This document discusses connected and collaborative learning through online global connections. It provides examples of current global collaborative projects and best practices. The key points are: 1) Connected learning involves being connected to others and resources to support learning both locally and globally through the use of technology. It explores synchronous online learning through tools like Skype and asynchronous communication tools. 2) Successful connected learning requires leadership that facilitates a shift to more constructionist teaching approaches and the development of digital citizenship skills. It also requires assessing technology resources, skills, and support available. 3) Examples are given of current global projects connecting classrooms in different countries through online debates and collaborative multimedia e-books involving hundreds of students across 6 countries.

1. Leadership for
Connected
and Global
Learning
Ningbo-Auckland
Education
Association
Conference
Session 1: Chinese speaking

2. Meet Julie Lindsay…..
Global Educator, Innovator
Teacherpreneur, Author
MA Educational Technology Leadership
MA Music
EdD Student, University of Southern
Queensland
Adjunct Lecturer, Charles Sturt University,
Faculty of Education
Global collaboration consultant
Apple Distinguished Educator
Google Certified Teacher
Director, Learning Confluence Pty Ltd
Founder, Flat Connections
@julielindsay | #flatconnect | @flatconnections | about.me/julielindsay

3. ….my global journey
Zambia
Kuwait
Bangladesh
Qatar
China
Ocean Shores
Melbourne

4. Living in Beijing…..

5. Our Goals for Today
To provide ideas, resources and strategies to
schools for ONLINE global connections that lead
to collaborations
To discuss connected and collaborative learning
and review working examples
To discuss with partner schools what can be
possible in the future

6. Session 1
Connected
Learning

7. Our Goals for this Session
This session will:
• Explore what it means to be connected and
learning online
• Discuss synchronous and asynchronous online
learning modes
• Define leadership characteristics for
connected learning
• Explore current global collaborative projects
as examples of best practice connections

8. Connected Learning Part 1
What is Connected Learning?
Being connected to others who inspire, support
and amplify your LEARNING
Being connected to places and people for
personal and professional advantage
Understanding the opportunity and power that
technology brings to all learners
Knowing how to access tools, resources and
people to connect learning locally and globally

9. Students
School
You
Efficient learning
strategies for
meaningful
connections

10. Some terms to know……
• PLN – Personal
Learning Network
• PLC – Professional
Learning Community

11. DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
(DLE) refers to the tools, skills,
standards, attitudes and habits for
learning while using technology and
accessing digital resources.

12. Connected Learning Part 2
Connected Learning Primer

13. Why do we need to move to online
learning modes?
How do we move our learning to
online spaces?
What global digital citizenship
challenges do we need to
consider?

14. Why Connected Learning?
We must be able to sustain
connections beyond the face-to-
face experience and beyond
the virtual, synchronous
experience e.g. Skype call.

15. Communication
In the 21st Century…..

16. Learning in online spaces
Two types to sustain a global connection
Traditional
Classroom
Separated by
Location
Separated by Time
Connected
Classroom
Unified by the
Internet
Unified by
asynchronous
communication
tools
SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS

17. Techno-personal skills
Team work - Synchronous

18. Virtual Classroom
USA to Australia - Synchronous

19. Synchronous
Asynchronous
Blended learning modes to
support online collaboration

20. Virtual Classroom – Techno-personal skills
Global- Asynchronous Network

21. Connected Learning Part 3
Connected Learning and Leadership
Image source: Katie Grubb

22. Some leadership ideas and concepts…..
Facilitating a pedagogical shift
A change in teaching and learning beliefs
and practices from transmission paradigm to
constructionist paradigm
Rise of a distributed leadership model

23. Leadership and Skill Audit
• Is YOUR school ready to connect?
• What skills do leaders and teachers have?
• What skills do they need to learn?
• What skills will students need?
• What support will teachers and students have
for global connected learning?
• How does global collaboration embed into the
curriculum?

24. Technology and Skill Audit
• What technologies are available?
• What online access is available:
– At school?
– At home?
• What skills are needed to use the
technologies?
• Who will teach these skills?
• What about global digital citizenship?

25. Connected Learning Part 4
Building bridges between learners
Technology must be the bridge, not the barrier to new
connected teaching and learning modes

26. Taxonomy of Global Connection
© Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis 2012

27. Digital citizenship……
How will students (and teachers) learn this??
Just in time
SKILLS, HABITS and
ATTITUDES
for learning while digital
How do we move from local to global??

28. Enlightened Digital Citizenship
© Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis 2012

29. Global Awareness
• Different countries
have different laws
Image: 'M like Muslim?’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/50451886@N00/2502594771
– Copyright, legal
– Taboo subjects
• Nationality transcends
culture
– Every nation has
multiple cultures
– Never stereotype a
nation

30. The future of connected learning includes
collaboration online.
How are we supporting this?

31. Facilitate or Constrain?
• What are the barriers and
enablers to connecting teachers
and students online?
• Are you a facilitator or a
constrainer?
Technology infrastructure
Curriculum development
Leadership
Global digital citizenship

32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/31676942@N04/3144103410
Connected Learning Part 5
Global
Connections and
Collaborations

33. Examples from
Flat Connections
Global Projects
http://flatconnections.com

35. Singapore American School International School of the Sacred Heart, Japan
Asynchronous global debates between classrooms
Theme 2014-15:
Global Peace and
Security
http://globalyouthdebates.com
Tools: Voicethread & Fuze

36. Flat Connections Global Project (FCGP)
• 500 students
• 20+ classrooms
• 6 countries
• 36 student teams
• 1 Keynote
• 24 Expert Advisors
• 18 Judges and 3 Meta-judges
• 213 Videos
• 15 eBooks
February-June 2014!
http://flatconnections.wikispaces.com

37. FCGP Community for Learning

38. FCGP Content and Themes
Horizon Report K-12, 2013
Emerging technologies impacting
education and learning shared via a
timeline of potential relevance.
http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project/
horizon-reports/horizon-report-k-
12-edition
Open
Learning futurist, David Price OBE, argues
that ‘open’ is not only affecting how we
are choosing to live, but that it’s going to
be the difference between success and
failure in the future.
http://engagedlearning.co.uk/

41. Tool: Youblisher

42. ‘A Week in the Life…’
A Flat Connections Project for Elementary School students
Grades 3-6/7, age 8-12

43. Co-Created Showcase Multimedia
NEW PROJECT
now with a focus
on ‘global issues’
Tool: Voicethread

44. Virtual Classroom – Techno-personal skills
Global- Asynchronous Network – ‘Handshakes’
‘A Week in the Life’, Global Project Grade 3-6
Tool: Edmodo

45. Connected Learning Discussion
How does ‘connected
learning’ support
global understanding?