Seminar 14P - Building Collaborative Digital Classrooms

Led by Stanford University faculty who have developed a program in global learning through video-conference, blog, chat, and wiki technologies with universities across five continents, this hands-on seminar will enable participants to learn innovative strategies for technologically-mediated collaboration among students working in globally-distributed teams.

Participants will engage three activity-based sessions, focused on pedagogical approaches, technology tools, and institutional infrastructures. Attendees will have a chance to apply curricular materials to their own curricular contexts, experiment with different technologies for global connections, and discuss best practices for advancing technologically-facilitated global learning as administrative initiatives. Included will be a demonstration of the technological innovations on a sliding scale of accessibility, from basic blogging to video-mediated learning labs. Case studies, resources, and research will be shared to aid participants in implementing this work at home institutions, and participants will have an opportunity to discuss challenges and solutions in their own educational contexts.