Bringing Social and Emotional Learning into Live Virtual Experiences with Seth Fleischauer
IMPACT LEARNING
English - May 06, 2021 04:05 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Society & Culture Philosophy learning education technology culture society online learning travel future of learning career change impact learning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode is for students, parents and educators who want to learn how to design live virtual experiences for social and emotional learning.
Today, Maria talks with Seth Fleischauer, president and founder at Banyan Global Learning, an organization that since 2008 has been using video conferencing to connect daily with learners in classrooms in Asia.
Seth’s work is at the intersection of technology, language, culture and social and emotional learning. By connecting students to people, places and ideas to whom they would never otherwise have access, he believes that live video conferencing is an underutilized force of revolutionary change in education.
Seth studied psychology at Princeton University and has been leaning on his experience as a public elementary school teacher to create meaningful educational experiences and authentic human connections.
While watching his daughter struggle in the early days of the pandemic, Seth decided to help students and parents develop social and emotional skills that are the foundation of learning. Through their virtual programs, learners practice empathy, consider the relationship between their thoughts, feelings and actions and apply social and emotional skills to real-world homework assignments.
Tune in to learn from a leader in education who wants to inspire people to start to unpack the defences they put up over the years and build a greater emotional intelligence.
Listen to this episode and explore:
Introducing Seth Fleischauer and sharing highlights from today's episode (1:20)
How Seth discovered the power of personal expression and creativity in high school (3:30)
Deciding to study psychology to understand himself and heal from personal trauma (5:06)
Discussing how Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) can be incorporated into education (8:34)
Choosing between social work and education: the decision to become a teacher (10:22)
Reflecting on his experience as a teacher and what he would do differently today (12:46)
How teaching in Taipei, Taiwan during the summer led Seth to become a founder (14:50)
Making a bet on video conferencing (VC) and partnering with an outsider in education (17:29)
Unpacking the launch of their first VC-based program in 2008 and its evolution since then (18:40)
Banyan Global Learning (BGL): the origin of the name (21:40)
Their vision: to create responsible and kind global citizens through authentic connections (22:17)
How virtual experiences can help students develop cultural resilience (24:34)
How observing his daughter during the pandemic led Seth to make SEL an essential part of the design of their programs (26:24)
How learning is a collaborative experience between learning facilitators and learners (30:05)
Creating a Digital Citizenship program to help parents and children build essential skills (31:42)
How parents can establish deeper connections with their kids by solving problems together (34:20)
Unpacking the design of live virtual experiences for their key programs (38:34)
Using music to help students practice empathy while doing their homework (43:06)
What goes into the design of SEL-based virtual experiences: identifying and sharing emotions (44:41)
How to build richer live virtual experiences (48:49)
Seth’s desire to combine student voice and choice with technology to foster authentic human connections (52:05)
How Seth envisions the future of education as an expression of our shared values (54:50)
What Seth wants to leave his mark on within his lifetime (59:03)
Connect with Seth Fleischauer on LinkedIn
Mentioned in this episode:
Todd Amstrong: Seth’s uncle who provided SEL guidance
Production team:
Host & Producer: Maria Xenidou
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
impactlearningpodcast(at)gmail.com
Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks