The Global Academy at The Learnerspace
The Global Academy is a joint initiative from The Learnerspace and Fase 2, an opportunity for a shared exploration of the world of education through a series of study trips, conferences, school visits, and interactions with some of the most important speakers in the world of education.
This unique professional development offering will feature a series of trips to some of the most important conferences and learning opportunities in the world, all within a group of like-minded educators who seek to further their horizons by experiencing some of the most advanced, cutting-edge educational practices in learning institutions.
How does it work?
Educators are invited to take part in any or all of five trips a year, and by doing that they will join a community of educators who will share, through an online blog, their learning experience as well as valuable resources regarding global trends and innovative practices in education.
By participating in at least one trip per year, educators can access an annual subscription to the Global Academy website, which contains all conference presentations, photographs, interviews and a myriad of learning resources in a true online professional learning community.
What trips will be offered?
The following is a timeline of conferences and other educational trips that will form part of the Academy program:
November 11, 2018 NYAEC is the National Association for the Education of Young Children, as per their website, is “a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood…
January 15, 2019 BETT is the largest educational technology conference in the world, with more than 30,000 attendees every year, hundreds of sessions from some of the foremost keynote speakers in the world of education. The Exhibit Hall features more than 500 companies from all over the world showcasing the latest developments in…
March 23, 2019 ASCD is the largest general purpose educational organization in the world, with more than 100,000 members, and its Annual Conference comprises around 10,000 educators from all over the world, with a wide variety of sessions and workshops to choose from, featuring some of the most prominent speakers in education. A…
June 24, 2019 International Society for Technology in Education Annual Conference, Philadelphia The ISTE Annual Conference features some of the latest breakthroughs and innovations in educational technology, being the largest in North America, attracting more than 20,000 educators from all over the US and the rest of the world. There are many different…
September 20, 2019 Coinciding with the Annual Spring Break for many schools in Argentina, a one-week study tour with school visits will be set up, so as to visit at least eight schools in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, covering some of the most innovative and forward thinking schools in the…
NYAEC Conference – Washington DC – November 2018
BETT Educational Technology Conference – Visits to Schools Europe – January 2019
ASCD Annual Conference – Chicago – March 2019
ISTE Conference – Philadelphia – June 2019
Spring Break Annual School Visit – West Coast – September 2019
How are the trips organized?
Fase 2, one of the leading firms in educational travel in Argentina, will provide all travel services including airfare, accommodation, conference enrollments when appropriate, travel insurance if required, and all transfers within the trip.
Approximately three weeks before the trip, there will be a meeting where participants will receive information on conference and trip logistics, speakers, recommendations for sessions, and general tips regarding the conference experience, as well as an overview of the educational themes related to the conference in school visits. This initial meeting will allow participants to maximize their learning experience and enjoyed to the fullest.
During the trip, educators from The Learnerspace will accompany the group, and will not only provide guidance and coordination during the trip itself, but also specific academic support regarding the learning activities at the conference or school visits. Whenever possible, there will be small group meetings and informal gatherings with speakers and educational leaders at the conference.
Every trip will feature a series of optional recreational and cultural excursions will be offered, since most of these trips take place in the backdrop of some of the most interesting and culturally rich cities in the world, so as to take full advantage of the travel experience itself.
After the trip is finalized, there will be another meeting, two weeks after the conference, so as to analyze the trends and lessons learned during the conference, debrief the learning experience, and help participants into applying the learning in their respective schools and communities.
The website
Participation in any of the trips includes a one-year subscription to the Global Academy website at The Learnerspace. The website will feature, for each of the trips:
- Photographs, videos and other contributions from participants about their travel experience.
- Session summaries and recommendations.
- Information on speakers, trends, links to valuable resources related to each of the conferences.
- Specific information and links to the schools visited during the trip.
- For each day of the conference, the speaker presentations and other resources mentioned during the talk as they become publicly available.
- General Information, and other resources posted by participants as they learn about them in the conferences attended.
In this way, the website will constitute a veritable online professional learning community that will become a one-stop repository for the newest and the latest in education around the world.
Presenting at conferences
The Global Academy will also help educators who are interested in presenting papers at any of these conferences by providing reminders for Call for Papers deadlines as well as helping in preparing paper submissions.