Culture Exchange with Pakistan

This morning a group of high school students from Decatur High School talked to high school students in Pakistan. After a bit of a rough start with technology, the classes started the discussion. The discussion ranged from cultural questions like sports, favorite music, to more politically sensitive issues like what the students think of their […]

What is Collaborative Online International Learning?

I’m at the 10th Anniversary COIL Conference and I’m processing what I’m learning on my blog. I’m comparing and contrasting COIL to the work that I did supporting collaborative videoconference projects at the K12 level from 1998-2011, as documented on this blog. In this post, I’m exploring the concept and definitions. Others are discussing and wrestling with […]

Quantity vs. Quality in Open and Distance Learning

ICDE Conference Overview and Welcome Welcome to Tianjin, China! I’m attending the International Council for Open and Distance Education World Conference; with over 1000 participants from around the world, including Canada, Pakistan, Iran, Australia, Indonesia, and many more countries. The conference began with an opening ceremony – with speeches from dignitaries from several organizations. The […]

Three Wishes: Students Share Their Writing

8/20/2010 note: I’m moving this article from my website to my blog for archiving. This lesson/collaboration was written by a high school special education / remedial reading teacher. These videoconferences were an early example of powerful sharing of writing via videoconference. Student feedback to each other was excellent. Three Wishes Videoconference Series: Students Share Their […]