Who said online global collaboration is hard?

Who Said Online Global
Collaboration is Hard?
Julie Lindsay
@julielindsay
about.me/julielindsay
flatconnections.com

TOGETHER, TODAY we will
DEBUG the MYTH that online
global collaboration is hard
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Consider…….
“Global citizens build bridges for
intercultural understanding and
meaningful collaborations to co-
create a better world for all”

Yes! and……
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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
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
'Flat Connected Learning' © Julie Lindsay 2014

Flat Connected
Learning
Collaborative
– Culture of
Sharing
Blended
learning
Flipped
learning
Inquiry
based
Project /
Challenge
based
PedagogyLearning Design
LeadershipWeb 2.0
'Flat Connected Learning' © Julie Lindsay 2014

Encourage and model global digital
citizenship

Collaborate anywhere, anytime

Use online technologies to bring
learners together

The
‘Generic’
Toolbox
Communication
Community
Scheduling,
Calendar,
Workflow
Collaboration &
Co-Creation
Celebration

Design futuristic online learning
environments

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…..

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?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8536946439/

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 ‘elevator pitch’………

Norms of Online Global
Collaboration
A roadmap for better
understanding

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Norms of Online Global Collaboration

Online Global Collaboration Taxonomy
Examples of successful global collaborations

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 interactions
Mode: Asynchronous
Purpose: To share classroom activities and
expand learning from local to global
Example: Quadblogging (David Mitchell, UK)
http://www.quadblogging.com/
Online Global
Collaboration
Taxonomy

Example: Skype in the Classroom
https://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 Encounters
Mode: Synchronous
Purpose: 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 Learning
Mode: 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 Lights
http://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 Practice
Mode: Synchronous and Asynchronous
Purpose: 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

‘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 Project
http://flatconnectionsglobalproject.net/
Example: Connect with China
http://www.flatconnections.com/connect-with-china.html
Level 5: Learning Collaboratives
Mode: 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

Connect with China
Learning Collaborative
Pilot September-November 2015
Details: http://goo.gl/MqG2Lh

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When we change the way we
communicate, we change society
Clay Shirky, Here comes everybody

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

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…..

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

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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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http://flatconnections.com
Julie Lindsay: julie@flatconnections.com
Learning about the world, with the world

Connect with Julie Lindsay…..
Global Education Consultant
Innovator, Leader, Author
MA 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
@julielindsay | #flatconnections | @flatconnections | about.me/julielindsay

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