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"Global" means across-the-board, technologically speaking, and it means "transnational", geographically speaking. In education, four features of both things "global" are necessary. This PPT slide set accompanies a paper presented at "Innovations 2014"
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Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 1
Going non-native: Flexible culture for learning
across the curriculum
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Non-nativity and the “global”
Non-nativeExotic/unusual/atypicalNovel, unbounded
GlobalTechnologically speaking, “vertically”Geographically speaking, “horizontally”
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Four features of both “globals”
Access Openness TimelessnessCustomizability
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Global access, technologicallyWhat this means
Commonly, e.g., according to AIM (Accessible Inst Mats)TransdisciplinarilyIn classrooms, F2F, “flipping”, and online
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Global access technologically > geographically
The question of ICT haves v. have-notsTo 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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Global access, geographicallyWhat this means
Commonly/literallyTransnationally
Socioeconomic questions & answers Linguistic, cultural questions & answers
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Global openness, technologicallyWhat this means…
…In the common modern sense Open SourceGNU, open OS Free Software (FSM)Open Courseware (OCW)
…TransdisciplinarilyMoodle, etc.
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Global openness, geographically
What it means Literally As practiced, or not (censure v. freedom of expression v. ethics)
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Global timelessness, technologically
What it meansWindows of temporal opportunityThe Just in Time (JIT) conceptCultural differences
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Global timelessness, geographicallyWhat it means For students (on campus, off campus, way off campus, military) For timeliness
The notion of newsThe ephemeral v. the perennial
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Global customizability, technologically
What it meansSeamlessness, simplicity, standardization, replicabilityUse of diverse range of tools for one goalUse of one tool for diverse goalsExamples:
Apple, Everywhere Tech Moodle
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Global customizability, geographicallyWhat 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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Globalism and transdisciplinarityWhat these mean in the 21st century
OverallIn education
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Globalism and transnationality Geography, history, & determinismGeographical & technological determinismsInternational and/versus transnational
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Global conclusions A conceptual grid: Vertical (tech) & horizontal (geography)Marrying the technological to the transnational: How?Awareness, cooperation, policies, ethics
Trans--generational -medial-systemic
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