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Utilising Mixed Reality Technology in Education | Charles Sturt University
Free, open course for educators focusing on using mixed reality (virtual reality and augmented reality). Part of the Charles Sturt Open Learning initiative.
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Nurturing a Global Mind | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Consider the exposure students have to other cultures and languages in their school setting and devise opportunities to expand. Students still need structure and context around experiences with other cultures—whether that’s in existing curriculum or around volunteer work. Providing opportunities for meaningful discussions is key to ensuring this work is engaging. Conversations around global issues help facilitate meaningful learning. Teachers also need professional development opportunities to ensure they can structure discussions effectively and can explore complex and difficult topics around global issues.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
Thursday, January 16, 2020
2020...2030 Vision for online global collaboration
It's a new year, it's 2020!
In 2008 I wrote this blog post 'My 2020 Vision for Global Collaboration', and looking back now things like the lack of sustainable tools that leave a digital legacy (e.g. the loss of Wikispaces in the past 2 years meant the disappearance of much online global collaborative work that could have been used for further research), and the ongoing 'locking' of tools that allow cross-border connections in schools still resonate. Digital citizenship as a concept and practice has evolved and expanded with schools looking at broader practices and implications for lifelong and life wide learning. What continues to be neglected, from my perspective and according to my research, is a school-wide approach to embedding online global collaboration into the curriculum.
In 2008 I stated: "I have a strong belief in the power of online connectivity and global collaboration (in all of it's many forms) at the school level to make a difference to the world we live in through fostering better understanding and cultural awareness. These are not just words. I have seen this happen through the projects I have run with my own classes."
Since completing my PhD research this vision has only strengthened, and now of course I am looking at outcomes for 2030!
What is your vision for teaching and learning? Through Flat Connections and other means I will continue to share strategies and best practice through design and implementation of online global projects and professional learning for schools, classrooms, educators....and all learners around the world. My ongoing vision is to support connected and collaborative online learning in K-12 and higher education.
Three new global projects will kick off in February 2020 that provide opportunities for learners in Grades 3-12 to connect, collaborate and co-create through conceptual understandings that share local to global perspectives.
New online professional learning courses are coming too! Watch this space for opportunities to learn more about the Global Collaborator Mindset, the Online Global Collaborative Learning Framework, and strategies and competencies to become a global educator.
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In 2008 I wrote this blog post 'My 2020 Vision for Global Collaboration', and looking back now things like the lack of sustainable tools that leave a digital legacy (e.g. the loss of Wikispaces in the past 2 years meant the disappearance of much online global collaborative work that could have been used for further research), and the ongoing 'locking' of tools that allow cross-border connections in schools still resonate. Digital citizenship as a concept and practice has evolved and expanded with schools looking at broader practices and implications for lifelong and life wide learning. What continues to be neglected, from my perspective and according to my research, is a school-wide approach to embedding online global collaboration into the curriculum.
In 2008 I stated: "I have a strong belief in the power of online connectivity and global collaboration (in all of it's many forms) at the school level to make a difference to the world we live in through fostering better understanding and cultural awareness. These are not just words. I have seen this happen through the projects I have run with my own classes."
Since completing my PhD research this vision has only strengthened, and now of course I am looking at outcomes for 2030!
What is your vision for teaching and learning? Through Flat Connections and other means I will continue to share strategies and best practice through design and implementation of online global projects and professional learning for schools, classrooms, educators....and all learners around the world. My ongoing vision is to support connected and collaborative online learning in K-12 and higher education.
Three new global projects will kick off in February 2020 that provide opportunities for learners in Grades 3-12 to connect, collaborate and co-create through conceptual understandings that share local to global perspectives.
New online professional learning courses are coming too! Watch this space for opportunities to learn more about the Global Collaborator Mindset, the Online Global Collaborative Learning Framework, and strategies and competencies to become a global educator.
Meanwhile -
- read the latest newsletter
- browse the website for global projects and professional learning
- contact me for further support and advice for you, your school or organisation
- browse the slides from a recent online webinar presented for the @ISTEGlobalPLN (embedded below)
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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Good Reads from 2019: Our NIDL Top 10 Open Access Journal Articles – Learning Bits, Bytes & Delights
This the fourth year that our NIDL team has produced a list of top 10 “good reads” from open access journal articles published over the course of the year. No 1 article for 2019 appears in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. Harris, J., Foulger, T. S., Huijser, H., & Phillips, M. (2019). Goldilocks and journal publication: Finding a fit that’s “just right.” Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 35(4), 1-10. Available from https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.5740
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Driving K-12 Innovation | CoSN
Sharing trends that support the use of emerging technologies in K-12 education
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