This document discusses convergence pedagogy and its role in creating a "glocal classroom" through technological innovation. Some key elements of the convergence pedagogy approach discussed are interdisciplinary teamwork, practitioner-student-teacher dialogue modeled after the Bauhaus school, and creating a virtual classroom environment like a design studio. The approach aims to move students from surface learning to deep learning by combining practical technology exercises with reflections on professional practices and broader issues, taking a holistic approach of process, product, and social context.

1. Convergence pedagogy –
key to the Glocal Classroom
Transforming Education through
Technological Innovation Seboka
ComDev team presentation,
Stellenbosch, 25 March 2014

2.  Malmö’s ComDev approach in the context of
Interaction Design: ‘Thoughtful designers’ in
process, ‘product’ & the larger social context
 Key elements of Malmö’s ID programme
inspired ComDev’s pedagogical foundations,
e.g. the Bauhaus model:
Interdisciplinary teamwork,
Practitioner-student-teacher Socratic
dialogue
The (virtual) classroom as ‘studio’

3.  Strong link between user-centered design,
student-centered learning & communication
for sustainable social change
 Moving from ‘surface learning’ to ‘deep
learning’: New Media & ICT4D course
combines practical exercises (‘how to
manage a Wordpress server’) with reflections
on professional practices (‘which images do
we chose for our blog project’) and deep
learning (‘ICT4D and questions of digital
global elitism’) (process-product-broader Com
& Dev theory approach)