the global educator

The Global Educator

Julie Lindsay@julielindsay

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Meet Julie Lindsay…..Global Educator, InnovatorTeacherpreneur, AuthorMA Educational Technology LeadershipMA Music EdD Student, University of Southern QueenslandAdjunct Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, Faculty of EducationGlobal collaboration consultantApple Distinguished EducatorGoogle Certified Innovator

Director, Learning Confluence Pty LtdFounder, Flat Connections

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Discussion areas today….Becoming a Global Educator and Global Education Leader

Online Global Collaboration

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Pedagogical Change & Strategies for Going Global

You do not need to leave home…But what does it mean…….?

What is a Global Educator?

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

Connect and share

• Connectivism• Establish PLN’s and PLC’s• Use social media and

personal branding• Be a contributor and a

sharer

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“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……..

• Flat learning pedagogy• Actions to flatten the learning

• Connection • Citizenship • Collaboration

Flat, connected learning means bringing the world into the learning space and putting you and your students out to the world for meaningful collaborations.

An astute global educator is not the barrier to learning but becomes the bridge to many and varied global journeys such that ‘flat’ learning becomes the norm and ‘unflat’

learning stifling and constrictive.

Encourage and model global digital citizenship

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

• Foster global competency through global context

• Have empathy learning with other cultures

• Know about global current events

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

• collaborates with anyone, anywhere, anytime, in any way possible

• understands the degrees of global collaboration as distinct from cooperation for deep learning

• is adept at teacher-sourcing• builds online global communities

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……..

• is able to design learning in order to develop students' global competencies

• is conversant with design thinking• understands the importance of

collaboration as a global learning objective and important practice

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

Globally connected learning……..

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?

….add to chat?

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Being a global educator means…

…having a constant awareness that the extent of our classroom does not stop at the classroom door. …understanding that there are always other perspectives on issues, that there is a wider world out there that does not live in the same time zone, the same climate, and have the same worldview.

Chris Betcher, PLC, Sydney

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What is a Global Education Leader?

Before the Internet……..(Hanvey, 1982)Perspective consciousness

‘State of the planet’ awareness

Cross-cultural awareness

Knowledge of global dynamics

Awareness of human choices

Today, a global education leader may be a…… Teacherpreneur

….a leader who ‘takes all the best practices in education and latest

advances in technology and uses them to blaze new trails in teaching and learning

that focus on connection and collaboration’

An outlier teacher is a K-12 educator who self-directed to create and develop an innovative pedagogy using emerged or emerging digital social media through collaborative and global

open networking. (Arteaga, 2012, p. 14)

Today, a global education leader may be an…… Outlier

An educator who supports knowledge construction in a non-hierarchical approach to

learning globally.

Today, a global education leader may be a…… Learning Concierge

What do global education leaders need to know?

A global education leader has to know how to build virtual and real learning communities - and

then blend them with face-to-face learning

A global education leader understands the imperative of networked, community-driven

learning and how to support global digital citizenship objectives.

Leading for pedagogical change

Leaders must demonstrate and model collaborative practices to support pedagogical

change.

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

world!?

What is 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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Norms of Online Global Collaboration

A roadmap for better understanding

Norms of Online Global Collaboration

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

‘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 Project

Student leadership

Co-creation – research and multimedia

Global awards - celebration

Emerging technologies -the future of learning

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http://www.connectchinacollaborative.com/

Yes! and……

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

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What are Strategies for Going Global?

Pedagogical Change?

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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From Pedagogy………. ………..to ‘Cosmogogy’?…….the study of learning while connected to the world using

digital technologies whereby the context of learning is ‘with’ rather

than ‘about’.

……not location based and considers whom you learn with

and what you construct together most important.

(Julie Lindsay)

“Cosmogogy”• From the word ‘cosmo’ which means

‘of or relating to the universe’• Based on constructivist learning

theory and connectivism as a learning approach

• Uses online technologies as an essential scaffold for learning objectives

Yes! and……

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

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The Global Educator

Coming in book and eBook formatstheglobaleducator.net

#theglobaleducatorAuthor and Editor: Julie Lindsay

Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Teaching & Learning

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Learning about the world, with the world