Global Collective Growth | Overview

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There are also plenty of opportunities for collective growth beyond one’s own region. Things such as professional learning networks, conferences, organizations, and a number of teacher blogs, podcasts, videos, and more are all great ways to grow professionally and help others do the same on a global scale.

When we think about collective growth on this global scale, it is important to recognize that we are also talking about a type of global collective efficacy, a belief that all educators around the world can collaborate and improve the entire profession and practice, leading to a more educated populace everywhere.

Undoubtedly, the ideas listed above are only some of the ways to promote global collective growth. Advances in technologies such as video conferencing, virtual reality, 3D printing, and more may help give way to novel strategies. Through these, might we see the start of a learning society?

Take a moment to write down other ideas for how one can promote global collective growth. It is okay if it starts to sound like science fiction!

Our Goals

The outcome for this module is "I can use strategies for global collective growth."

Across this module, there are several success criteria:

I can develop a professional learning network.
I can join and follow professional writers, speakers, and organizations.
I can identify strategies that may make conferences more beneficial.

Success criteria should be met by the end of each page while the outcome should be met by the end of the module.

To-Do List

To complete this module, work through each of the corresponding items below. Each page will typically contain content to read/watch/explore as well as a corresponding activity/reflection/experiment. While these items are not collected within this Canvas course, you are still required to complete them.

After following the instructions on each of the pages, complete the items below: