Maria Colussa and Vance StevensGlobal Education Conference
Tuesday 18th November, 2014
Keeping your batteries charged and learning together by connecting
globally with other educators
How did we meet?
-2012: GEC Attendee
-2013: EVO Sessions Attendee- I met Vance here! GEC Presenter
-2014: EVO Sessions Attendee GEC Presenter
-2015: EVO Sessions Attendee for sure...and who knows?
What I get from connecting
-Variety of experiences in different scenarios-Free PD-Support-Inspiration!
What I understand by PD?It involves all the stages and actors in a learning context (teacher, students, material,facilities) and what we can do to improve the process. Today you can find PD sessions for all these aspects.
Discoveries
-Your knowledge is useful to others-Connecting doesn´t mean embarking on grand projects. eg Be an audience for a class or just filling in a quiz.-You learn about the latest news in edu. It´s no longer necessary to wait till next year conference. Access to compulsive sharers.(Vance, Jeff, Sonya and Shelly)-Connecting globally allows me to get new material for my classes every day!
Outcomes
VisibleOpen and Connected Learning MOOCConnected Educators We Want You!with the help of people from 3 different continents!This Proposal again with people from 3 different continents!
IntangibleThe power of the herd: we are not alone. Confidence!Birds of a feather flock together: we think alike. (likeminded individuals)
What larger movement is this part of?
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)changed the way knowledge and content are created and shared.Affordances of web based tools enable the connection of people who want to work together.
Webheads in Action Learning2gether
Worldbridges / EdTech Talk / I Have a Question
Webheads in Action and Learning2getherWriting for Webheads started in 1998Webheads in Action in 2002 (as an EVO event)WiAOC in 2005, 2007, 2009Learning2gether from 2010 http://tinyurl.com/learning2gether
Stevens, V. (2014). Connectivist Learning: Reaching Students through Teacher Professional Development" in Son, J.-B. (Ed.). Computer-assisted language learning: Learners, teachers and tools. APACALL Book Series Volume 3. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
This document shared at http://tinyurl.com/small2014
Worldbridges, EdTech Talk, IHAQJeff Lebow and http://worldbridges.net/ ● http://webheadsinaction.org/ ● http://edtechtalk.com/
○ Teachers teaching Teachers○ 21st Century Learning○ ELT Live○ IHAQ
I have a question with○ Jeff Lebow○ Dave Cormier○ Jennifer Maddrell○ John Schinker
Electronic Village Online (EVO)http://evosessions.pbworks.com ● Sept each year - sessions proposed● Oct - sessions accepted● Nov - moderator training● Dec - final preparations● Jan 6 - registration opens● Jan 11 - opening webcast● Jan 12 - sessions begin● Feb 15 - closing webcast
The Future
CooperationCollaborationOpenness
It will be exciting to see what outcomes these global interactions will bring about in the long term as our paths diversify and each of us chooses different roads. We are spoiled by global learning, our paths will certainly cross as we continue “berrypicking” from the web.
Thank you!
Maria del Carmen Colussa Vance Stevens@mariacolussa on Twitter - @vancesMaria´s Blog http://adVancEducation.blogspot.comIcons by Prettyoffice9, via IconfinderPhotographs by Maria Colussa, on Flickr
