Coaching connected learning across borders
I can support learning in online and blended course development (often through EU projects)
Absolutely Intercultural
I co-host this podcast about all things intercultural with monthly episodes. On Spotify and Apple podcasts.
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diversophy – intercultural game
Think you know Denmark? Standard and refugee versions of the game for Denmark in the diversophy series.
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En-ROADS for understanding
Solve the climate problem by pulling policy levers! Workshop for students to raise awareness of climate policy levers and local action.
I can facilitate a workshop or game simulation session for you.
Latest posts
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Making your own Chatbot
in PedagogyHow easy is it to make your own chatbot using a pre-determined set of training resources? The answer probably ranges from very easily and cheaply to, with some effort and at great cost of manhours and subscriptions. Larry Ferlazzo created five using ChatGPT. When I asked him how, this was his response: It was easy…
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Action on climate change
The En-ROADS climate simulator is a one-page interactive climate simulator that can show you the effects of policy decisions up to the year 2100. I recently discovered En-ROADS and completed the course that guides me in its use. Designed for policy makers at the highest level, it is nevertheless useful at all levels. What I…
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diversophy® migrant-spil: Danmark
Guide til facilitering Formål I projektet “diversophy® migrant-spil – Danmark” har vi haft særligt fokus på at udvikle diversophy®dialog-spil til at skabe dialog og relationer i små danske landsbysamfund. Derfor har vi skabt nogle særlige processer omkring spillet, som beskrives her. Denne guide til facilitering skal ses som en udvidelse til diversophys®officielle Facilitation Guide. Hvor? Dette…
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Green Pedagogy and En-ROADS – a good fit?
Being an enthusiastic convert to Green Pedagogy and having been recently introduced to En-ROADS, I began to wonder if the two could be a good fit. So far this is just an idea not yet tried out in a real classroom. What I like about Green Pedagogy are especially the last two steps where learners…
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Climate action & effective governance
Whilst some governments are busy denying the need for climate action, the Danish government has achieved a far-reaching landmark agreement to pro-actively reduce greenhouse gases by focusing on agriculture. There cannot be many in Denmark who are not aware of the tripartite green agreement, den grønne trepartsaftale, in Danish. However, apart from a vague idea…
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Embedding Google Sheet charts
Spoiler alert I haven’t managed it, at least not in the way I wanted. My best chance of success is now time. Eventually Google will realise that it must make embeds responsive. Why write this? As an aide-memoire to remind me what I have tried when I have to update the graphs in a years…
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Implementing Google Drive as a LMS
The Mastering 9 Conversations package of outputs is ready. One of the options we worked on was collating course materials in a set of Google Docs folders and I decided to test how that would work. The first step is to copy the bunch of folders and since Google Drive only lets you copy one item at…
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Mastering 9 Conversations package available
It’s ready! If you want to help refugees in your local area who wish to start their own business as a way of supporting themselves and their family then the Mastering 9 Conversations package is ready. You have several options. We recommend that the 9 Conversations course is carried out face to face with a…
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The continuing story of Mastering 9 Conversations
As a temporary employee of the Norwegian Unversity of Science and Technology (NTNU), part of my work involves contributing to the Erasmus+ Strategic Cooperation project Mastering 9 Conversations. We (9 Conversations) developed a programme to support refugees wanting to start their own business in their new host country and then we (Mastering 9 Conversations) developed…
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Why networks matter
Extending your network lies at the heart of Linked In and yet the thought of it makes most of us cringe for various reasons. However, the evidence for the value of targeted networking is piling up and we are taking advantage of that in our Mastering 9 Conversations project supporting refugees who want to start…
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Learning through discussion
In the original 9 Conversations project we developed a face to face program to support refugees wanting to start their own business in their new place of residence through nine meetings and the development of a relevant local network in between each session. The central dilemma was about how to balance imparting useful information with…
