the global educator
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The Global Educator
Julie Lindsay@julielindsay
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#flatconnectionsGlobal Education Conference 2015@globaledcon #globaled15
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?
….add to chat?
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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?
….add to chat?
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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