who said online global collaboration is hard?
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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
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KuwaitBangladesh
Qatar
China
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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: [email protected]
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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