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Marco Bertolini
Hi, I'm Marco ! I've been a trainer since 1989. Now, I am a Digital Learning Consultant and Course Designer. I propose on site and online courses to businesses, public and academic institutions.
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Hi @BrettCoulstock: thanks for your feedback, and for your suggestions of exercise, very kind of you ;)
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Yesterday, I saw a French film I've seen several months ago, but this time, I put the audio-description on. It's a very interesting experience. I would like to do it again with a film I never saw before, closing my eyes or hiding the picture. And then, watch it again with the pictures and compare with the audio-description. What do you think of this...
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I'm a white cis man in my early sixties, with grey hair and black and white framed glasses. I'm wearing a cashmere patterned short-sleeves shirt.
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It adds information about people and can help connect with them.
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The default audience was white, but one of the most crucial characters in the plot is a young black woman.
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I've seen Charles III by Mike Bartlett at the Brussels Shakespeare Society. It was about Prince Charles becoming king. Although it has been written before the real facts, it contained a lot of premonition.
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I've never seen a TV program in Belgium with AD, even though rich captions for deaf people are quite common. I'm not sure if it is harder or not. The choices seem to be hard in both cases
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It's harder than I expected. You really have to make choices not to write too much or too little or things that are not visually important.
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10:45: young woman lying on a sofa speaking on the phone. The room is in a shadowy atmosphere.
10:45:50the young woman throws the phone on the ground with an angry gesture.
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Wow! Your AD looks pretty professional! Congratulations!
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Thanks a lot for this clear and practical course. I'll use it in my professional practice from now on ;)
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The first problem is to describe a person who is always more than we perceive. Furthermore, the actor's perception of him/herself can be rather different from the one of the audience or his/her coworkers. Then, there is also the issue of prejudices about gender, age, colour, etc. that must be dealt with caution.
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I think the first thing is that everybody must have the same goals when working on such a project. I would propose a meeting with all the people involved in the play and in the audio-description project. The actors could work with the audio-describers to make sure the description is both efficient and unoffensive. The director can explain his/her way of...
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I had the same feeling, that this description gives so much details about the furniture and the props that the auditor can be drowned in a sea of elements.
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Hi, I am Marco, I am a white male, with fair complexion and grey hair, average size, wearing a t-shirt with "Don't Panic" written in large and friendly letters. I am a course designer, but I also work partly as a tourist guide in Belgium, and I'd love to integrate audio-description for the blind and visually impaired in my practice.
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I'm surprised to see so many people who didn't study tourism before taking this course. It shows that there is a real interest for the subject.
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Hi, I'm Marco. I worked as a tourist guide for a while and I enjoyed it very much. I'd like to go back and work again in this industry, but with a new look about responsibility. I think this course will bring me some food for thought for the future.
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Well, my project is still the same: to create an escape game that makes youngsters aware of the pollution and energy consumption linked to new technologies. And how to reduce their personal energy print using appropriate technologies and methods.
Thanks to the team for all the reflexion and the practical tips around escape games. I'll probably come back to...
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Hi, I'm Marco. I have the Italian nationality but my mum was of Dutch descent and my dad was Italian and I'm born in Wallonia, the French speaking region of Belgium. And, furthermore, I studied in England. I've always been interested in genealogy. I'd like to know more about my very different roots.
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@ShaneLyons Yes, that's why I used it, because it really entices learners to engage in the discussion.
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I also use H5P a lot for my own online and microlearning courses, it is a fantastic set of tools ;)
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Hammer a nail into the wall, put it in the bottom of the aquarium, make a mould. I prefer the bottom of the aquarium, because it will offer a real relief to that poor animal.
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To support a broken piece of furniture, to kill my wicked neighbour, to flatten the pizza dough, to press papers on my desk, to put in the bottom of the aquarium to help the frog stay a bit, to hammer a nail in the wall, to force the cork back into the bottle, to decorate my desk, to help form a mould, etc.
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I've used this process to create new online courses and to make sure they meet the learners' needs, including non-cognitive needs. I also wrote an article, in French, on that topic, stressing the point that there is not a unique answer to most questions, but multiple possible solutions. And that divergent-convergent thinking is a good process to reach the best...
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Design Thinking is a mindset that aims at creating an ecosystem in which designers and final users work together with tools and methods that ensure the products or services will meet the end user's needs. The outcome will be viable, desirable, and competitive.
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One wicked problem I would like to work on is "how to make youngsters aware of the energy consumption and pollution engendered by our usage of technologies?". My first idea is to create an escape game, but maybe, design thinking tools will change my hypothesis.
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Hello, I'm working as a training consultant and course designer. I develop online courses and microlearning courses (especially designed for participation on smartphones). I co-wrote a book about microlearning in French. Actually, I already use design thinking to make sure my courses meet the final user's needs. But, I would like to bring things further by...
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Hi, I'm Marco. I am a consultant and course designer. I already participated in two courses about design thinking. Furthermore, I apply these methods to design courses that answer the needs of my courses' participants. Now, I would like to bring my practice further and be able to integrate design thinking in team work.
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My motivations are multiple. I'm personally interested in the climate change's impact on the life of my children and great-children. But I also work in a non-profit association that provides teachers with training courses, on site, online and hybrid sessions. We would like to reduce our own carbon print. And then, help schools and other associations to do the...
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That sounds very promising, eager to discover the next step ;)
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Yes, there is a European directive that compels authorities at national and regional levels to create accessible websites, for instance.
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Personally, I use mindmaps to structure my texts, and then I write freely in that structure. That makes clear and easily understandable texts.
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I really like the reflection that designing a course is actually designing a media publishing. That also stresses the point that the learning environment must be like a studio, with all the tools for sound and picture quality, controls available to the students, etc. And that the design should look professional: students, nowadays, have access to a lot of...
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For the general design of my course projects, I use a combination of the following models: 1. Design Thinking: to understand better the needs of my future learners (cognitive, but also psychological, technical, fears and expectations, etc. I also use personas, David Gray's empathy map and surveys if possible. 2. The ABC Learning Design to make sure I propose...
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Well, my practice of pedagogy is to provide some content to my learners, to accompany them in the building of their knowledge. I try to establish a safe environment where everyone can experiment and create his/her own projects. I consider myself a facilitator, guiding them on their own path, saving time and avoiding beginners' mistakes. I design and tutor...
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Hi, I am Marco. I don't work with fashion at all, but I am concerned about social, economic and environmental conditions of the workers on our planet. I'm glad to participate in this course to know better about clothing industries and how to get more ethically made clothes.
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Yes, I had an experience with an online presentation app. It was fascinating since we could integrate a lot of objects in our presentations, including 3D objects. But, one day, I received a message telling me that this app had been bought by Canva and that we should download our material before some deadline. In reality, the only things we could download, were...
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I've worked with Moodle, with Blackboard, with MySkillCamp, withe Edx. But my favourite is CourseNetworking, developed by the University of Indiana. Because it is more a learning social network than a classic LMS or VLE. It allows a lot of exchanges between students.
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I've been practising online learning for more than 8 years now. I'm not sure that it will become the most used medium for education. People like the synchronous contact. I created online courses, mixing asynchronous self-learning and virtual classrooms. In the virtual classroom, I introduce a new notion. And then, I give a lot of space and time to participants...
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My first experience with blended learning was a workshop with teenagers. I taught them how to mindmap, to memorize better, etc. And I put extra materials on a Moodle platform. Of course, it was a disaster. Nobody or almost nobody consulted those documents. Since then, I have been working on hybrid, online teaching and on MOOCs and I learned how to better...
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I really enjoyed this video. It points to the core of the difficulty of hyflex learning. Providing not a similar but an equivalent experience for all the participants, independently of where they are, on site or online.
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I like the idea of the students discussing when they come to the classroom after watching the video lessons online. I think our role is more to make sure we place the students in good conditions to learn than to teach them something.
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I would tell that person not to be afraid of the terminology, that behind these complicated names, stand notions that they already know if they are teachers or trainers. That the learning modes and the online codes can be learned without headache.
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It's pretty interesting to consider blended learning under those four dimensions: space, time, technology, and pedagogy. And also to introduce the human aspect in the middle of the game.
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Hi, I am Marco. I'm Italian, but currently living and working in the Brussels' area in Belgium. I am a course designer. I already participated in courses about blended learning on FutureLearn. But I'd like to stay tuned to new ideas and practices. I'd be more than happy to exchange tips and ideas with other learners ;)
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I find this introduction of the course really enticing to go further. I'm looking forward to learning and exchanging with other participants ;)
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@JanetteT Yes, Spanish regions also enjoy more autonomy than France's.
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The global Shakespeare can also be found in references, sometimes explicit, sometimes not, in other works. In Bertrand Tavernier's film "Que la fête commence", the main character, the Régent, wants to have his hand cut because he smell a putrid stench from his hand, which is a implicit reference to MacBeth who also claimed to have blood and an insufferable...
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I don't know what "the essence" might be, I'm not an essentialist. But, cinema is clearly different from theatre. It certainly loses a poetic quality by cutting a serious portion of the original text. Shakespeare's language is powerful, full of suggestive images that the cinematic dialogue lacks entirely. But cinematic techniques (plans, movements of the...
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For this work, I'll use my own non-profit association, Formation 3.0, that provides courses and free educational resources. Here is the link to the website: https://format30.com/fr_fr/
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It probably procured a huge experimental ground to develop new strategies since more people were forced to act more online than usual. It also familiarised a lot of people in dealing with online applications for shopping, tax statement, official forms, and so on.
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I think artificial intelligence will be more tand more used in gathering the huge databases needed for a more accurate targeting and segmentation of the audience. That will bring more personalized messages with a bigger emotional impact on customers.
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First, there is an overproduction of plastics: the first thing to do is probably to find alternatives, like wood, biological, and recyclable plastic matters (I've seen a trench coat made from orange peel that was really smart). Second, I would bare unique usage of plastic objects like bags, cutlery, straws, etc. I would gather sessions with all the...
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The social acceptance of some behaviours like alcohol consumption ; some groups have specific points of view, like "reading is a girly thing, I'm not a sissy" (heard in the Paris' subway last year).
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I would feel excluded, miserable and frustrated. My dad always used pesticides to protect the crops, I've always eaten what I wanted without putting on weight, I feel I have the right to work like everyone. Actually, these constraints are weighting the most on poor people. They will feel that luckier people are barring them from accessing an acceptable...
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Throughout the whole process: empathy and understanding.
During the eight first weeks: basic needs like housing, food, clothes, health, administrative procedures (including, with the help of an interpreter).
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Yes, I think peer supervision is essential in this kind of work. In Belgium, there is a special Bachelor degree for Intercultural Mediators, that last one year. But it is considered like a specialization for social workers who already have a degree in social work, like educators or social assistants.
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The first thing I would do is to meet them, trying to get their confidence, to ask questions, to explore their problems and potential solutions that we design together...
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I found a European Social Marketing Association, which looks quite interesting.
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There are so many of them, I would contribute to tackle: refugees, homeless people, environmental preservation...
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Hi, I'm Marco, from Brussels, Belgium. I've been working in non-profit sector and education for decades. I'm busy with the website and social media for some NGOs, and I would like to improve my practice. Furthermore, I hope to learn more and to exchange with the other participants to this course.
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This concept seems more efficient and actionable than Maslow's pyramid. It objectifies the often vague concept of "integration" that politicians often use without defining it clearly.
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It's a delicate matter: how to respect other cultural behaviours when they conflict with your own? My own experience tells me that it is not big belief systems that are the trigger of conflict, but tiny, daily things. Show respect, explain the consequences and the local usage, use metaphors, try to communicate with empathy. That might increase your chances to...
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Someone who has been forced to leave their country because of war, persecution or natural disasters due to climate change or not.
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@ZaraAitken Yes, exactly. I just received a call for tender. They expect you to explain the philosophy of the project in less than 10 sentences…
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Yes, I totally agree with the decisions about the stave churches preservation. The different decisions demonstrate that each monument has been deeply analysed and each approach assessed taking the specific needs into account. Thanks a lot to the team for this very interesting course about such a fascinating topic.
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Yes, when possible, it is better to let the original monument in situ. These monuments are part of the local landscape and people memory and traditions. It is the place of special social relationships around sacred beliefs. But, sometimes, the conditions impose the replacement of the original with a faithful copy just to preserve its fragile remains.
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Unfortunately, not all the heritage monuments get what they deserve. In Belgium, there are numerous churches, chapels and town halls dating back to the Middle Ages. These are full of gothic sculptures and medieval as well as Renaissance or Baroque paintings. There is a growing interest in preservation of this heritage, but choices have to be made.
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In Belgium, there are different approaches for restauration. Some restauration to old churches or tow halls is so extensive that these monuments seem to have been built two weeks ago. I think it's a pity. It makes them look like LEGO constructions and erases all traces of history. I prefer when the restaurant aims to preserve the current state of a monument...
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Hi, I've always been fascinated by Scandinavian cultures and I hope to learn more of them by learning Norwegian language and cultures.
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There is a difficult balance to find between protection and people's desire to discover things. Mass tourism is certainly destructive, as Venice learned the hard way. But, how do you restrict access without discriminating? Some places consider banning one day tourism or impose a tax on visits. But, that would mean that only rich people could afford these...
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The wooden structure is flexible and resist the wind pressure. We tend to loath ancient technologies, but most of the time, they were well adapted both to the environment and the needs of the locals.
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I live in Flanders, the Northern area of Belgium and I know they were wooden churches and town halls in the early Middle Ages, but they have been replaced by stone ones, especially of gothic style.
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I've always been fascinated by Scandinavian cultures, so, it was unavoidable to cross them on my discovery journey. So far, I didn't have the opportunity to visit one of them but I think this course might be a sufficient enticing to do so.
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So do I ;)
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I was thinking that asking the question : you didn't answer positively to our request, what could we do to make it worth your help? It might not work each time but it is certainly worth trying.
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I helped a project dedicated to parents of disabled children to get a house for free from a doctor who was retiring. This allowed them to alleviate the charge on their budget.
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About the British Empire, no, but the legacy of the German and Belgian colonial powers in Rwanda has been one factor of the genocide. Both colonial powers used to divide Hutu and Tutsi communities.
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I've read that some museums are reconsidering their sponsorship from fossil fuels corporations due to their impact on climate change.
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I have the experience of companies creating special funds dedicated to arts inside the King Baldwin Foundation in Brussels. They provide the capital and the foundation manages the call for projects, the grant attribution, the following up, etc. In a project I contributed to, the development of an application for Ukrainian refugees, the funding came from the...
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Actually, my experience with trust is that in many cases they use forms for applications which leave little space for creativity.
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I've never heard of a case like the one of Olive Cooke before. This is a tragedy. That also poses the question of ethics in what we do. A good cause should never be the trigger of a disaster, even a personal one.
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There is a symbolic violence in the representation of the subdued people, whose traditional beliefs, rites and social structures as primitive or savage.
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I have a special bond with Christopher Columbus, since a good part of my family lives in Genoa, not far away from his house, which still stands up in the historic centre.
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These representations are changing. I think that the decolonisation has changed our views of the people and societies of the past. We no longer think of them like Westerners who "brought civilization to the savages" or like "conquerors"or conquistadors.
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@SergioEstradaLópez Con mucho gusto ;)
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I think individual as well as global actions should take place to cope with the increasing challenges that water security will face in the future.
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I'd expect the local authorities to deliver accessible water, in sufficient quantity and utmost quality at an affordable price while protecting the ecosystems that are essential to insure the sustainability of the solution.
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Yes, the very hot summer seasons of the last two years have been so hot and dry that the water tables become depleted to a dangerously low level. This endangered the farming activities. Authorities asked us not to use drinkable water for gardens, for instance.
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Yes, it increases and already has an impact. In Belgium, two years ago, we had the worst flooding in decades. The urbanisation and the building of houses on zones that are subject to flooding create dangerous conditions. You could see the water rolling cars away like toys or tearing houses appart. Schools had their furniture and libraries totally destroyed by...
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Depletion of water tables in some areas and flooding in others.
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Yes, it is definitely broader and more complex than I ever imagined.
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In Flanders, the area where I live, the risk is the depletion of the water tables, due both to the overconsumption (mostly by pig breeders) and climate change. In Wallonia, the adjacent region, flooding is the major risk.
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These definitions are more complete. I didn't think about flooding and drought, for instance.
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For me, it is the free access to enough and drinkable water, with a long-term view. Access to clean water should be a universal right everywhere on our planet. I think water problems will trigger wars and civilian unrest in a very near future.
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Hi, I'm Marco. Although I am of Italian nationality, I currently live and work in the Brussels area in Belgium. I'm a course designer and training consultant. I'm interested in ecology and worried about our future on this planet. That's why I took this course to better understand the challenges of water supply and security.
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I've seen something like this with the unemployment graph in France. The government showed a graph with a strong fall of unemployment figures. But, if you zoomed out, it was obvious that the diminution of unemployment followed a huge increase in the previous months. So, the reduction was far from drastic in reality, but zooming on the end of the curve...
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They were two things that were aha moments for me this week: the summary video about collaborative learning, that I've found very interesting. And the list of questions (When, Why, etc.) that forces you to focus on crucial elements even before you start working on the scenario itself. Thanks for sharing these fascinating insights ;)
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Yes, I interviewed Adeline Isach who creates escape games for the CNAM, a French engineering school. You can see and listen to my interview here (in French) on my website: https://format30.com/fr_fr/2020/02/04/escape-games-faire-de-ce-temps-de-formation-a-distance-quelque-chose-de-magique/
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I have some experience of online escape games. I made some small ones with Genially. We experimented with these escapes games in secondary schools in Belgium and students really enjoyed them.
