Episode 33: Eric Sheninger - Disruptive Thinking in Full Swing

This episode features Eric Sheninger from USA, a best-selling author, a thought leader, an innovator, a risk-taking educator, an eloquent speaker, and...

Episode 32: Vesna Alic – Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Food Education

This episode is special as we talk about an area of learning that needs to be fostered in schools. Vesna Alic from Slovenia, a business and educationa...

Episode 31: From Human Resources (HR) to Human Power (HP): On-boarding 30-35-35 Rule

This episode is related to HR in general and on-boarding in particular. While there are always duties, there are also rights. Human resources (HR) is...

Episode 30: Education is Not Enough - Learning is a Six-fold Structure

This is a core episode, as it discusses learning from my approach for conscious learning and being. Learning is a hexagon-shaped structure within whic...

Episode 29: ChatGPT, Google Bard: A Deeper Look

This is an episode that discusses chatbots from macro and micro angles. Though it does not explain the technical aspects of chatbots, it does shed the...

Episode 28: Inge Rozendal - Higher Ed and Primary Education: A Pendulum at Continuous Swing

This episode features Inge Rozendal (she/her) from The Netherlands. Inge is a learning designer & consultant in Higher Ed and assessment and a didacti...

Episode 27: New Year 2023 - Choosing to Be "Us"

This is a bonus episode, released at the beginning of this new year 2023. It is a personal outlook of a period that ended, the few years that passed,...

Episode 26: Pirjo Suhonen - Doubling Impact With The Finnish Double-Flip Classroom

This episode features Pirjo Suhonen from Finland, the founder of ALO Finland Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Through the digital teacher training,...

Episode 25: Britta Simon - HeartMath Coach and Mentor Explaining Heart-Brain Coherence

Episode 24: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Choice, Action or Both

This episode addresses Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), fundamental themes that are interrelated and may still be underrated in "schools" with...

Episode 23: Jihan Najjar - Recruitment Through the Lens of a Job Search Coach

This episode features Jihan Najjar, a job search coach and Sr. HR generalist. Speaking from Greece, Jihan shares insights from an international recrui...

Episode 22: Bringing Together all Disciplines - 21st Century Learning ORBITS Model

This episode presents 21st century learning from ORBITS perspective, highlighting its four components: Cognitive rigor, technology, social-emotional r...

Episode 21: Benjamin Freud, Ph.D. - Student-Centered Learning: Deeper and Beyond

This is an open talk that features Benjamin Freud, the educator who advocates more questions than answers, in a mutual exchange with the host about ho...

Episode 20: New Year Motivational Verb Calendar for Educators and Seekers of Achievement, Peace and Balance

As part of ORBITS conscious learning and being, this is a calendar featuring the twelve months of this new year 2022 through verb statements for every...

Episode 19: Stuart Chambers - A Call to Recognize Humanity and Build on COP26

Stuart Chambers, an environmentalist and a film producer, speaks about the importance of doing good and being kind in our communities. Our talk comes...

Episode 18 : Assessment of STEM (Areas of Focus and Tools)

This episode briefly explains STEM field disciplines, its academic and non-academic areas of focus, and the tools that can be used for assessment.  Wh...

Episode 17 : STEM through ORBITS Perspective - A Way to Accelerate Learning

This is a part of a STEM conference talk that I presented in, explaining STEM from the perspective of my ORBITS approach. It is important to acknowled...

Episode 16: Zeina Fayoumi - Youth Leadership In and Beyond Schools

This episode features Zeina Fayoumi, a certified John Maxwell coach, speaker, and trainer. Zeina shares significant knowledge about youth developmenta...

Episode 15: Harnessing Learning and Being - An Excerpt from my New Series "The Quantum"

This is an excerpt to introduce my new series "The Quantum". This series supports my approach in understanding our inner selves and the world around u...

Episode 14: Home Cooperation - A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]

This episode addresses the fifth and last of the five urgency areas that  EduCOVID  handled, how schools can better utilize home cooperation for more...

Episode 13: Inclusion - A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]

This episode addresses the fourth of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID  handled, how schools can strengthen their inclusive education, focusing on...

Episode 12: Alignment to School Statement and Curriculum- A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]

This episode addresses the third of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how schools maintain and strengthen their alignment to their visions...

Episode 11 : Academic Achievements and Losses- A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]

As schools prepare for 2021-2022, this episode addresses the second of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how curriculum, instruction, and...

Episode 10 : Nominate an "Invisible Hero" with Isabelle Blum and Manal Zeineddine

Isabelle Blum, an environmental scientist and art creator from Switzerland, and Manal Zeineddine are bringing the attention of education, environment,...

Episode 9 : Carl Garner - Emotional Intelligence Mapping Tool for Verbalizing and Qualifying Emotions

Carl Garner, director of psychology and education, speaks about the Emotional Intelligence Mapping tool that he has created. This proactive tool, that...

Episode 8 : Accountability - A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]

As schools prepare for 2021-2022, this series of episodes provides a coverage of aspects, encountered through the past months, as we tackled COVID dis...

Episode 7: My Initiatives - Soft Skills and Sustainability Projects for Learners and Quality Ed Programs for Leaders

This episode provides more information about the two initiatives that I have launched for learners and leaders. The two projects for learners endorse...

Episode 6: Marghanita Hughs: How Nature Art Fosters Creativity and Connection

This episode welcomes the first guest – Marghanita Hughs, a nature art educator, who facilitates her classes in nature. She speaks about the need to r...

Episode 5 : Our Finland Expo 2020 Dubai Entry on Sustainability : Green and White Contracts !

This is a BONUS episode, inspired by our entry on the theme of sustainability for Finland Expo 2020 Dubai competition. The competition shared ingeniou...

Episode 4 : O.R.B.I.T.S. - My Transdisciplinary Approach for Quality Education and Leadership

This episode highlights the approach that I have devised over the past twenty years as a teacher and a director. O.R.B.I.T.S. entails multiple discipl...

Episode 3 : From an Experience into an Approach: Sharing My Story - Part 3

This episode signals the ending of a three-part story of my twenty year journey in education as a teacher and a director, building an overview of futu...

From an Experience into an Approach: Sharing My Story - Part 2

This episode is the second part of my story in the field. It paves the way towards O.R.B.I.T.S. , the approach that I have developed over the past 20...

From an Experience into an Approach: Sharing My Story - Part 1

Every journey has a trigger, and a path, that does not fully unfold at the beginning. However, when we observe with a caring heart, record observation...