This document discusses online global collaboration in education. It provides definitions and examples of different levels of online global collaboration, from basic online interactions to complex learning collaboratives. Key points discussed include the importance of online global collaboration for developing global competence, how it provides a use for digital technologies, and how it supports a new paradigm of modern learning. Norms and best practices for effective online global collaboration are also presented.

2. My global journey @julielindsay

3. Mindset
Skillset

4. The Digital Imperative

5. Learning does not happen in isolation

7. Pedagogical change…..
Leaders must demonstrate
and model collaborative
practices to support
pedagogical change.

13. “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.”

14. How one school connects the learning…

16. Flat learning pedagogy

17. Best generic
collaborative
tools
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com

18. How one school flattens the learning…

20. Global Citizenship Construct
Individual
SocialCultural
Foster global
competency
through global
context

22. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8540095171/
• Research the technology and
lead the way
• Monitor and be engaged
• Avoid the fear factor & make
a difference
• Model legal wisdom &
choose your own copyright
Be a DigiTeacher

24. Australia to China – Intercultural understanding

25. Learners are the best textbook for each
other

29. Meeting synchronously provides the ‘glue’ to ensuring
online global projects are successful
Teacher meeting to design online
learning

30. Let’s
Discuss!
As a global educator…..
• What do you share with
the world? Where?
• How are you fostering
global digital citizens?

31. Online Global Collaboration Pa
Essential Concepts

33. “[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.”
Clay Shirky, Here comes everybody

34. Geographically
dispersed
learners
Use of online
technologies
Learning with
not just about
Co-create new
understandings
and share work
online
What is online
‘global’
collaboration?

35. Pay it Forward……theglobaleducator.net
We can always learn ‘about’
something however the goal for
online (leading to global)
collaboration is to learn ‘with’
others, build understanding together

36. Online global
collaboration
concepts
Online global
collaboration is
imperative for
all learners to be
globally
competent
Online global
collaboration
provides a focus
for digital online
technologies
Online global
collaboration is a
new paradigm
for modern
learning
Online global
collaboration
supports
glocalisation

37. Online global
collaboration is
imperative for all
learners to be globally
competent

38. Online global
collaboration provides a
focus for digital online
technologies

39. Online global
collaboration is a new
paradigm for modern
learning

40. Online global
collaboration supports
glocalisation
Think globally, celebrate locally
Will You be ready when Africa comes online?

41. Level 1: Online interactions
Level 2: Real encounters
Level 3: Online learning
Level 4: Community of practice
Level 5: Learning collaboratives
Online Global Collaboration Taxonomy
Blog posts, sharing online artifacts
Webinars, Skype, Online chat
MOOCs, Distance education
Specific collaborative outcomes
Global collaborative communities

43. Level 1:
Online
Interactio
ns
Quadblogging (David Mitchell, UK)
http://www.quadblogging.com/
The Traveling Teddy Bears
http://travelingteddybear.com/
The Monster Project
http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/

45. Level 2:
Real
Encounters
Skype in the Classroom
https://education.microsoft.com/skype
intheclassroom
School in the Cloud: SOLE
Self Organised Learning Environments and
Granny Cloud (Sugata Mitra)
https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/
Fizzics Education (Ben Newsome)
http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/

46. China to
Australia
Virtual excursion while in China…..

48. Level 3:
Online
Learning
Cyberfair (Global SchoolNet)
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsncf/
PenPal Schools
https://penpalschools.com/
Global Youth Debates
http://globalyouthdebates.com

49. Singapore American School International School of the Sacred Heart, Japan
Theme 2016:
Climate Change
http://globalyouthdebates.com
Asynchronous global debates between classrooms
Level 3: Online Learning

51. Level 4:
Community
of Practice
Global Read Aloud
http://theglobalreadaloud.com/
‘A Week in the Life’
http://www.flatconnections.com
Out of Eden Walk to Learn (Paul Salopek)
http://learn.outofedenwalk.com/
iEARN Learning Circles
http://learning.iearn.org/circles/

52. The Digiteen Project – Middle School
Team formation,
Handshakes
Research Topics,
Collaborative Google Doc
Action Project Design and
Implementation
Celebration, Reflection,
Sharing outcomes
Enlightened digital citizenship model

54. Level 5:
Learning
Collaboratives
Flat Connections Global Project
http://flatconnectionsglobalproject.net/
Connect with China
http://www.connectchinacollaborative.com/

55. What is Connect with China? 连接中国是什么？

56. • Interdisciplinary &
cross-curricular
learning
• Cross-age
• Thematic approach
• Digital technology
infused
• Includes extended
community

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

58. Team Padlet……..

59. Using WeChat to build online
communities……
“(s)tudents take the lead in sharing much of
their learning and thinking seamlessly from
home to school. With every passing day it is
controlled less and less by the adults, and is
more a community focused on learning”
Beijing BISS International School
Head of Primary – Shannon O’Dwyer

62. Let’s
Discuss!
As a global collaborative
educator….
• How are you
collaborating with the
world?
• What are you creating
with the world?
• What do you need to
learn and know to be
able to do this?

63. Online Global Collaboration Pa
Getting started

65. Features of successful online global
collaboration
Relevant to the
curriculum
Reliable &
frequent
communication
Strong project
organisation
Designed with
clear guidelines
Able to learn
about the
cultures involved
Co-create new
meaning with
global partners

66. Learning Design Balance……
Synchronous
Asynchronous
Blended
learning modes
to support
online
collaboration

67. Student Collaboration
Managed Student Connections
Teacher Global Connections
Interconnection
Intraconnection
Local-to-Global Learning Modes
Connection, communication & collaboration
confined within one learning environment
such as a classroom
Two or more geographically dispersed
learning environments are connected
Educators facilitate & manage connections &
communications for collaborations within
global projects
Students make direct connection for 1:1 or
team-based collaborations within an online
learning community
True ‘flat’ learning where students
autonomously take on leadership roles,
manage interactions & collaborations

69. Learning about the
audience for whom
you are designing Redefining and focusing
questions based on
insights from the empathy
stage
Brainstorming and
coming up with
creative solutions
Building a
representation of one
or more ideas to show
to others
Return to original user
group and test ideas
for feedback Design Thinking Cycle

70. Norms of Online Global
Collaboration
A roadmap for better understanding

71. 1. Be Prepared
– Connect &
Communicate
3. Be able to
Paraphrase
2. Have a
Purpose
7. Be
Productive
4. Be able to
Perceive
5. Participate
6. Be Positive
8. Realise the
Potential
8 norms of online global collaboration

73. Who to connect with?

74. What to see at ISTE!
• Sunday evening
– Global posters
– Global Collaboration PLN welcome (in PLN lounge)
• Wednesday morning
– Global Learning Playground

75. The dawn of a new era….?
We have the technology, we have the pedagogy, its time to connect the world!

76. Becoming a global educator – What is YOUR vision?

78. Global educators
impact the world
– one
collaboration at
a time
Thank you!
Please stay connected with me:
Julie Lindsay @julielindsay
lindsay.julie@gmail.com
http://flatconnections.com
http://www.julielindsay.net
Learning about the world, with the world