global learning and collaboration - key ideas and themes

Global Learning and Collaboration

Key Ideas and Themes

SHORE School January 2014

Julie Lindsay lindsay.julie@gmail.com

Julie Lindsay Director Learning Confluence – Flat Connections

MA Music, MA Educational Technology Leadership EdD Student, University of Southern Queensland

@julielindsay learningconfluence.com

flatconnections.com about.me/julielindsay

….my global journey

GLOBAL  Understanding  

COLLABORATIVE  Learning  

LEADERSHIP  Crea;vity  

Global Understanding You don’t have to leave the country anymore!

We must (and will) take learning global

Why GO GLOBAL?

Learning about the world, with the world

The 3 min Conversation

How important is it to have a global perspective and

understanding?

How do we provide that for our students?

Glocalization: Thinking globally acting locally

Cultural  Awareness  þ  Everyone  is  not  just  like  me.  þ  Everyone  is  like  me  in  some  ways.  

HOW  TO  GO  GLOBAL  

‘Going global’ is a mindset rather than a plane ticket  

There  needs  to  be  changes  in  the  learning  paradigm  to  break  out  of  20th  century  linear  modes  that  are  not  conducive  to  solving  the  

problems  of  the  world  

Yes!        And……….  

The 3 min Conversation

What are the changes we need to see in teaching and learning to support global understanding?

THREE Words?

Collaborative Learning

hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8536946439/  

Collabora/ve  Learning:  Holis/c  and  ‘Flat’  

 Collabora;veConnected  Learning  

Blended  Learning  

Project  &  Challenge-­‐based  

Culture  of  sharing  

Flipped  Classroom  

Inter-­‐connected  

Web  2.0  

Global  Project  Design   Leadership  for  connected  learning  

Pedagogy  

‘Flat’  Learning  

Edgar talking about the Flat Classroom as a global village http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCzsklCpPU

The  future  of  learning  includes  collabora;on  online  –  how  are  we  

suppor;ng  this?  

The 3 min Conversation

What is collaboration?

What is ‘global’ collaboration?

Do you agree with Edgar – ‘flat’ learning makes us a global

village?

7 Steps to flatten your classroom

1. CONNECTION 2. COMMUNICATION 3. CITIZENSHIP 4. CONTRIBUTION & COLLABORATION 5.CHOICE 6.CREATION 7.CELEBRATION

Connec/on  Taxonomy

©  Vicki  Davis  and  Julie  Lindsay,  ‘FlaQening  Classrooms,  Engaging  Minds’.  Pg  55  

Two types to sustain a global project Communica/on  

Tradi/onal  Classroom  Separated  by    Loca;on  Separated  by  Time  

Flat    Classroom  Unified  by  the  Internet  Unified  by  asynchronous  communica;on  tools  

SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS

The 3 min Conversation

What digital citizenship issues

impact connection and collaboration with the world?

Co-created Multimedia Product: Student Video

Flat Connections Global Project (formerly the Flat Classroom Project)

Defining the Global Collaborative Classroom

A classroom that is:

•  connected

•  engages with multiple audiences

•  engages with diverse resources, and tools

•  creates authentic, collaborative learning outcomes

Impact of technology - mobile, ubiquitous, Web 2.0

Global  Youth  Debates:  Deba/ng  into  Ac/on  

Slovakia   Hong  Kong  

Japan   Singapore   USA  

hQp://globalyouthdebates.com  

Global Debate http://voicethread.com/share/5198980/

"Using plastic water bottles does more harm than good"

The 2 min Conversation

“What is an INSPIRING, CHALLENGING, RELEVANT and GLOBAL topic or theme to join classrooms/learners across the

world?”

Leadership Creativity

Leadership  for  what?  

•  Shared  vision  •  What  should  that  be?  

– Connected  learning  – Clear  ar;cula;on  of  a  school-­‐wide  pedagogy  

•  Issues  of  organisa;onal  culture  •  Didac;c  vs  construc;vist  •  Local  vs  global  –  is  this  either  or?  

Who  makes  decisions  about  the  learning?  

How  ofen  do  we  ask  the  students?  

A  New  Paradigm  for  Educa;onal  Leadership  

•  Online  learning  communi;es  are  leveling  the  playing  field  to  advantage  learners  

•  Leadership  must  address:  – School  revitaliza;on  in  a  digital  world  – Teachers  as  providers  of  new  forms  of  leadership  in  schools  and  communi;es  

– Support  of  the  ‘teacherpreneur’  or  ‘outlier’  

What  is  a  Teacherpreneur?  “A  teacher  who  sees  an  opportunity  to  make  a  profitable  learning  experience  for  students  through  the  forging  of  partnerships  with  other  classrooms  with  common  curricular  goals  and  expecta;ons”    

FlaQening  Classrooms,  Engaging  Minds:  Move  to  Global  Collabora;on  One  Step  at  a  Time  

What  do  Teacherpreneurs  do?  

Teacherpreneurs  take  all  the  best  prac;ces  in  educa;on  and  latest  advances  in  technology  and  use  them  to  blaze  new  trails  in  teaching  and  learning  that  focus  on  connec;on  and  collabora;on.  

See  Teacherpreneurs  -­‐    hQp://;nyurl.com/teacherpreneurs  

Teacherpreneur  Leadership  

A  teacher  gets  an  idea  for  learning  

Fosters  excitement  amongst  other  

teachers  

A  group  of  teachers  come  together  to  do  something  significant  

Teacherpreneur  Innovator  

Pedagogy  expert  

Community  builder   Connector  

Change  maker  

Integrates  new  

technologies  

How  do  school  leaders  foster  the    Teacherpreneur  Leader?  

•  Encourage  customiza;on  of  learning    •  Support  innova;on  and  encourage  pedagogical  excellence  

•  Encourage  an  agile  curriculum    •  New  global  rela;onships  and  solu;on  designs  

The 3 min Conversation

How can we design learning experiences that embrace global education and understanding as well as enforce rigor and relevance? Are these the same?

Some  ‘What  if’s’.......?  •  every  school  in  the  western  world  personally  partnered  with  a  

school  in  the  third  world?  •  for  one  year  all  fund  raising  went  to  that  school?  •  teachers  from  both  schools  learned  how  to  effec;vely  design  

and  implement  and  facilitate  collabora;ve  learning  experiences  to  support  higher  order  thinking?  

•  students  and  teachers  connected  through  online  technologies  on  a  weekly,  if  not  daily  basis?  

•  together  they  not  only  achieved  beQer  cultural  understanding  and  empathy  and  global  awareness  -­‐  but  actually  created  something  together  that  impacted  the  world  in  a  posi;ve  way?  

•  a  classroom  in  Australia  collabora;ng  with  a  school  in  Zambia  solved  the  Australian  cane  toad  problem?  I  believe  this  is  possible  -­‐  we  just  need  to  make  this  happen!  

The 2 min Conversation

1.  Add your own ‘What if……?’ statement

2.  Share with students.

3.  What are the challenges for implementation?

4.  Make it happen this year!

1. Global  Understanding  

2. Collabora;ve  Learning  

3. Leadership  Crea;vity  

What’s  the  Other  Story?  Theme  for  the  

Flat  Connec;ons  Conference  Sydney,  June  2014  

Students,  teachers,  leaders  at  the  same  live  event!  hSp://flatconnec/ons.com  

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