Pandemic Pedagogy Around the Globe: What We Got Right In Our Response to COVID-19 and What Can We Learn?
Join Kōtuitui online teachers network on 3rd December with invited Kaikōrero Matua | Keynote Dr. Michael Barbour and a series of followup Wānanga/Workshop.
Michael K. Barbour, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 distance, online, and blended learning for over two decades as a researcher, evaluator, teacher, course designer, and administrator. Michael’s research has focused on the effective design, delivery, and support of K-12 distance, online, and blended learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions. This focus includes how regulation, governance, and policy can impact effective distance, online, and blended learning environments. Michael has a long history with the field in New Zealand, having written several national reports, serving on the governance board of the VLN Primary, conducting several research studies, and providing written and oral testimony to the Education and Science Parliamentary Committee.
Abstract: While making an argument that countries needed to move beyond individual distance and online learning programs to a more ubiquitous model, as part of a presentation that I gave in 2010 I wrote that "in Singapore online and blended learning was so pervasive that teaching in online and virtual environments was a required course in their teacher education programs and schools are annually closed for week-long periods to prepare the K-12 system for pandemic or natural disaster forced closures." Little did I know that only a decade later we have the opportunity to examine the differing emergency remote learning responses to a worldwide closure of schools and how distance, online, and blended learning tools and pedagogy fared in different contexts. This keynote will explore different models that have been adopted by various nations around the world and the factors that have led to the successes and challenges experienced in different countries.
Follow-up Session: Conversation with the Keynote
Scheduled immediately following the keynote presentation. Come to this session to extend the conversation with the keynote presenter. Designed to be a casual conversation, ask your questions, share your ideas, discuss the issues.