Conversations
Local and global interactions and discussions that have meaning and relevance to individual learners and learning communities.
Jyväskylä – the ‘Athens’ of Finland
I am now in Jyväskylä, having arrived by train on Tuesday. Although I did not see snow and/or ice in Helsinki there is some around further north in fields and waterways. Finnish Institute for...
My Cosmic Sabbatical begins!
It is 5am, I am in Helsinki, and a little jet-lagged from 36+ hours of travel from Toowoomba, Australia. Finland embraced daylight saving last weekend and the sun will rise at 6:45am. I am in a...
The Global Collaborator Mindset
Despite over 20 years of internet access in the classroom, online global collaborative, curriculum based activities are not typical in K-12 schools. Why is this? Why should we care and what can...
Online Global Collaborative Learning – Exploring the Silver Lining
I recently had the great pleasure of appearing on the #SilverLiningForLearning Podcast, hosted by Chris Dede, Curtis Bonk and Lydia Cao. The focus of the discussion was how to prepare educators...
Footsteps on the sands of AI for higher education: Moving beyond adhoc
In June 2024 I attended the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Leadership Summit, hosted by Globethics at the Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland. Lisa Jacka and I...
International collaboration for the future of inclusive education
Introducing the ICDE Technology and Innovation Network I had the pleasure of introducting the ICDE Technology and Innovation Network at the Open Education Global Conference 2024 (OEGlobal24)....
Online global collaborative learning: Open mind, open practice
OEGlobal Conference, Brisbane November 2024 This event was an opportunity for me to further extend understanding and purpose behind the Global Collaborator Mindset, with a focus on the attribute...
CASE STUDY: Providing Quality Online Learning at the University of Southern Queensland
It's not everyday you are invited to present to the Chinese Government on quality assurance of online education. This came about through a virtual introduction from Professor Ren Yi, PVC...
Times Higher Education Campus Webinar: Can universities keep pace with digital transformation?
In this webinar I joined two other Australian digital education experts as we unpacked digital transformation in an attempt explain where universities stand to benefit most from digitally...
Virtual presentation to South Korea – Future-Ready Learning – Empowering Students through Global Connections and Innovative Technology
In October 2024 I was contacted by the Sejong City Office of Education, South Korea. Communication was through my GMail, not my university email, which made me think they had looked at my...
Beyond Borders: how to make online global collaborative learning work
I was recently contacted by Times Higher Education to write a piece about global collaboration in higher education. Although a different context to K-12, where most of my experience and research...
Virtual presentation to Germany – “Flexibly Glocalizing Higher Education: Enabling Student Choice through Online Global Collaborative Learning”
While I was in Germany, June 2024, visiting JLU Giessen as an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility recipient I was invited to present a workshop as part of the QuiS-Flex-Meta project. I did this virtually...
Reimagining learning in an AI empowered world
This presentation shares insights and examples with a focus on personalising the student experience, capacity building, and assessment imperatives. Julie shares ideas, meanderings and provocations based on research, exploration and simply talking to others around the world.
Explore, Engage, Empower – EdTech Workshop Review
It is important to not treat the two different groups of participants separately when teaching in hybrid. All had access to the chat facility (backchannel opportunity) for comments and conversation. At first we had the online and on campus at separate tables in Engageli – however as the workshop progressed we mixed up the modes and full interactive and collaborative learning took place.
Sharing a PhD research outcome
The Global Collaborator Mindset One of the outcomes from my PhD research is the development of what I call the 'Global Collaborator Mindset'. Educators who adopt this mindset are more able and...