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 we do about it? My PhD research centred on K-12 learning and educators who...
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 for online global collaborative learning (OGCL). Watch the video from the...
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 wrote a paper from which I crafted a short presented at the event. Remember,...
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). While AI can transform university classrooms overnight, one key challenge in...
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 or 'Openness'. As I wrote in a paper from two years ago, "Central to...
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 (International) at UniSQ, to Rachel, the First Secretary (Education and Research)...
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 enhanced teaching and learning. We also looked at the risks involved in using...
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 Learning Confluence website or other online material from the K-12 global...
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 has focused previously, there are key imperatives for HEd institutions to...
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 when back in Australia to an audience of round 40 participants. This...