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LEARN

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Julie Lindsay @julielindsay

Global Education Conference 2013 Keynote

Julie LindsayDirector Learning Confluence – Flat Connections

MA Music, MA Educational Technology Leadership

EdD Student, University of Southern Queensland@julielindsay

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….my global journey

Quick PollsHow many of you have lived outside of your

home country? Select Green TICK for YES Select Red CROSS for NO

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How to Go Global Lead Learn League

We must (and will) take learning global

Glocalization: Thinking globally acting locally

Information is not knowledge

Mapping the World’s Tweet Networks

http://www.example-infographics.com/mapping-the-worlds-tweet-networks/

http://www.dddinfographic.com/2006/05/26/un-maps-library/

What will you do with this information?

When will it become knowledge?

Why GO GLOBAL?

Learning about the world, with the world

HOW TO GO GLOBAL

‘Going global’ is a mindset rather than a plane ticket

Join our Worlds Together

Find NEW Pathways – NEW Knowledgehttp://www.wise-qatar.org/

Irena Bokova – Director-General UNESCO

- half of the worlds population are under 25- 57 mill children are out of school today

MOST IMPORTANT ‘Quality and Equity’ We need to be inclusive, holistic, flexible, life-long learning

There needs to be changes in the learning paradigm to break out of 20th century linear modes that are not conducive to solving the

problems of the world

Yes! And……….

LEAD

LEARN

LEAGUE

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Leadership for what?

• Shared vision• What should that be?

– Connected learning– Clear articulation of a school-wide pedagogy

• Issues of organisational culture• Didactic vs constructivist• Local vs global – is this either or?

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One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. ~Dennis A. Peer

Leadership

Implementing the Vision

Who makes decisions about the learning?

How often do we ask the students?

A New Paradigm for Educational Leadership

• Online learning communities are leveling the playing field to advantage learners

• Leadership must address:– School revitalization in a digital world– Teachers as providers of new forms of leadership

in schools and communities– Support of the ‘teacherpreneur’ or ‘outlier’

What is a Teacherpreneur?“A teacher who sees an opportunity to make a profitable learning experience for students through the forging of partnerships with other classrooms with common curricular goals and expectations”

Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time

What do Teacherpreneurs do?

Teacherpreneurs take all the best practices in education and latest advances in technology and use them to blaze new trails in teaching and learning that focus on connection and collaboration.

See Teacherpreneurs - http://tinyurl.com/teacherpreneurs

Teacherpreneur Leadership

A teacher gets an idea for learning

Fosters excitement amongst other

teachers

A group of teachers come together to

do something significant

TeacherpreneurInnovator

Pedagogy expert

Community builder Connector

Change maker

Integrates new

technologies

‘Outlier’ Pedagogy• Understanding digital collaborative and global

communication paradigm.– Extend learning beyond physical classroom walls– Non Traditional pedagogy modeled for peers:– collaborative in nature– reach out to educators globally

“Learners in collaborative and global outlier teaching paradigms participate

in a new educational ecology”

Arteaga, S. (2012). Self-Directed and Transforming Outlier Classroom Teachers as Global Connectors in Experiential Learning. (Ph.D.), Walden University.

How do school leaders foster the Teacherpreneur Leader?

• Encourage customization of learning

• Support innovation and encourage pedagogical excellence

• Encourage an agile curriculum

• New global relationships and solution designs

Parallel Leadership*

Three distinct qualities– Mutual trust– Shared purpose– Allowance for individual expression

*A form of distributed leadership developed through research by author Frank Crowther in Developing Teacher Leaders, 2nd edition, 2009

For a real-world example refer to interview with Showk Badat Principal at Essa Academy, UK http://vimeo.com/62035949

‘Collaborative Individualism’

Educational theory – Limerick, Cunnington and Crowther (200)

The Consolidation – Innovation Cycle Approach to Leadership for Connected Learning

(Julie Lindsay, 2013)

We have so much to learn from jazz-band leaders, for jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of

the future with the gifts of individuals

From ‘Leadership Jazz’, by Max De Pree

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LEARN

Julia Gillard – “Quality and equity go together!”

Julie and Julia!

Global Learning: Holistic and ‘Flat’

Collaborative

Connected Learning

Blended Learning

Project & Challenge-

basedCulture of

sharing

Flipped Classroom

Inter-connected

Web 2.0

Global Project Design Leadership for connected

learning

Pedagogy

‘Flat’ Learning

Flat Learning is…. a pedagogy supported by technology

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Time for some new terms?

• Heutagogy - is the study of self-determined learning– places specific emphasis on learning how to learn,

double loop learning, universal learning opportunities, a non-linear process, and true learner self-direction

• Peeragogy – Peeragogy is a collection of techniques for

collaborative learning and collaborative work– http://peeragogy.org/

The future of technology is the collaboration online – how are we

supporting this?

Defining the Global Collaborative Classroom

A classroom that is:connectedengages with multiple audiencesengages with diverse resources, and toolscreates authentic, collaborative learning outcomes

Challenges of Embedding Global Collaboration

Going Beyond

the ‘Wow’

Engaging learners

and leaders

Shifting traditional pedagogi

es

Having realistic

expectations

Global Collaboration 1.0Information exchange

Global Collaboration 2.0Information and artifact exchange

Global Collaboration 3.0Information and artifact co-creationBuilding knowledge together and sharing with the world

Evolution of Global Collaboration in Education

Work from a problem-based global perspective

Use inquiry and guiding questions

Put the problems in the hands of the learners (students)

Broaden the knowledge base

Encourage innovation and creativity

Global Collaboration

The 45 sec. ChallengeIn 45 sec (via the timer) add an idea to the chat window:

“What is an INSPIRING, CHALLENGING, RELEVANT

and GLOBAL topic or theme to join classrooms/learners

across the world?”

New Ideas…..S.O.L.E.

Sugata Mitra:

Self-Organised Learning Environments

http://www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_sugata_mitra

Vicky Colbert – WISE Laureatefounder of the Bogota, Colombia-based

Escuela Nueva Foundation

• Daily routines in classroom and way students interact and solve problems

• Relationship bw pedagogy and citizenship building

• Self-paced and cognitive learning • We need a NEW pedagogy - self-paced

learning

http://twitter.com/Escuela_Nueva/

To MOOC or not to MOOC?

• George Siemens talks about an evolution - this will not be the final resting place

• Is this just a Higher Ed discussion?

Move from content view of learning to an interact creation view of learning - what can we create and co-create with others?

Impact of technology - mobile, ubiquitous, Web 2.0

LEAGUE

Build Your ‘Leagues’ for Learningsustainable connections and repeated collaborative experiences

Global Youth Debates: Debating into Action

Slovakia Hong Kong

Japan Singapore USA

http://globalyouthdebates.com

Global Youth Debates

• Extended partners - do not work in isolation• Designing for authentic research,

collaboration, community, future action• Technology integration!• Curriculum integration!

http://globalyouthdebates.com

World Wide Think Tankhttps://www.facebook.com/WorldWideThinkTank

http://thinkglobalschool.com

Educate! and University x

Two sister organizations that are developing a model of mentorship-driven, leadership and entrepreneurship education in Uganda and the US

http://experienceeducate.org/

Eric Glustrom

Social Entrepreneurship

Learners Voice – Project - Camp Hire– @camphireproject– 34 million in camps globally - vast majority

unemployed – unlock potential - provide education - startups for

businesses

Global Social Entrepreneurship Summit

Participants will envision a new learning landscape that includes connections with extended community members with the aim of helping others in the world.

They will produce a Design Prototype, Action Plan as well as an accompanying Media Marketing Plan for review.

http://www.asbunplugged.org/gses.htm

Mumbai, India, February 2014

The Danger of a Single Story……

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - TED TalksJoin and build your own leagues so that

‘other stories’ are heard and shared

What’s the Other Story?Theme for the

Flat Connections ConferenceSydney, June 2014

Students, teachers, leaders at the same live event!http://flatconnections.com

How do we create our own models for learning in leagues?

How can we replicate these examples for learners in different situations?

What is the best learning architecture for digital collaboration?

BlendedLearning

A Cycle for Global LearningResearch

Envision

Pitch

DesignPlan

Implement

Evaluate

Some ‘What if’s’.......?• every school in the western world personally partnered with a school

in the third world?• for one year all fund raising went to that school?• teachers from both schools learned how to effectively design and

implement and facilitate learning collaborative experiences to support higher order thinking?

• students and teachers connected through online technologies on a weekly, if not daily basis?

• together they not only achieved better cultural understanding and empathy and global awareness - but actually created something together that impacted the world in a positive way?

• a classroom in Australia collaborating with a school in Zambia solved the Australian cane toad problem? I believe this is possible - we just need to make this happen!

The 60 sec. ChallengeIn 60 sec (via the timer) add an idea to the chat window:

1. Add your own ‘What if……?’ statement

2. Reach out to another person in the room and exchange contact details

3. Make it happen this year!

4. Report back next year at GEC14!

1.Lead2.Learn3.League

Lead Insist on new leadership models

*distributed *collaborative individualism

*teacherpreneurs

Learn Focus on connected & collaborative learning and pedagogical reform –

flat, connected learning modes

LeagueFind, start and participate in ‘leagues’ with authentic partnerships to bring

global learning to you and your students

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Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootsteps on the sands of time

Henry LongfellowA Psalm of Life

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