hardware and how Al recommends you create a strategy around this to turn a potential negative into a positive.
How technology has not only allow us to reach audiences that were usually not involved in the education process (like unengaged parents) but also presents the challenge of ensuring we keep learners safe.
Why you should always push for innovation, but only when you have validation and buy-in for the solution you’re going to implement. And why signposting experts is a great strategy for adoption and success.
We end our conversation talking about how the success and failure of teaching, when all is said and done, is still massively dependent upon the relationship between the learners and the teacher... and why we need to focus now more than ever on supporting them.
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Forward, Together with Kenneth Chapman, D2L

No 86 Kenneth Chapman, D2L
My guest for today is Kenneth Chapman, who runs the customer advisory program for D2L. As he likes to put it, he was "raised by wolves" in the EdTech business - having done it all over the past 20 year. Today, his work focuses on listening to clients, partners and competitors and reflecting what he learns back to D2L to improve their products.

In this insightful conversation, Ken and I discuss:

How the pandemic has given D2L confidence and hope for the future as everyone in every part of the education sector has dramatically increased their level of sophistication about things like user centered design, accessibility and data science.

The importance of: Going forward, designing accessibility into content, tools and tech; and how D2L is building that into their core products to help clients and learners... especially as this relates to how we think about and interact with video

How video has become "the standard" for online learning, but that the expectations around production value and general comfortability have evolved dramatically, in favor of thinking about cognitive load

Kenneth's thoughts on customization and complexity in learning management systems and how he views this as an opportunity to look at learning design from a project management perspective. Hint: the LMS isn't just seen as a delivery platform for content anymore.

Why D2L Wave was created and how this connects the skills a company needs to satisfy in their workforce with providers of the necessary educational content.

Kenneth’s excitement around the “Done For You” services and opportunities in the eLearning space, whether that is actually rolling up sleeves and building things, or just contributing by consulting around the art of the possible.

We end with a talk around data, analytics and how AI is making its way into learning and EdTech, and how Kenneth really wants to see AI and machine learning progress into areas around context, but also why humans are still super important and more relevant than ever.

And... just a note about the format of this episode. I’ve started to move all interviews to a live format so that we can interact with you - our listeners! In this episode you’ll hear Kenneth and I answer questions as they come in via chat messages. I invite you to join us every Thursday on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube!

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LMSPulse Media
https://linktr.ee/lmspulse

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