Cambridge Exams Webinar, by Neus Lorenzo at ELT-Conference 2021.(24/02/2021). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12065.33123 Sharing reflections on pandemics and educational changes for teachers, students and families, to create a new narrative for ELT.

1. Neus Lorenzo: How to walk in no-man's land during a pandemic
Neus Lorenzo Galés
Cambridge Exams - Webinar 24/02/2021
How to walk in
no-man's land
during pandemics
Connecting
the dots
@NewsNeus
nlorenzo@xtec.cat

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Why connecting the dots?...
https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/archive/r47C-W8K2xAMzHXOYDZz_1082112332.jpeg
Find
the hidden
animal...
For reality-building!

4. Neus Lorenzo: How to walk in no-man's land during a pandemic
Why connecting the dots?...
https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/archive/r47C-W8K2xAMzHXOYDZz_1082112332.jpeg
Find
the hidden
animal...
For reality-building!

5. Neus Lorenzo: How to walk in no-man's land during a pandemic
Connecting Dots: The 6 Gestalt Principles
https://www.toptal.com/designers/ui/gestalt-principles-of-design#:~:
Additional ones: - Common fate - Common regio
- Closure
- Continuity
- Similarity
- Symmetry & Order (Prägnanz)
- Figure/ground
- Proximity

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Content
• The Covid-19 Pandemic
• Students’ Needs
• Teachers’ Opportunities
• Family Contribution
• Finding new paths for ELT
https://carl322.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/eyes-composed-of-dots-vector-material-60897.jpg

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https://xarxanet.org/sites/default/files/styles/xn17_2x2/public/mascareta_1.jpg?itok=3ycmQBLL
2020-2021:
The school year of the unknown
____________________________
The Covid-19 Pandemic
We were not
as ready as we
believed
for remote teaching
and learning

8. Neus Lorenzo: How to walk in no-man's land during a pandemic
Covid-19 pandèmic: it is no-man’s land for everybody, but...
Connectivity
Digital Tools
Teachers
Families
Equity
... ... ...
https://www.unicef.org/lac/sites/unicef.org.lac/files/styles/hero_desktop/public/amazonia-peruana-041120_0.jpg?itok=q0x-iRSW

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A quiet place
to study
at home?
Percentage of 15-year-old
students in the EU that had
reported to have a quiet
place at home to study.
Source: OECD
https://www.europeandataportal.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/Figuur%204_0.jpg

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https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
Real-time data
Long lasting gap:
- Gender
- Age
- Resilience
84,5%
1.480.292.206
(2020/04/24)

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“You can't connect the dots
looking forward;
you can only connect them
looking backwards”.
https://www.3djuegos.com/foros/tema/48292406/0/que-es-el-puntillismo/
Steve Jobs (2005)
https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/#:~:

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https://diarisanitat.cat/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Aire-urbano-no-apto-para-cerebros-infantiles_image_380.jpg
Students’ Needs
They missed
(and are missing)
many school
classes.
What are they
learning?

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Every generation
regrets seeing their
learning strengths
lost for ever… but
ignores future
resources and
opportunities
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/b7/50/8eb750266d21e262f77160a7cf0ae857.jpg
Scribes in Ancient Egypt
https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/f3/0f/0d/f30f0d8bb79b2b36428450f823984934.jpg

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Covid_19
ELT-sessions:
Communication
Challenges
https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/qctimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/7
0/170a676c-0888-5aba-996c-ce0f6a01a531/6011b5410d5df.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800

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https://www.ccma.cat/multimedia/jpg/4/2/1600069939024.jpg
Teaching and
Learning English
to learn how to live
together

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https://www.elpuntavui.cat/societat/article/16-educacio/1877198-educacio-encarrega-64-000-mascaretes-transparents.html
Teachers’ Opportunities
Helping students
to discover
what nobody
knows yet

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A new digital world:
- AR / VR Spaces
- Multimodal Codes (Transmedia)
- Language diversity
- Machine Translation
- Geolocalization
- Mediations (texts / People)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Connectivism:
a teaching and
learning approach
for observing,
understanding,
and inhabiting
our world.
https://neurosciencenews.com/files/2017/10/high-iq-body-illness-neurosciencenews.jpg
MOOCs: George Siemens and Stephen Downes, (2007)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism
∙Look around
∙ Find purpose
∙ Start moving

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Dr. Catlin Tucker
@Catlin_Tucker
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker/status/1321023331123036160
Personalized
learning
(strategical planning)
Transmedia
Session
Dr. Catlin Tucker
@Catlin_Tucker
Digital learning to engage and foster creativity

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Personalization?
Wikipedia
identifies over 180
digital
cognitive biases.

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The spiral of inquiry: educational transformation
Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser - Canada
https://www.wholeeducation.org/spirals-of-inquiry-network/

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The spiral of inquiry: educational transformation
Look around
Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser - Canada
https://www.wholeeducation.org/spirals-of-inquiry-network/
What

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The spiral of inquiry: educational transformation
Look around
Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser - Canada
https://www.wholeeducation.org/spirals-of-inquiry-network/
What

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The spiral of inquiry: educational transformation
Start moving
Look around
Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser - Canada
https://www.wholeeducation.org/spirals-of-inquiry-network/
What
Now what

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https://statics.ccma.cat/multimedia/jpg/4/0/1601902891204.jpg
Family Contribution
Learning
to stop “having”
and starting
to learn “being”
____________________
Finding new spaces
to be present in education

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbIqBiBWsAQBozx.jpg
Different ways to care for the most
vulnerable ones.

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An International mental health epidemic.
Ref: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/mental-health-technology-robots-chatbots https://twitter.com/wef/status/1325166262335410183/photo/1

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Building confidence, personal engagement and
social cohesion in a complex world
Pixabay: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/02/26/11/24/fake-news-4881488__340.jpg
Fighting missinformation

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European Union proaction on Artificial Intelligence
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-
//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2017-0051+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN
https://ai.bsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AIHLEG_EthicsGuidelinesforTrustworthyAI-ENpdf.pdf
European Commission
(2019)
Educating citizens
for decision making
in a global world

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Pessimistic
people are
likely to be
offered a
discount on
an insurance
contracts.
Photo by Jennifer Bedoya at Unsplash
Optimistic
people are
more likely to
recieve offers
to contract a
loan for
buying a
house.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Knowing nothing about the future
New concerns are emerging: What didn’t exist 100 year ago?.
Creative kitchen

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Knowing nothing about the future
New concerns are emerging: What didn’t exist 100 year ago!.
Adolescents

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Knowing nothing about the future
New concerns are emerging: What didn’t exist 100 year ago!.
Genetic Engeeniering

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Knowing nothing about the future
New concerns are emerging: What didn’t exist 100 year ago!.
Bio / Eco Culture

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Knowing nothing about the future
New concerns are emerging: What didn’t exist 100 year ago!.
Digital layers of virtual reality

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http://thebridge.jp/en/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ili_featuredimage.jpg
Our challenge? In 2016 LogBar presented a new product called ‘iLi’
at CES 2016 to translate in real time. Now you have it
in Powerpoint, Skype, and other common software.
http://thebridge.jp/en/2016/01/logbar-unveils-ili-
wearable-translation-device-ili
New Tools

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Our challenge?
http://dobrewiadomosci.net.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/real-time-translator-ear-waverly-labs-fb.png
Pilot- This device can translate
English, Spanish, Italian and
French Languages, connecting
your phone to different Apps.
New Skills

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Collaboration and solidarity
September 30th.
2020

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https://www.unicef.org/innovation/giga
UNICEF Offfice of innovation (2020).
https://www.unicef.org/innovation/giga

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Connecting the dots... (Information is not Knowing )
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/b5/97/f4b5975714e320153d6dfb40f6c83f8c.jpg

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Connecting the dots... (Theory is not Experience)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/b5/97/f4b5975714e320153d6dfb40f6c83f8c.jpg

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Connecting the dots... (Experience can bring routine)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/b5/97/f4b5975714e320153d6dfb40f6c83f8c.jpg

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Connecting the dots... (Creativity isn’t Reality)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/b5/97/f4b5975714e320153d6dfb40f6c83f8c.jpg

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The way we tell
our story
contructs the new
ELT-reality
https://p.favim.com/orig/2018/09/07/cute-cat-shadow-Favim.com-6247824.jpg

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The way we tell
our story
contructs the new
ELT-reality Thank you
for creating
a new story!
https://p.favim.com/orig/2018/09/07/cute-cat-shadow-Favim.com-6247824.jpg

54. Neus Lorenzo: How to walk in no-man's land during a pandemic
Neus Lorenzo Galés
How to walk in
no-man's land
during pandemics
@NewsNeus