Tag: The Geneva Learning Foundation
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Ten eyewitness reports from the frontline of climate change and health
The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) has created a platform enabling health workers to describe the impacts of climate change on their local communities. Here are ten of the most striking reports. Published on 30 November 2023 on the Gavi #VaccinesWork blog. Written by Ian Jones for Gavi. In July 2023, more than 1,200 health workers…
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Learning-based complex work: how to reframe learning and development
The following is excerpted from Watkins, K.E. and Marsick, V.J., 2023. Chapter 4. Learning informally at work: Reframing learning and development. In Rethinking Workplace Learning and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing. This chapter’s final example illustrates the way in which organically arising IIL (informal and incidental learning) is paired with opportunities to build knowledge through a…
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Teach to Reach: peer learning at scale
Teach to Reach are fast-paced, dynamic digital events connecting local and global practitioners to each other in a new, potentially transformative shared dialogue. Teach to Reach and other TGLF special events rally thousands, serving as powerful moments of inspiration, providing the amazing sensation of being connected with thousands of fellow, like-minded people and the impetus…
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Learning from Frontline Health Workers in the Climate Change Era
By Julie Jacobson, Alan Brooks, Charlotte Mbuh, and Reda Sadki The escalating threats of climate change cast long shadows over global health, including increases in disease epidemics, profound impacts on mental health, disruptions to health infrastructure, and alterations in the severity and geographical distribution of diseases. Mitigating the impact of such shadows on communities will…
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How we make sense of complexity, together, at the Geneva Learning Foundation
Unique learning experiences generate not just data points but complex stories about what it takes to make change actually happen. By connecting the dots between ideas and implementation, we can zero in on the highest-value insights. Our Insights Unit uses the latest advances in learning analytics to map how ideas and practices shared between countries and system…
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How does the Geneva Learning Foundation’s approach break the norm?
100% digital 100% human: using the latest learning technologies and interfaces, we adapt our digital networking interfaces to learner needs and habits to augment their digital and networking capabilities. Grounded in experience: we foster problem-solving that values both participants’ lived experience and the world’s best available global knowledge. We open access: participation can be opened for all, across geographic, sectoral…
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The Geneva Learning Foundation: Localizing programming and grounding policy
By defying distance to connect with each other, practitioners expand the realm of what they are able to know beyond their local boundaries. Listening to these diverse voices and experiences is critical to inform programming, policy and decision-making and build bridges across sectoral silos and other boundaries, by providing: Thousands of ideas are turned into action, results,…
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The Geneva Learning Foundation: Scale, reach, and sustainability
In its first years of operation, the Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) built digital infrastructure to foster and support several global networks and platforms connecting practitioners. Communities supported included:• immunization and primary health care professionals,• humanitarian workers advocating gender equality during disasters and other emergency operations,• doctors, other health workers, and communities addressing neglected needs in…
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The Geneva Learning Foundation: Spanning the full spectrum of learning
We empower practitioners to tailor learning experiences that fit their own needs to drive change: Participants do not stop work to learn, every step of the process is embedded in and focused on their daily work. Typical learning events include: “Hackathons”: 2 to 4 days fast-paced context and challenge analysis and idea generation “Peer learning exercises” : 2 to…
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Motivation and connection for transformation at the heart of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s approach
Our approach based on intrinsic motivation, continuous learning and problem–solving leads to impact. Practical implementation with peer support accelerates progress to get results and document impact. To learn more about the Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF), download our brochure, listen to our podcast, view our latest livestreams, subscribe to our insights, and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter,…
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