In this episode I’m in conversation with Zahra Davidson, Co-founder of Enrol Yourself. A venture helping people become lifelong learners through peer group supported 6 month learning marathons. Zahra created Enrol Yourself because she felt that there wasn’t anything out there which could help her explore her own curiosities and questions. What makes Enrol Yourself so interesting is there are no teachers or tutors, you write your own curriculum and you are part of a peer group who all support each other on their learning journeys.
We explore how Enrol Yourself was born, in itself a brilliant example in the power of following your curiosity, prototyping and experimenting with many constraints and openly inviting others to participate in a pilot. We get into the development of the offer, developing learning questions, the role of learning hosts instead of experts, the magic of learning with and supporting others through peer supported groups. We riff on how our institutionalised learning systems are so ripe for change and dig into the enormous opportunity at this moment in time to develop an accessible culture of inquiry and lifelong learning and the positive role for self directed, peer and social supported learning in responses to the complex challenges we are facing today on our spaceship earth.

With a new year upon us, maybe you are starting the year with your own big questions, curiosity for new adventures or just feeling the need for personal growth and exploration. Perhaps you’re searching endlessly for that elusive course online or contemplating career changes or new skills or frankly maybe you’re just asking what to point your energy at in the world at this moment in time. Maybe it’s time to Enrol Yourself.


https://www.enrolyourself.com/
https://www.instagram.com/enrol_yourself/
https://twitter.com/zahradavidson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_for_Realists
https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Organised_Learning_Environment
https://lumiar.co/en/
https://yearhere.org/

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