Why Distance Learning?

This episode of the Why Distance Learning podcast features an interview with Brandon Hall from Learn Around the World, a content provider that uses live virtual learning to facilitate cross-cultural connections. Brandon discusses the opportunities virtual classrooms provide for cross-cultural communication, and what teachers should keep in mind when facilitating these interactions. He shares his go-to tools for encouraging student engagement and interactivity during lessons. As an educator entrepreneur running Learning Around the World, he talks about the business side of managing a thriving virtual learning program. Brandon’s core message is that distance learning provides awesome opportunities to transform the learning experience when educators fully leverage the available technology.---Guest bio:Brandon Hall grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina and wasn’t exposed to many cultures outside of his home state, much less the country. His world view started to expand while working at summers camps during his college years. During those summers, he worked with and made life long friendships with staff members from around the world.   As an adult, Brandon has had the privilege of teaching, living, and learning around the world. To this day, each new experience continues to shape him as a global citizen.   Brandon founded Learn Around The World with the dream of exposing students to new cultures, histories, and natural wonders around the world no matter their background or physical access to these places. Brandon strives to live by the words he often says during his virtual field trips, "It's a big world out there, so keep exploring!"---Guest links:Learn Around the World: https://learnaroundtheworld.org/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-hall-2218b752/Host links:Browse amazing virtual learning opportunities at CILC.orgSeth's  Banyan Global Learning prepares students for real life with live virtual learning experiences in Character Education: banyangloballearning.com

Show Notes

This episode of the Why Distance Learning podcast features an interview with Brandon Hall from Learn Around the World, a content provider that uses live virtual learning to facilitate cross-cultural connections. Brandon discusses the opportunities virtual classrooms provide for cross-cultural communication, and what teachers should keep in mind when facilitating these interactions. He shares his go-to tools for encouraging student engagement and interactivity during lessons. As an educator entrepreneur running Learning Around the World, he talks about the business side of managing a thriving virtual learning program. Brandon’s core message is that distance learning provides awesome opportunities to transform the learning experience when educators fully leverage the available technology.

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Guest bio:

Brandon Hall grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina and wasn’t exposed to many cultures outside of his home state, much less the country. His world view started to expand while working at summers camps during his college years. During those summers, he worked with and made life long friendships with staff members from around the world.   

As an adult, Brandon has had the privilege of teaching, living, and learning around the world. To this day, each new experience continues to shape him as a global citizen.   

Brandon founded Learn Around The World with the dream of exposing students to new cultures, histories, and natural wonders around the world no matter their background or physical access to these places. Brandon strives to live by the words he often says during his virtual field trips, "It's a big world out there, so keep exploring!"

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Guest links:

Learn Around the World: https://learnaroundtheworld.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-hall-2218b752/

Host links:

Browse amazing virtual learning opportunities at CILC.org

Seth's  Banyan Global Learning prepares students for real life with live virtual learning experiences in Character Education: banyangloballearning.com

Creators & Guests

Host
Allyson Mitchell
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Host
Seth Fleischauer
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Host
Tami Moehring

What is Why Distance Learning??

The Why Distance Learning? podcast is for educators who are engaged with live virtual learning experiences, whether they be content providers who produce and facilitate or educators who want to complement their curriculum and learn more about the medium. We interview content providers, industry professionals, field experts and educators who love and use live virtual learning.


Dive deep with Seth, Allyson, and Tami into the rapidly growing world of synchronous virtual and online education. Through in-depth interviews, explore how educators are leveraging videoconferencing, interactive virtual learning, and other education technologies like virtual field trips to revolutionize remote and distance learning. Discover the benefits and challenges of teaching at a distance. Learn how virtual engagement can enhance traditional instruction. Hear from distance learning experts using the latest EdTech tools to create unique remote learning opportunities for students and teachers alike. From content providers to administrators to EdTech entrepreneurs, this podcast reveals the human stories and innovative technologies shaping the future of virtual and online education. For anyone interested in transforming classrooms and learning through remote digital platforms, Why Distance Learning? charts a path forward.

Hosted by Seth Fleischauer of Banyan Global Learning and Allyson Mitchell and Tami Moehring of the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.