ELL HubMolly Sands
Molly Sands
Episode 248
Vocabulary
embed (verb)
- Definition:
- to put something firmly inside something else or include it as part of something
- Example from the episode:
- “And so we are doing some really interesting interventions right now with teams where we embed AI not just as an individual collaborator for everyone on the team, but also into some of these team processes and ways of working.”
- Example sentence:
- “The teacher embeds games into the lesson.”
onboarding (noun)
- Definition:
- the process of helping new people learn their job and join a group
- Example from the episode:
- “Yeah, we've had great success with onboarding with an AI buddy.”
- Example sentence:
- “Onboarding helps new students learn the rules.”
distributed (adjective)
- Definition:
- spread out across different places instead of all in one place
- Example from the episode:
- “Her work focuses on understanding how teams can collaborate more effectively in a distributed and hybrid work environment, especially in the world of AI.”
- Example sentence:
- “A distributed network has many separate computers.”
in the mix (idiom)
- Definition:
- actively involved with others or taking part in a situation
- Example from the episode:
- “And within Atlassian, we're really able to get in the mix with teams and change how they work and measure lots of different types of outcomes.”
- Example sentence:
- “The coach got in the mix to help.”