O.R.B.I.T.S. CONSULTING

This episode features Eric Sheninger from USA, a best-selling author, a thought leader, an innovator, a risk-taking educator, an eloquent speaker, and the CEO of Aspire Change EDU consultancy. Eric shares his story about breaking free from conformity and compliance and calls all schools to take that courageous step. The talk features Eric's books, that have always been pioneers in the transfor...

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 educational consultant, trainer,and project manager in agriculture and social entrepreneurship, explains the challenges in agriculture and social entrepreneurship, the concept of learning and transferring knowledge within the community, including innovative co...

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 better seen as human power (HP), that can tremendously contribute to any institution when given well-tailored support, guidance, and appreciation, in alignment with the vision, mission, objectives, and values. For a win-win, there needs to be a certa...

This is a core episode, as it discusses learning from my approach for conscious learning and being. Learning is a hexagon-shaped structure within which three practices operate. It sets questions, such as no matter what high credentials we receive, we still stumble and fall in both professional and personal lives. The model represents six sources of learning, and this episode introduces them, along...

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 light on the infinite capabilities of ChatGPT and chatbots in general and the radical facilitation they bring to the world. It also considers the other challenging side of this type of intelligence and poses serious discussion prompts at this point...

This episode features Inge Rozendal (she/her) from The Netherlands. Inge is a learning designer & consultant in Higher Ed and assessment and a didactics trainer. Her focus is on regenerating education through a holistic approach that connects familiar practices and norms to our passions and drives. These passions and drives are the anchor that keep children and youth connected to their life jo...

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, and a new one that is just starting. While the past years were years of deep thinking and clearing of old patterns, the coming one is a softer extension of deep thinking, but with a more promising light at the end of the tunnel. It is a call to speak...

This episode features Pirjo Suhonen from Finland, the founder of ALO Finland Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Through the digital teacher training, Pirjo focuses on teachers as the Best App, who are offered the opportunity to experience digitally authentic ways and methods with Finnish teachers, all exploring core competencies of the Finnish system of education. She shares her Double-Flip conce...

This episode features Britta Simon from Germany. Britta is a personal resilience coach certified by the Institute of HeartMath and specializes in sustainable stress management, self-regulation & sensitive trauma recovery. She works with individuals & teams to help them combat their inner chaos that result from stress, helplessness, and emotional depletion. In the middle of the episode, Bri...

This episode addresses Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), fundamental themes that are interrelated and may still be underrated in "schools" with the  continuous emphasis on testing and achievements. The episode is an extract from 21st Century Series (ORBITS Model), a globally-oriented series that I have been sending since September 2021 via my monthly newsletter. This series, which appli...

This episode features Jihan Najjar, a job search coach and Sr. HR generalist. Speaking from Greece, Jihan shares insights from an international recruiter and a coach’s perspective about basic principles for a successful job search. She outlines strategies that ensure mutual value, professionalism, and profit for both recruiters and candidates, emphasizing positive and responsible mindset of the tw...

This episode presents 21st century learning from ORBITS perspective, highlighting its four components: Cognitive rigor, technology, social-emotional rigor and global citizenship (also from ORBITS perspective). The key is to catch the essence of learning for life, learning for continuous growth, and learning for ultimate value and joy. It is time now to reset formulas and detach from fixed concepts...

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 how skills taught in class remain limited, how curricula and assessment can be redesigned to meet our multidisciplinary real-world needs, and how those needs are far beyond students. Benjamin explains that biocentrism is our only way towards a better a...

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 letter of every month. These statements encompass personal and professional development of educators and any person seeking achievement, balance and peace amid the hustles of life and this period of time. Share this episode with educators or anyone...

Stuart Chambers, an environmentalist and a film producer, speaks about the importance of doing good and being kind in our communities. Our talk comes in unison with COP26 discussions and calls for immediate action as Stuart emphasizes the role of individuals, families, schools, and unions in claiming our right for environmental wellness and human positive energy. He also talks about his global pro...

This episode briefly explains STEM field disciplines, its academic and non-academic areas of focus, and the tools that can be used for assessment.  When quantitative and qualitative research is put into proper implementation, STEM becomes more reliable and engaging in K-12 schools. For more on STEM, please check STEM playlist on visual resources platform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugy47...

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 acknowledge the need for immediate action, even if partially at first, in order to assist in the acceleration stage needed now after the pandemic. More about STEM will come in future episodes. https://www.orbitsdevelopment.com/ 

This episode features Zeina Fayoumi, a certified John Maxwell coach, speaker, and trainer. Zeina shares significant knowledge about youth developmental stage, various types of 21st century skills needed for youth readiness for higher studies and the workplace, their empowerment both by schools and parents, impediments that hinder their engagement, such as their lack of interest, COVID challenges t...

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 us. We, educators, have the opportunity to embrace the uncertainties, that outline the world and our surroundings, and in this process unlearn, relearn, and live the present. This is the only way that can ensure more sustainable interactions and less...

This episode addresses the fifth and last of the five urgency areas that  EduCOVID  handled, how schools can better utilize home cooperation for more effective teaching, learning, and social and emotional responses. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a  globally-oriented series that I have been sending since July 2020  through my monthly newsletter, assisting schools and...

This episode addresses the fourth of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID  handled, how schools can strengthen their inclusive education, focusing on all learning needs and merging them within a healthy class environment. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a globally-oriented series that I have been sending since July 2020 through my monthly newsletter, assisting schools and leaders in...

This episode addresses the third of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how schools maintain and strengthen their alignment to their visions, missions, objectives, and values and alignment to curriculum. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a globally-oriented series that I have been sending since July 2020 through my monthly newsletter, assisting schools and leaders in navigating th...

As schools prepare for 2021-2022, this episode addresses the second of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how curriculum, instruction, and assessment can increase learning gains and curb learning losses. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a series that I have been sending since July 2020 through my monthly newsletters, assisting schools and leaders in navigating through these sudd...

Isabelle Blum, an environmental scientist and art creator from Switzerland, and Manal Zeineddine are bringing the attention of education, environment, and the overall community, to individuals, who have been silently contributing to their communities. "Invisible Heroes" is a simple initiative, aiming at recognizing people, who might not be noticed, but their presence is a blessing to many and even...

Carl Garner, director of psychology and education, speaks about the Emotional Intelligence Mapping tool that he has created. This proactive tool, that resembles London tube map, simplifies complicated emotions for the purpose of enhancing emotional literacy in schools and other types of institutions. Through navigating lines, such as happiness line, anger line, stress line and more, users of the E...