Hello dear listeners, After more than a year, Talking Youth Work is back. We did miss you. A lot!  We hope you are doing well and are curious to learn about Youth Work with our guests. This time we spoke with Niels Floor, a pioneer of the concept of Learning Experience Design. Niels is a designer himself, and he brought the curiosity and problem-solving abilities of designers to the learning space. How do we create a better learning experience? By putting together some exercises and group dynamics? According to Niels, Learning Experience Design starts with the learners in mind. Who are they? What do they know already? And how can we help them learn something new? Learning requires changing how we view the world. Through learning processes, we add, subtract and rearrange information to the map we have of our experience of the world. The learning design process should be fueled by curiosity and empathy. It aims to create the conditions for learning to take place.  It’s a holistic approach, where smells, sounds, and textures can all play a role in facilitating the learning experience. Niels shared the “learning experience canvas” as a tool for designing learning experiences. You can download it here. It was a great conversation that left us wanting to have a round two with Niels.  Have a listen and tell us what you think. This episode was developed in the context of EDULABS, a KA2 project funded by the ERASMUS+ programme and brought to by Team MAIS, Humak, ANEV and Youth Watch.