Creating a Global Classroom

Hours: 24 / Access Length: 180 Days / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced
Retail Price: $147.00

Course Overview:

Throughout this course, you will acquire a set of valuable skills to create a global classroom, including proficiency in online collaboration, problem-solving, and intercultural communication. You will develop the ability to integrate collaborative learning into teacher education, project management, effective assessment, and a cultivate positive attitude transformation toward technology. These skills will empower you to excel in today's interconnected educational landscape, fostering understanding and collaboration across diverse contexts and preparing you for success in various professional and academic endeavors.

Students will:

• Define Cooperative Learning and understand its historical development and diverse applications.
• Explore personal and professional implications of Cooperative Learning through experiential learning and teacher education.
• Gain a clear understanding of the Online Collaborative Learning model and its practical application in teaching advanced literacy skills.
• Understand the concept of challenge-based learning and its significance in addressing real-world problems.
• Develop the ability to design and implement collaborative projects that enhance mutual understanding and respect in diverse classrooms.
• Learn about the structure of online discussions and the impact of protocols and guidelines on meaningful discourse.
• Recognize the role of Information and Communication Technology in enhancing virtual collaborative learning experiences.
• Formulate and execute online collaborative projects that encourage mutual understanding, respect, and cultural awareness.
• Learn about the importance of combining online and face-to-face meetings in a blended learning approach for individuals with special needs.
• Facilitate collaborative learning activities that promote conceptual change and mutual understanding in computer science education.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: What Is Cooperative Learning?

This lesson covers Cooperative Learning (CL), exploring its foundations, diverse methods, and global adoption. You will engage with experiential learning, reflect on the transformation of teaching practices, and understand CL's role in fostering inclusive and interactive learning environments.

Lesson 2: Developing a Model for Online Collaborative Learning

In Lesson 2, you'll learn about the evolution of cooperative learning methods and how they've adapted for online environments. You'll grasp the Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) model and gain insights into challenges faced when integrating the Internet into education.

Lesson 3: Technology-Enabled, Challenge-Based Learning in a Global Context

Lesson 3 covers challenge-based learning, a teaching model that emphasizes collaboration and real-world problem-solving. You'll see how technology, especially mobile platforms, play a crucial role in international collaboration.

Lesson 4: Learning About the "Other"

This lesson covers the principles of Contact Hypothesis, the idea of reducing prejudice through meaningful interactions to enhance collaborative learning experiences. By the end of this lesson, you'll be equipped to promote mutual respect and understanding.

Lesson 5: Blended Contact for Community Cohesion in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

Lesson 5 covers the importance of blended contact in fostering community cohesion through educational initiatives. You'll explore how ICT has been leveraged to link schools and enhance collaborative learning experiences.

Lesson 6: Online Collaboration Between Israeli and Slovak Students

This lesson explores the dynamics of online collaboration between students from different cultural contexts. You learn how to create meaningful discourse in online interactions and offers insights into effectively structuring online discussions.

Lesson 7: Competitive Game Effect on Collaborative Learning in a Virtual World

This lesson covers how game-like activities can enhance collaborative learning experiences in virtual worlds and how avatar identity helps in shaping student interactions and the potential of ICT in facilitating these experiences.

Lesson 8: TEC - An Online Collaborative Learning Model in a Multicultural Environment

In Lesson 8, you'll learn about the Technology, Education, and Cultural Diversity (TEC) model, which emphasizes importance of meaningful dialogue and the use of ICT to facilitate online collaboration and how the TEC model fosters mutual enrichment and understanding among diverse student groups.

Lesson 9: Cooperative Online Research Meetings of Cerebral Palsy and Graduate Students to Promote Web Accessibility

This lesson explores a unique collaboration between postgraduate students and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP) centered on the issue of web accessibility and the use of online platforms, such as Facebook, for collaborative research and the importance of blended learning.

Lesson 10: Collaborative Conceptual Change in the Computer-Science Classroom

This lesson covers the importance of collaborative learning activities in fostering conceptual change and offers insights into the challenges and benefits of introducing recursion in computer science education.

Lesson 11: What Influences Teacher Educators’ Use of Collaborative Learning?

Lesson 11 explores the transformative impact of collaborative learning (CL) in teacher-education settings. You'll learn how to enhance meaningful interactions and foster empathy among learners.

Lesson 12: Connecting University Students from Israel and Germany

In this lesson, you'll learn how to utilize mobile devices and online platforms for effective collaboration, design structured online activities to ensure productive interactions, and address challenges that may arise in diverse group settings.

Lesson 13: Promoting Online Collaboration Competence Among Pre-Service Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

This lesson will help you acquire strategies for designing learning activities that promote intercultural understanding and communication and create collaborative environments that enhance language skills and foster global competence in your classroom.

Lesson 14: The Forum of Excellent Students

Lesson 14 shows how to create a learning environment based on choice, joint exchange, high-order thinking, and shared experiences. You'll learn the importance of contending with educational, ideological, and ethical dilemmas in cooperative learning settings.

Lesson 15: Assessing Personal Learning in Online, Collaborative Problem Solving

In this lesson, you'll learn how to assess individual contributions and influences in a group setting develop tools and strategies to assess and enhance personal learning and ensure that each participant contributes effectively to the problem-solving process.

Lesson 16: The Impact of an Online Collaborative Learning Program on Attitudes Toward Technology in Two Education Colleges

In this final lesson you'll learn how to foster collaboration to shape positive attitudes toward technology and its integration into the learning process along with practical insights into designing online collaborative learning experiences that enhance learning outcomes.

All necessary course materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.