Coaching connected learning across borders

I get to one or two conferences a year on average and have just returned from my first visit to the EDEN conference which this year was in Gdansk and my main impression was how friendly everyone was. Large conferences such as Online EDUCA Berlin and hip conferences such as Reboot in Copenhagen make efforts…

Having talked with Elisabeth Plum about her version of Cultural Intelligence I next got in touch with the Cultural Intelligence Center in the US to find out about how their approach differs or not. I talked with David Livermore who has a very interesting background in preparing missionaries for foreign placings. In the case of…

I was pleased to be able to take part in the biennial Webheads in Action Online Convergence which this year was an Unconvergence which means that this online event was organised on the lines of an unconference. Since it was a bank holiday plus I had family visiting I was unable to do more than…

I have signed myself up to do a session on the use of games in professional development in the forthcoming Webheads in Action Unconvergence! To see the full range of sessions on offer for free, click here.

<![CDATA[ The last Absolutely Intercultural show was our third anniversary! Last time we had an anniversary we had a behind the scenes look at how the podcast is put together so this time I was looking for something different and decided to put together an intercultural FAQ based on what we have been doing for…

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<![CDATA[ While I was in Ireland two of the students in my media workshop had a long conversation with Thomas Johnston, a retired teacher and current radio broadcaster about the Gaelic language. It is one thing to read about the diminishing numbers of languages and speakers of minority languages but quite another to learn about…

<![CDATA[ A week ago I was on the remote west coast of Ireland taking part in the Intensive Programme experience called Borrowed Identities. This involves students from universities in Germany, Hungary, Lithuania and the UK coming together for 12 days of intense collaborative work in the area of cross-cultural communication. The point about bringing them…

<![CDATA[ Comparing online video conferencing systems is a recurring theme of mine, partly because there is so much happening in the market. On Monday I was part of an online meeting in Marratech presenting my experiences of working with Wimba to the Distans network of Scandinavian educators. On the virtual podium with me were speakers…

<![CDATA[ The techncal school where I’m currently doing some teaching is very good at providing a range of experiences for the students over and above their statutary studies, from sports and social events to opportunities for extra-curricular journalism and politics and in the short time I have been there, they have attracted a wide range…