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question, "What's keeping them up at night?", and the ways we may
intentionally design experiences that benefit our attendees. Jeff created some
buzz when he began using the term "VUCA" and he didn't give the audience
the answer immediately about what VUCA meant. When people began to use
their smartphones to find out more information about VUCA to respond to his
questions, Jeff said that he was applying an adult learning principle in
motivating learners become engaged in finding the answer. The term "VUCA"
was used to describe the state of the world where there is constant volatility,
uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. As educators in the rare disabilities of
visual impairment, blindness, and deafblindness, we can easily observe these
conditions in the lives of our students both at school, in the community and
sometimes at home. If we are living in these conditions, how may we
collectively construct learning experiences that empower participants
synthesize information quickly and respond appropriately to both children and
adults that we serve. How may we engage our educator community to
harness their purposes, thinking of the relationships between knowledge and
practice in ways that help them adapt?
Some of Jeff's suggestions involve providing "transformational"
dialogues, which provides a level of collaboration to create a shared future.
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