This document discusses concepts of transdisciplinarity and xenophilia in thinking globally. It addresses how globalism can be understood both technologically and geographically. Four key features of globalism are identified: access, openness, timelessness, and customizability. These features are examined in terms of what they mean technologically and geographically, considering questions around issues like training, hardware, software, economics, society, language, culture and more. The document concludes by linking globalism and transdisciplinarity in education and the 21st century, and calls for awareness, cooperation, policies and ethics to effectively marry technological and transnational aspects of global thinking.

1. Transdisciplinary xenophilia:
Thinking across disciplines
worldwide
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2. Thinking two ways globally
Xenophilically
Transdisciplinarily
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3. Xeno- /non-native and “global”
Non-native, “xeno-”
Exotic/unusual/atypical
Novel, unbounded
Global
Technologically speaking, “vertically”
Geographically speaking, “horizontally”
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4. Four features of both “globals”
Access
Openness
Timelessness
Customizability
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5. Global access, technologically
What this means
Commonly, e.g., according to AIM (Accessible Inst Mats)
Transdisciplinarily
In classrooms, F2F, “flipping”, and online
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6. Global access technologically > geographically (Xeno!)
The question of ICT haves v. have-nots
To be answered through better training?
To be answered through better hardware?
To be answered through better software?
To be answered by economics &/or society?
What about “compatibility”?
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7. Global access, geographically
What this means, xenophilically and otherwise
Commonly/literally
Transnationally
Socioeconomic questions & answers
Linguistic, cultural questions & answers
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8. Global openness, technologically
What this means…
…In the common modern sense
Open Source
GNU, open OS
Free Software (FSM)
Open Courseware (OCW)
…Transdisciplinarily
Moodle, etc.
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9. Global openness, geographically
What it means
Literally
As practiced, or not (censure v. freedom of expression v. ethics)
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10. Global timelessness, technologically
What it means
Windows of temporal opportunity
The Just in Time (JIT) concept
Cultural differences
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11. Global timelessness, geographically
What it means
For students (on campus, off campus, way off campus, in service)
For timeliness
The notion of news
The ephemeral v. the perennial
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12. Global customizability, technologically
What it means
Seamlessness, simplicity, standardization, replicability
Use of diverse range of tools for one goal
Use of one tool for diverse goals
Examples:
Apple, Everywhere Tech
Moodle
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13. Global customizability, geographically
What it means
Technology is socially constructed
The interface carries information & impact
“Translation” is more than words alone (ideas, images, context)
Politics, economics, diplomacy, sensitivity…
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14. Globalism and transdisciplinarity
What these mean in the 21st century
Overall
In education
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15. Globalism and transnationality
Geography, history, & determinism
Geographical & technological determinisms
International and/versus transnational
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16. Global conclusions
A conceptual grid: Vertical (tech) & horizontal (geography)
Marrying the technological to the transnational: How?
Awareness, cooperation, policies, ethics
Trans-
-generational
-medial
-systemic
Xeno-
-philia
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