Live and Learn Podcast

Live and Learn Podcast

By Inna Koblents, Yuliya ShtaltovnaEducation
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Live and Learn Podcast episodes

  • On social contracts in education

    A new social contract for education (UNESCO report)

    Reimagining educational practices
    Agile approach to education
    Lifelong learning as a new norm
    Cooperation, collaboration, solidarity vs teacher-driven education
    Synergy vs individual effort
    Human skills
    Intercultural and interdisciplinary learning

    Bonus: etymology of "attract, contract, abstract, extract"

    25 min
  • On prioritizing goals and efforts

    Prioritizing and preferences (origin and meaning)

    Resolution lists vs agile planning
    Time and goal revision
    Ownership in pursuing goals
    Choosing not to do something
    The importance of prioritizing for academic performance

    26 min
  • On bravery of having a foreign accent

    Exclusive nature of language

    Self-correction: reasons and effects

    Language acquisition: making language your own

    Criticism towards one's language use

    Voice recording as a tool for exam preparation / presentation performance

    Taking the courage to speak: content vs shape

    English as a language of international communication (who is the icon of correct speech?)

    Coming out: how Live and Learn Podcast's hosts feel about their voices

    23 min
  • On taste for curiosity ft. Lana

    Taste for curiosity/ curiosity for taste

    Turning a hobby into profession

    Certification in the world of beer

    Vocabulary of flavours

    Lingo of beer professionals: is it another language?

    Beer running as a combination of a hobby and a job

    Representing and communicating a brand

    Lana's motto and advice: "Do what you love, love what you do"


    38 min
  • On human-centered trends

    New trends towards human-centered work

    AI taking over humans' jobs

    Specifically human skills

    Synergy of human collaboration

    Employability and transformation in the future of work

    Resilience and being ready for change

    A shift from business-centered to human-centered leadership

    Agile methodology


    19 min
  • On working a 4-day week

    Trends in corporate and freelance work: a four-day week

    A shorter working week to improve productivity (WEF report)

    Less is more: fewer hours, higher efficiency

    Scheduling and prioritizing oneself 

    Working from home during lockdown as a resource to realize when and how a professional is more productive

    Knowing oneself as a key to being a more efficient professional 



    19 min
  • On new leadership trends ft. Edoardo Binda Zane

    With our guest, Edoardo Binda Zane, today we are discussing:

    • more energy needed to do things remotely;
    • emotional intelligence for managers;
    • a need for a different type of leadership in the modern world of uncertainty;
    • soft skills in demand for leadership jobs;
    • AI taking over some managerial tasks;
    • work-life balance, leaders as trendsetters;
    • growth mindset and leadership;
    • learning from various sources

      • Feel free to test yourself "emotional intelligence test" here: https://ebz-coaching.com/tests/emotional-intelligence-test/

      His book is available on Amazon 😉 https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09GZHK8JN

      38 min
    • On mindful hybrid teaching

      Starting Season 6 with a warm discussion of:

      creating a flow of conversation with friends/colleagues/podcast guests;

      the importance of in-person communication;

      coming back to online/offline/hybrid classrooms;

      relevance of a physical contact and/or perception in educational environment;

      creating a meaningful teaching portfolio;

      working four days a week;

      freedom, responsibility, awareness and choice


      Join our community of growth mindsetters, listen to our previous seasons, follow us on social media, live and learn!




      37 min
    • On teaching and evaluating soft skills for employability
      • Soft skills: hard to measure?
      • Teaching soft skills for employability: Yuliya is sharing her experience of evaluating students' projects
      • Methodology of research
      • Exam design
      • How are soft skill levels going to change the employability of today's students?

        • Mentioned references: 

        1. Yuliya's guest appearance on The eLearning Podcast With Stephen Ladek featuring Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna - Teaching Digitally-Ready Soft Skills
        2. GILE Conference - The Development of Competencies for Employability
        3. Shtaltovna, Yuliya & Muzzu, Christina (2021). Enhancing students’ digital competencies within the Employability module of the University of Europe’s skills-based curricula. G4Y International Conference ‘21, The Development of Competencies for Employability Proceedings, GILE Journal of Skills Development, p.70-89.
        4. Podcast playlist on soft skills by Live and Learn Podcast 
        5. Read this LinkedIn post summarizing all the appearances connected with this article, including MURAL blog, BESIG and GILE Conference for Employability 


          6. 31 min

        About Live and Learn Podcast

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        Passionate teachers and learners - Inna and Yuliya - talk about how they live and learn, encourage and teach, move countries, adapt to change and mentalities, motivate and let live.