who said online global collaboration is hard?

Who Said Online Global Collaboration

is Hard?Julie Lindsay@julielindsay

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TOGETHER, TODAY we will DEBUG the MYTH that online global collaboration is hard

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….my global journey

Zambia

KuwaitBangladesh

Qatar

China

Ocean Shores

Melbourne

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Consider…….

“Global citizens build bridges for intercultural understanding and meaningful collaborations to co-create a better world for

all”

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Yes! and……

“Global educators......” Can you complete the sentence?

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Three discussion areas today….PART 1

Becoming a Global Educator

PART 2

Online Global Collaboration

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PART 3

Pedagogical Change

You do not need to leave home…

But what does it mean…….?

Part 1: Becoming a Global Educator

You know you are a Global Educator when you……..

Connect and share

“The pipe is more important than the content in the pipe.”

Connectivism – George Siemens

‘Connectivism’“…..draws upon the fact that

the very concept of knowledge and learning are changing before our eyes

with the advent of new technologies.”

‘Flatten’ the learning

You know you are a Global Educator when you……..

Collaborative – Culture of

Sharing

Blended learning

Flipped learning

Inquiry based

Project / Challenge

based

PedagogyLearning Design

LeadershipWeb 2.0

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Flat Connected Learning

Collaborative – Culture of

Sharing

Blended learning

Flipped learning

Inquiry based

Project / Challenge

based

PedagogyLearning Design

LeadershipWeb 2.0

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Flat Connected Learning

Collaborative – Culture of

Sharing

Blended learning

Flipped learning

Inquiry based

Project / Challenge

based

PedagogyLearning Design

LeadershipWeb 2.0

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Encourage and model global digital citizenship

You know you are a Global Educator when you……..

Collaborate anywhere, anytimeYou know you are a Global Educator when you……..

Use online technologies to bring learners together

You know you are a Global Educator when you……..

The ‘Generic’ Toolbox

Communication

Community

Scheduling, Calendar, Workflow

Collaboration & Co-Creation

Celebration

Design futuristic online learning environments

You know you are a Global Educator when you……..

Globally connected learning……..A new culture of learning – an ability to work with those who will enrich outcomes

Globally connected learning ‘Enablers’

• Web 2.0 tools – access at home and at school• Curriculum redesign• Building a PLN and PLCs• Learning standards and frameworks

– Digital citizenship– Collaboration

Globally connected learning‘Barriers’

• Technology infrastructure• Technology access• Digital fluency• Global digital citizenship skills• Conformity – all must be the same• The ‘we are already collaborating’ response• No idea where to start…..

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Yes! and……

“My enablers/barriers to globally connected learning are......” Can you complete the sentence?

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We have the tools, we have the pedagogies, it’s time to connect

the world!?

Part 2: Online Global Collaboration

What does Collaborative Learning look like?

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Clay Shirky, Here comes everybody

“[C]ollaborative production is simple: no one person can take

credit for what gets created, and the project could not come into being

without the participation of many.”

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Online global collaboration by its very nature implies asynchronous collaboration

“…..while insular, ‘stand alone’ teaching has characterized the teaching of a paper-based world, collaborative teaching could well characterize that of an increasingly digital and networked world; a world where collaboration and integration are the norm…”

Lee, Malcolm, & Ward, Lorrae. (2013). Collaboration in learning : transcending the classroom walls. Camberwell, Victoria: ACER Press.

Why Global Collaboration?

Global competency

A focus for online technologies

Intercultural understanding

Glocalisation!

The cross-cultural skills and

understanding needed to

communicate outside one’s

environment and to act on

issues of global significance.

Everyone is not like me.

Everyone is like me in some

way.

Think global and act local!

Digital learning modes

The ‘elevator pitch’………

Norms of Online Global Collaboration

A roadmap for better understanding

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Norms of Online Global Collaboration

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Yes! and……

“Online global collaboration is successful when......” Can you complete the sentence?

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Online Global Collaboration TaxonomyExamples of successful global collaborations

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Level 5: Learning collaboratives

Level 4: Community of practice

Level 3: Online learning

Level 2: Real encounters

Level 1: Online

interactions

Online Global Collaboration Taxonomy

Level 1: Online interactionsMode: AsynchronousPurpose: To share classroom activities and expand learning from local to globalExample: Quadblogging (David Mitchell, UK)

http://www.quadblogging.com/

Online Global Collaboration

Taxonomy

Example: Skype in the Classroomhttps://education.skype.com/

Example: School in the Cloud: SOLE: Self Organised Learning Environments and Granny Cloud (Sugata Mitra)

https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/

Level 2: Real EncountersMode: SynchronousPurpose: To connect in real time to external learners and experts

Online Global Collaboration

Taxonomy

Example: Cyberfair (Global SchoolNet)http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsncf/

Example: Out of Eden Walk to Learn (Paul Salopek)

http://learn.outofedenwalk.com/

Level 3: Online LearningMode: Asynchronous (mostly)Purpose: To encourage learning through online interaction and shared artefacts

Online Global Collaboration

Taxonomy

Example: Global Read Aloud http://theglobalreadaloud.com/

Example: One Million Lightshttp://www.philanthropic-engineering.org/collaboration.html

Example: ‘A Week in the Life’ http://www.flatconnections.com/a-week-in-the-life.html

Level 4: Communities of PracticeMode: Synchronous and AsynchronousPurpose: Specific learning objectives to foster global collaborative practices

Online Global Collaboration

Taxonomy

Co-Created Showcase Multimedia

Focus on ‘global issues’

‘A Week in the Life…’A Flat Connections Project for Elementary School students

Grades 3-6, age 8-11

Tool: Voicethread

USA

INDIA

‘A Week in the Life’, Global Project Grade 3-6

Tool: Edmodo

Global ‘Handshakes’Virtual Classroom – Techno-personal skills

A Week in the Life

- sharing ideas and resources

‘Once we’ve gone flat, there’s no turning back’The Grade 3A class at AAS

Tool: Fuze

Example: Flat Connections Global Projecthttp://flatconnectionsglobalproject.net/

Example: Connect with Chinahttp://www.flatconnections.com/connect-with-china.html

Level 5: Learning CollaborativesMode: Synchronous and Asynchronous Purpose: To foster learner autonomy in global collaboration and co-creation

Online Global Collaboration

Taxonomy

Flat Connections Global ProjectStudent leadership

Co-creation – research and multimedia

Global awards - celebration

Emerging technologies -the future of learning

Connect with ChinaLearning Collaborative

Pilot September-November 2015Details: http://goo.gl/MqG2Lh

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Yes! and……

“My idea for online global collaboration is......” Can you complete the sentence?

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When we change the way we communicate, we change society

Clay Shirky, Here comes everybody

Part 3: Pedagogical Change

Influences on pedagogical change

Explicit outputs of pedagogical change

Educator beliefs about pedagogy and technology

Belief changes:• Flexibility with learning design, blended learning,• Social media and Web 2.0 • New practices lead to transformation

Educator approaches to professional learning

Professional learning individual changes:• Self-organising, peer-to-peer mentoring• Personal Learning Network and Professional

Learning Community development, cross-pollination

• Participatory, collaborative and global• Social and cultural habits• Interaction that leads to collaboration and co-

creation Educator conceptual change Essential impacts on conceptual change:

• Enablers and Inhibitors• Innovative pedagogies• Collaborative global learning• Curriculum redesign

Learning is now organised around the learner, not the educator

Technology must be the bridge, not the barrier to shifting pedagogy

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The change we need …….

• Community building as a prerequisite to learning

• Collaboration that leads to co-creation with other learners who are not in the same time and space,

• Pedagogical independence and

leadership for change within a school/institution

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Changing roles……

• The role of the teacher (as ‘Activator’ – Hattie)• The role of the student (as active learner)• The role of the school (as conduit to global

collaboration)• The role of the community (as partners in

learning)

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Research tells us.....Why technology is integrated differently

First-order barriers • environmental (hardware and software)• teacher knowledge (for example, about

TPACK or SAMR)

Second-order barriers • teacher beliefs

(Ertmer, 2012; Greenhow, 2009)

‘.... teacher personality traits or

competencies may shape their practice

decisions, but I think the cultural and

workplace contexts shape people's

behaviors in very powerful ways.’

In a recent email from Harvard researcher Justin Reich I was advised that…..

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From Pedagogy………. ………..to ‘Cosmogogy’?

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Yes! and……

“The change I want to see is......” Can you complete the sentence?

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Three things to takeaway…...

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We need exceptional global educators to foster global

students!

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We must join students virtually for globally connected learning!

Online global collaboration and co-creation does and will

continue to positively change the world

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Collaboration into Action!

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Julie Lindsay: julie@flatconnections.com

Learning about the world, with the world

Connect with Julie Lindsay…..

Global Education Consultant

Innovator, Leader, AuthorMA Educational Technology Leadership

MA Music

EdD Student, University of Southern Queensland

Adjunct Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Education

Apple Distinguished Educator

Google for Education Certified Innovator

President, ISTE Global Collaboration PLN

Author ‘Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds’

& ‘The Global Educator’

Founder, Flat Connections www.flatconnections.com

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