Habi Hour

From abruptly changing to a digital set-up, offices and schools are now switching back to “normal”. The question is: What if we didn’t go back to normal and instead found a better way forward?

For the fourth season of Habi Hour, we take a deep dive at our design principles, and the practices we’ve done during the pandemic that helped us in building better learning experiences now that we transition into the new normal.

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This trailer was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

In this season finale of Habi Hour, we look back at our stories and conversations in an attempt to explore what learning from change means.

In this episode, we share with you Habi’s journey with embracing strengths and building a strengths-based culture through the power of coaching. Whether you’re already getting coached, you’re just thinking about getting coached, or you’re skeptical about coaching - come and have a listen. Let’s learn together.

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If you’re curious to know your own talent themes and are happy to have a chat with our Coaches Bernice and Clifton to gain a better appreciation of the unique being that you are, message us through our social media or through coach@habieducationlab.org.

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This episode was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

The world is constantly changing around us, and constantly sensing those changes can sometimes lead to us getting stuck—unsure of who we are and where we stand in the world. We talked to Clifton Esteban and Bernice Dy, Habi LXDs and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coaches about their coaching philosophies, meeting their coachees where they're at, and urging them forward.

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This episode was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

Learning experiences are everywhere—even dates can be an LX we design! In this Valentines' Week episode of Habi Hour, let's listen to what LXDs learned about sparking a new relationship (or keeping it alive!) in the midst of a pandemic.

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This episode was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

Have you ever looked back at old photos, or maybe, thanks to Facebook, read a message you posted on your timeline years ago, and just cringed? Cringing at our past selves is actually a sign that we are evolving, growing, and changing as humans.

As Learning Experience Designers, we get our fair share of cringing over past LX designs that make us go, “What in the world were we thinking?!” In this episode, we share with you some of our LX design decisions that make us cringe when we look back, and more importantly, what has changed in us as designers over the years.

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This episode was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

We opened Season 3 of Habi Hour by talking about the things that made Habi unique as a workplace. In Episode 2 of Learning From Change, LXDs Kimmy, Lacey, and Luigie talk about the culture and values that shape our ways of working, and how these help us do our best work.

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This episode was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

In the first episode of Habi Hour Season 3: Learning From Change, we asked LXDs what makes Habi unique as a workplace. Listen to our stories of practicing human-centeredness at work.

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This episode was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

Habi Hour is back for Season 3! This season, as part of Habi's 7th Anniversary, we invite you to listen to LEARNING FROM CHANGE: Stories about how learning experiences have changed in the past year and how we can design better moving forward.

SERVING SOON! Abangan.

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This trailer was written and produced by Habi Education Lab. Our music is by Howard Luistro.

4 months and 14 episodes in, we ask ourselves this sticky question - What is creative teaching and learning?

For Habi Hour’s Season 2 finale, let’s listen to what we’ve learned about creative teaching and learning, some key takeaways, and what it means for us as learning experience designers. #LXDTayo

Are we ready for another year of teaching in a pandemic? What does it really take to keep our students engaged in remote learning? Join Bernice, a learning experience designer at Habi, as she listens to students tell stories about what they appreciated their teachers doing this past year.

In this Episode of Habi Hour, we put the spotlight on our learners!

It’s been a year since we’ve explored new ways of teaching and learning and we’ve heard many stories of how teachers have creatively adjusted to the new normal but have you ever wondered how students are navigating this new learning set-up?

Let’s join Amiel, one of Habi LXDs, as he highlights our learners’ unique stories on their experiences with distance learning.

In this episode of our Turo-Turo Serye, we listen to Bea, Ola, and Emil share their stories on empowering young advocates through learning experiences. As the Philippines celebrates its 123rd Independence Day this June 12, let’s reflect on the different social issues that we are facing as a community, and see how each one of us (not just Social Studies teachers!) can design learning experiences for our students, colleagues, families, and friends that awaken critical and creative citizenship.

New resource - lesson ideas related to Community Pantry initiatives: https://habieducationlab.org/labnotes/learning-with-the-community-pantry/

In Habi, we’ve been talking about the MISMO framework a lot as the main tool we use in designing learning experiences. It is grounded in the principles of Universal Design for Learning and strengths-based approaches, but where does neurodiversity come in? In today’s Habi Hour episode, we sit down with Lana Jelenjev, chairperson of the Neurodiversity Foundation, to talk about how we else we might approach “starting contexts” and designing “option and alternatives” for our learners through the lens of neurodiversity.

Resources on neurodiversity: https://www.neurodiversityeducationacademy.org/articles-resources

Sign ups for our free Habi Live workshop on June 18: https://bit.ly/HabiNeurodiversity

In this week’s episode of the Turo-Turo Serye, we sit down with Joan and Joseph, Manghahabi Community members and fellow learning experience designers, to talk about their unending journey of finding their facilitator selves. They talk about their proudest and most challenging experiences as facilitators, as well as bits and pieces of what they have in their facilitation toolbox.

For more tips on online facilitation, check this labnote by Gerson: https://habieducationlab.org/labnotes/online-facilitation-toolbox/

In Episode 6 of Habi Hour’s Turo-Turo Serye, we listen to stories from Kay, Teacher Kara, Teacher Zaldy, and Teacher Sherwin on how structured learning experiences like Learning Actions Cells can still promote creative collaboration especially in a time of pandemic.

Narinig mo na ba ang kasabihang "Birds of the same feather flock together?" In this episode, let's join Chess, Mai, Kevin, and Tope - former officemates turned friends, and creative teachers in different settings. Let's listen to them as they share stories about how collaboration or flocking together helps them boost their creativity.

In episode 4 of Habi Hour's Turo-Turo Serye, we step out of the classroom to talk about the positive effects of playfulness to creative teaching, learning, and productivity. Listen to Celina and Gerson share about how we use playful methods in our work processes, and see how you can also apply the same principles in your work or school setting.

In Episode 3 of Habi Hour's Turo-Turo Serye, we continue to share stories around the use of Roses, Thorns, and Buds (RTBs) and how it's a good way for giving and receiving feedback. Let's listen to Gen, a member of our Manghahabi Community, as she shares their story on how RTBs has helped them share this gift of feedback with learners.

Have you ever wondered, "What's a creative way for giving constructive feedback?" or "How might we make the process of reflection and metacognition delightful and fun?" Episode 2 of Habi Hour's Turo-Turo Serye is all about Roses, Thorns, and Buds! RTB is one of our favorite activities for reflection, analysis, and feedback that has been well-received by both children and adult learners. Get to know RTB's origin story and how it can be used in different contexts and situations. Enjoy!

For our first episode, we talked to Teacher Candy Padilla and Teacher Tina Halal about their experiences in using a creative teaching strategy they first encountered in Habi workshops - check ins. Listen to their stories about creative kumustahan and cultivating a caring learning environment. Ikaw, what color represents how you're feeling as you listen to this episode? Enjoy!

Puwede kayang magturo at matuto gamit ang mga kuwento? Habi Hour is back for Season 2, this time bringing you creative teaching and learning tips for learning experience designers. If you have have superpowers and tricks you'd love to share with us in an episode, tara! Kuwentuhan tayo. Email us kumusta@habieducationlab.org.

Turo-Turo Serye - SERVING SOON! Abangan.

As the year ends, we invite you to listen to stories from our beginnings. Paano ba nagsimula ang Habi? In the 8th episode of Habi Hour and the last for this season, Habi's co-founders talk about starting a start-up and early moments in making well-designed learning experiences for everyone.

6 episodes in and at the end of our Habi ANIMersary celebration, we gathered Habi's Learning Experience Designers to talk about what #LXDTayo means. Hello, listeners! Meet our Habi family :)

Gamer ka ba o mahilig sa games? In this episode of Habi Hour, we talked to Sir Denz, a DRRM teacher, who is working on an educational game that teaches first aid. Join us as we talk about designing games for learning - where to start, how to test your idea, and how to balance learning and fun. Tara, kuwentuhan tayo!

7 days after Typhoon Ulysses hit the Philippines, we step back and reflect on our roles as learning experience designers in championing sustainable practices and in responsibly contributing to environmental education. In this episode, we are joined by the Environmental Education (now known as Education for Sustainable Development) team of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines.  

What does nature mean to you? What is your relationship with nature? What does it bring you? What does it ask of you? What is your move?

Aside from the Habi ANIMersary (6th year!) celebration, November is extra special for us because we're also celebrating National Children's Month. In this episode, we come together to wrap up a 5-month long design project for families, homes and young children.  We talk about how our childhoods and life experiences have inspired the way we design for families and homes.  Kayo, ano'ng hugot ninyo? Tara, kuwentuhan tayo!

In this episode, three teachers talk about the roles that stories, narratives and communities play in designing teacher wellbeing experiences.

In our first episode (ever. Yay!), we talk about powerful learning experiences we've designed and experienced during the pandemic. From newly-discovered hobbies and interests to concepts and skills needed for our changing learning contexts - how has the pandemic changed the way we experience and design learning? 

See you on Friday, 6pm for our first episode!