CO11: What time is it? Time zones, spheres of influence and neo-colonialism in a global online world by Nigel Mitchell Public Class

Friday, February 04 2011 | 4:00 PM (EST)

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What time is it? Time zones, spheres of influence and neo-colonialism in a global online world. by Nigel Mitchell

About the Presenter:
Nigel Mitchell has over 20 years experience in education and church ministry, including teaching in face to face and distance education at school and university level. He teaches online English literacy classes to students around the world, and is currently working with Education Services Australia as a Collaborative Tools Support Officer on the OzProjects and Global Education websites.

About the Presentation:
What do we mean by "Global" in an online world?
Is the world getting too big for us to cope?
Whose time zone do we use? Are we open 24 hours per day? Governments and NGOs have loosely defined spheres of influence in which they focus their activities (USA - the Americas, Europe-Africa, and Australia-the Asia/Pacific region) but how relevant are these for educators with a global perspective. In this paper we will consider the emerging difficulties and opportunities involved with planning global online educational conferences and classes in today's world. We will look at some simple things that planners can do to ensure that everyone is included and made to feel welcome.

CO11


Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning
CO11 on IT4ALL Moodle & WiZiQ
Feb 4-6, 2011


Welcome to the annual connecting online live online conference (CO11). You are cordially invited to participate at the live online conference on the weekend of Feb 4-6 2011.


The conference will be of interest to educators, administrators, students, and community members who value the importance of integrating technology into the curriculum to improve instruction and learning. Online learning involves various skills on the part of the instructor and learner. These include social and communication skills, social networking, independent learning strategies, critical and higher order thinking skills, creativity, and effective online and face-to-face facilitation. In addition, there are may challenges that the educators, administrators, students, and community members face.


The CO11 will be conducted on IT4ALL Moodle with the presentations on WiZiQ through the Moodle.


The themes for the presentations are:



  1. Connecting Online to Improve Instruction and Learning: Online Learning and Instructional Experience

  2. Experiences with technology in face-to-face and online classes. What worked and what didn't work for you?

  3. How do you use technology to promote and sustain your online workshops, consultation, and communities of practice and learning?

  4. Research conducted on e-learning, blended online learning, and blended learning.

  5. Reviewing or promoting books on integrating technology into the classroom, e-learning, blended learning, and blended online learning.

  6. Challenges administrators, instructors, students, and community members face in connecting online.



Language of instruction: English

Keywords: time zones

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Nigel Mitchell
By: Nigel Mitchell
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This presentation poses questions and addresses issues faced by online global educators. What do we mean by "Global" in an online world? Is the world getting too big for us to cope?
If synchronous or real-time interaction is so powerful in global education, whose time zone do we use? Should we be open 24 hours per day?
Governments and Non-government Organisations (NGOs) have loosely defined spheres of influence in which they focus their activities (eg USA - the Americas, UK - Africa, and Australia - the Asia/Pacific region) but how relevant are these regional priorities for educators with a global perspective.
In this paper we will consider the emerging difficulties and opportunities involved with planning global online educational conferences and classes in today's world. We will also look at some simple things that planners can do to ensure that everyone is included and made to feel welcome.

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IT4ALL is a non-profit network of volunteers that provides free professional development courses on how to integrate e-learning technology into full and blended online learning (BOL) courses and workshops using Moodle and WizIQ. Workshops on Moodle for Teachers, WebQuests, TESOL, ESOL, Integrating Technology, Web 2.0 tools, Math, English, Spanish and other subjects. The staff at IT4ALL are all volunteers who are passionate about instruction and learning and making a difference in the world of online education. The network was founded by Dr. Nellie Deutsch in 2006. IT4ALL includes a team of volunteers who are passionate about instruction and learning and promoting free e-learning around the world. The leading team at IT4ALL are: Dr. Ludmila Smirnova (professor at St. Mary's College in New York State, writer, experienced presenter and online facilitator), Dr. Nellie Deutsch (a Canadian instructional designer and curriculum development leader, who has been teaching English and integrating technology into her classes, and presenting, researching, writing, and providing consultation on Moodle for teachers. WebQuests, blended learning, and e-portfolios), Dariem Garcés (Moodle Developer, creator of the WebQuest plugin for Moodle, and expert in installing virtual learning environments), and other educators & technology experts volunteer their time and make up Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL).

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