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Kristina Rodier
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Learning Specialist | AI British Sign Language | CLO100 | 📚 Co-Host of The Learning Network's L&D Book Club | Former Educator (QTS) | 📝 CIPD Assoc Dip in progress
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kristinarodier.bsky.social
#WoL25
What a blast!

Lovely to catch up with so many familiar faces on the AI British Sign Language stand, and meet lots of new people doing fantastic work in #Learning.

Next event of the season... The Learning Leaders Forum with @theclo100.bsky.social

🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/clo10...
October 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
'Translating your digital resources into BSL'

Meet Rae, the AI digital signer!
She's ready when you are to translate your:
🎥 Videos
📄 Text docs
📊 Spreadsheets
🎧 Podcasts/audio
🗣️ Speech at in-person events

DM us or find us at World of Learning to get started!

#Events #Learning #Podcast #Video #WoL
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
Heading to World of #Learning in #Birmingham next week?

Come and find us to discuss adding AI British Sign Language to your digital resources and events! 🙌

Find us on stand J200, next to @charitylearning.bsky.social and @charitymentoring.bsky.social ✨

#WoL #InstructionalDesign #LandD #Events
A blue background with a network map pattern. In the centre is a white square with the AI British Sign Language logo and the text 'powered by Signapse'. There is a wiggly road across the width of the image, with a signpost that has the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition logo on it. A purple speech bubble highlights the text ‘Find us on stand J200’.
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
The AI British Sign Language project is groundbreaking for accessibility and inclusion!

BlueSky friends - we'd love it if you could show it some support.

#DEI #BSL #Accessibility #HR #Learning
bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social BSL Digital Signer @bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social · Sep 13
If you're a LinkedIn lover as well as a BlueSky browser, you can find us over there too.

Give us a follow to help us on our mission to close the greatest accessibility gap!
www.linkedin.com/company/ai-b...

AI BSL webinar
18th Sept
charitylearning.org/british-sign...

#Accessibility #DEI #LinkedIn
The AI British Sign Language logo with a speech bubble emerging from it. The LinkedIn logo and ‘Follow us’ are inside the bubble. There is a screenshot of the AI BSL LinkedIn page with the company description - AI-powered British Sign Language (BSL) translation: advancing Deaf accessibility and inclusion.
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Just realised I'm 'HowNow famous' 🤣

Really recommend their podcast/webinars!

And excited to delve into Learning at Speed 📚 by Nelson Sivalingam (HowNow's CEO) at
@theclo100.bsky.social's meet-the-author session:

Mon 13 Oct
12:30-13:30 BST

🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/clo100

#Learning #LandD
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September 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
Back-to-school week for young people, but what are you learning this month? 🎒💡

If you’re curious about how AI British Sign Language can boost your accessibility strategy, come along to our webinar:

📅 Thurs 18 Sept
⏰ 9:30-10:15 (BST)
🔗 charitylearning.org/british-sign...

#HR #DEI #Learning #Events
The AI British Sign Language logo with the words 'powered by Signapse'. There is a laptop underneath. The laptop screen says "join our webinar! Thursday 18th September 2025, 9:30 to 10:15 BST". Yellow arrows point from the right edge of the laptop to three bubbles which outline what the webinar will cover. The first bubble says "Why can't English text replace BSL?". The second says "How does AI handle the complexity of BSL?". The last bubble says "What services are available if I want to add AI BSL to my resources and events?".
September 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Want to help tackle one of society’s most persistent #accessibility gaps?

Accessible Me's webinar will help you learn what you can do to improve accessibility for British Sign Language (BSL) users.

I'll be on the virtual stage talking about AI-powered BSL, with @bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social 🙌
bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social BSL Digital Signer @bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social · Aug 29
What do you know about designing for people who are #deaf or hard-of-hearing?

Join Accessible Me's #webinar on inclusive design and #accessibility best practices to learn more!

We'll be there on International Day of Sign Languages. Will you?
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 | 12 - 1pm (BST)

#DEI #BSL
Language Without Barriers: Designing for Deaf and Hard of Hearing | LinkedIn
Design with clarity: best practices for accessible content for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
www.linkedin.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
M is for Monday, Movements that matter, and @martincbaker.bsky.social, our webinar host who will talk you through the AI British Sign Language (BSL) digital translator:

📅 18th Sept 2025
⏰  9:30-10:15AM (BST)
🔗 Below

Join us to improve your Deaf awareness and learn about the tool!
#Inclusion #DEI
The AI British Sign Language logo, with the words "powered by Signapse". Underneath is the BSL fingerspelling alphabet, with 'M' for Monday highlighted. Text beneath the image says "Image adapted: British Deaf Association 2019". The background is white with a dark blue border featuring a subtle network pattern.
August 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
Planning a summer event? ☀️🎪

Here's how to improve it for BSL users:

👐 Offer surfaces for drinks (hard to sign if hands are full!)

💡 Avoid harsh/shadowy lighting (people need to see facial expressions)

🎤 Ensure your digital translator or interpreter, and captions are visible

#Events #Networking
August 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Reposted by Kristina Rodier
innovisor.bsky.social
Want to know what your people really think about your strategy?

Ask them how the conversation sounds in the coffee break ☕ or at the water cooler🚰

🧠 Culture is shaped in everyday conversations.

Find the people who shape the conversation.

That’s where real culture lives and real change begins.
July 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
Accessible design: we all have improvements to make 🌱

Highly recommend the Accessible & Inclusive Design Conference for free, top-quality, online CPD:

📆 Mon 28 July - Fri 8 Aug 2025

Ideal for L&D practitioners and accessibility advocates!

#Accessibility #Inclusion #CPD #Learning #AIDC2025
The Accessible and Inclusive Design Conference 2025
A virtual event focused on creating and building accessible and inclusive learning environments
www.theaidc.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Looking for a new role in L&D?
Hiring or crafting compensation packages?

Join @theclo100.bsky.social's free panel discussion for fresh tips and insights!

Exploring the L&D Job Market
📅 Thursday 10th July 2025
🕛 12:00–1:00PM BST
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/clo10...

#Learning #Development
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July 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social
The future is Deaf-inclusive! 🔮

Be proactive. Be prepared.

Accessibility should never be an afterthought, and it shouldn't break your budget!

👉 Full post here: tinyurl.com/3555adch

#LandD #LearningAndDevelopment #InstructionalDesign #Accessibility #Inclusion #BSL #AI #AIforGood
June 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this webinar!

Anyone else registered?

Deaf accessibility, inclusion, and equity are long overdue 🙏

This tool can help make them possible 🩵

@martincbaker.bsky.social
@charitylearning.bsky.social

#BSL #LandD #AIforGood #TheTimeIsNow #Webinar
bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social BSL Digital Signer @bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social · Jun 23
AI British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL) in moments.

Join our free webinar tomorrow to see how it works:

📅 Tues 24 June
🕐 9:30-10.15am (BST)
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eVN-WABK

#Accessibility #Inclusion #AI #TechForGood #InstructionalDesign #LandD #LearningAndDevelopment
June 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
No Sunday scaries here...

Thanks @cathyhoy.bsky.social for prepping me so well for my first day at @theclo100.bsky.social ⭐

Incredibly excited to be joining the team as L&D Projects and Partnerships Lead!

If you're a leader in L&D ▶️ clo100.com

#LandD #LearningAndDevelopment #CPD #Onboarding
An arrangement of CLO100 branded items on the grass in the sun, including Keith Keating's book 'The Trusted Learning Advisor', a power bank, water bottle, notepads and pens, and a tote bag.
May 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
My checklist for the day:
✅ Read a book about checklists

Apparently The Checklist Manifesto is entertaining and game-changing!

Join the @thelearningnetwork.bsky.social's Book Club to discuss it. No reading required.

🗓️ Thurs 5th June
🕖 7-8pm BST
🔗 thelearning-network.org/event/the-le...

#LandD
'The Checklist Manifesto: how to get things right' book by Atul Gawande, held up to a bright blue sky. The front cover says 'by the bestselling author of Complications and Better'. There is a quote by Malcolm Glad well - "it has been years since I read a book so powerful and so thought-provoking".
May 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Research suggests 25% of employees have a disability or health condition that limits their life activities.

Most orgs believe the figure is only 4-7%.

@susimiller1.bsky.social could have dropped the mic there 🎤💥
Thankfully, she stayed for all of @thelearningnetwork.bsky.social's Book Club tonight!
The front cover of a book. It is dark green with light green text that says '2nd edition. Designing Accessible Learning Content: A practical guide to applying best-practice accessibility standards to L&D resources. By Susi Miller.' The Kogan Page publishers logo is at the bottom of the page. There are several icons representing accessibility and learning, including hands, a computer screen with a video icon, an ear, a person sitting in a wheelchair, a telephone, and a magnifying glass with text underneath it.
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
I'm still pondering insights shared at #LT25UK by @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social, CEO @innovisor.bsky.social ky.social

Grounded in Dunbar’s Number theory, Jeppe outlined L&D’s need for awareness of social groups in organisations & the benefits of creating high-impact networks. More below👇
#LandD #T5S3
A slide titled “what is organizational network analysis”. Underneath is a diagram labelled 'What you normally see'. It shows an organisation chart with a hierarchical structure. Individuals are only connected to others in their teams, and each team appears to work in isolation. Next to it is a diagram labelled 'what an analysis of connections shows'. There are clusters of people from different teams who are all connected with lines, showing the interconnectedness of people and managers across the organisation. A photograph of Jeppe standing behind microphones on the stage. The Learning Technologies London UK 2025 logo is in front of him. He has a warm, friendly smile on his face. Next to him is a slide with the title 'Contagion happens through connectedness'. At the bottom left of the slide is a person with an arrow labelled '15%'. The arrow points toward a second person in the image, symbolising the energy passed on to them. Another arrow, labelled '10%', points from the second person in the image to a third person, showing how energy is passed through lines of communication. A slide with the title 'what can you do? #ThreePercentRule. The Innovisor logo is visible at the top of the slide. There are two diagrams of dots connected with lines, representing employees and how they are connected. The first diagram highlights three key people among the organisational networks. The second diagram has circles around the three key people, illustrating their spheres of influence. Together, the three key people are connected to 85% of all employees. A slide that says 'how to work with the three percent'. There is a horizontal line that's labelled 'formal' at one end, and 'informal at the other. A vertical line passes through the centre of it, with the labels 'structured' at the top, and 'unstructured' at the bottom. 'Leadership and communication' is displayed in the formal - structured quadrant, 'listen and co-create' is displayed in the structured - informal' quadrant, 'sensemaking' is listed in the informal - unstructured quadrant, and 'role-modeling' is listed in the unstructured - formal quadrant. Arrows point from leadership communication, listen and co-create, and role-modeling to the sensemaking quadrant.
April 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
"Skills don't age well"

Skills frameworks are outdated.

The cost of delay in rolling projects out due to skills-driven perfectionism is high.

More from Seminar Theatre 7 👇🏻

#LT25UK
April 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Last chance!

#LT25UK #LearningAndDevelopment
#LandD #Charity #ThirdSector #LearningTechnologies
kristinarodier.bsky.social Kristina Rodier @kristinarodier.bsky.social · Apr 18
📢 Charity sector crew...

Want a FREE pass to the conference rooms for 'Making Every Resource Count' at #LearningTechnologies?

🗓️ Thurs 24 April 2025
🕞 15:50 - 17:00
📍Conference Theatre 5

@charitylearning.bsky.social have a limited number to give away. Link in comments 👇

#LT25UK #T5S6
The Learning Technologies London UK 2025 logo, with the words "FREE charity conference session pass".
April 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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mparryslater.bsky.social
Offering huge appreciation for all the #LT25UK Social Media Team's excellent coverage. It's been great to catch up over breakfast this morning. Especially fond of the post unfolding in the replies. The FOMO is real, and so is the gratitude #Learning #Development #LearningTechnologies
April 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Missed the Opening Address at #LT25UK?

@thatmarkgilroy.bsky.social's feed has all the highlights you need 👇

#LearningAndDevelopment #LandD
#LearningTechnologies
April 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
Fail?

I've moved house loads in the last month. Landed at my #LT25UK hotel. Realised what I slipped out of an unopened box is 2024's programme 🤦🏻‍♀️

🧠 Not failure. Spaced repetition! A chance to link @lauraoverton.bsky.social's L&D Value Spectrum to insights shared in 2025. A moment of being human!
A laptop on a hotel desk. Sunlight is shining diagonally across the screen. On top of the laptop and two documents - the Learning Technologies programme from 2024, and an A4 sheet that says "The L&D Value Spectrum". It states that learning value includes: Activity - open rates, attendance, happy sheets, test results, and completion rates; Efficiency - savings in time, money, and resources; engagement - usage, satisfaction, contribution, collaboration, ratings and shares; Usefulness - net promoter scores, intention to change, relevance, and application and transfer; Performance - speed of adoption, business KPIs, critical tasks, teams; Talent - skill, capability, engagement, retention, future ready; Culture - innovation, agility, leadership, inclusion. At the bottom of the document is a logo that says "Learning Changemakers, insight, inspiration, impact". Rethinking our position on L&D impact. Find out more: www.learningchangemakers.com. There is a QR code at the bottom right of the document/photograph.
April 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
The adventure begins! 🤩

Safe travels to everyone making their way to Learning Technologies over the next few days.

Looking forward to sharing top takeaways from #LT25UK, geeking out about learning (always), and connecting with new & familiar faces. See you there?

#LearningAndDevelopment #LandD
A deep purple background with the Learning Technologies logo and '2025' centered at the top. Underneath is the word 'loading', with a bright purple progress bar that is three-quarters filled.
April 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
kristinarodier.bsky.social
📢 Charity sector crew...

Want a FREE pass to the conference rooms for 'Making Every Resource Count' at #LearningTechnologies?

🗓️ Thurs 24 April 2025
🕞 15:50 - 17:00
📍Conference Theatre 5

@charitylearning.bsky.social have a limited number to give away. Link in comments 👇

#LT25UK #T5S6
The Learning Technologies London UK 2025 logo, with the words "FREE charity conference session pass".
April 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM