Welcome to 'Global knowledge, local learning' - a participatory project

Introduction: what is this project all about?

"global education markets are more than merely economic; they have political, social and cultural dimensions" (Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Project 3)

This project is funded by the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, with a contribution from the Faculty of Information Technology. The project will investigate the concept of 'global knowledge' in relation to local learning contexts. Monash University is in a unique position as a 'global university' which offers the same degree in three different countries, Australia, Malaysia and South Africa. This degree, in Information Technology, will provide the basis for comparison between campuses for the project.

In line with the Institute's core interests, the project will focus on the global movement of people and knowledge, the place of institutions in inhibiting or catalysing global knowledge, and the potential impact of globalisation at local sites.

What are the aims of the project?

The project aims to:

• explore the concept of 'glocalism' in local learning and teaching contexts, examining in what ways 'local understanding' impacts learning;
• investigate how global education markets impact on the concept of 'global knowledge' (using the same undergraduate degree in Information Technology across four different countries);
• present project findings and maintain ongoing discussion through participative methodology and academic communities of practice

How will others participate in this project?

Project participants are invited to join the project and must give consent to participate formally prior to granting interviews or joining focus groups, as well as engaging on this web log.

How does this web log (blog) work?

Web logs or blogs for short, are chronological web pages (most recent dates first) to which contributors can post information. This information is displayed in a pre-arranged template, with links to previous and related information.

We also welcome your comments and contributions to the project through this web log. You may view comments to those posts that have a link to comments at the end of the post. The number of comments made is shown within the 'comments' link, as Figure 1 illustrates.

Figure 1. The comments link showing (1) comment.

Figure 2 shows how you may post a comment. You can reply either to the original post or to the comment (s) made relating to the post.

Figure 2. Adding a comment.

You can make an anonymous comment by selecting the anonymous radio button under the text area. Be sure to select this if you wish to remain anonymous.


Figure 3. Adding an anonymous comment.

Disclosing your comments and issues of privacy
You are welcome to add comments to the information posted to this blog. In the interests of maintaining your privacy rights, please consider the following information carefully.

Please be advised that in adding comments to this blog, you give implied consent for your contributions to be used in publications and reports relating to this project. If you wish to either withdraw your comments in light of this or to formalise your participation in this project, please contact the Chief Investigator (deatils below) for more information and a consent form, so you can outline the terms under which your contributions can be used. You are welcome to post comments anonymously, but your comments may still be used in further publications.

Inappropriate comments
We wish to maintain a high quality of information found here and hope you will make contributions based on your interests in the area of global education. We reserve the right to remove comments that are deemed offensive or reveal information that would otherwise be considered private and/or confidential relating to an individual, institution or business enterprise.

We trust these guidelines will be adhered to in the spirit of respectful and meaningful participation.

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If you prefer not to make contributions directly, you are welcome to subscribe to the project blog using the subscribe option as illustrated in figure 4 below. This provides you with an email alert whenever the blog is updated. This way you can keep in touch with the project as it develops!


Figure 4. Subscribing to the project blog.

For more information on participating in the Global knowledge, local learning project, please contact Associate Professor Yoni Ryan, Centre for Learning and Teaching Support, Monash University.