1. GlobalLab
Introducing a New Age
of Exploration & Learning for All
Dr. Boris Berenfeld
Founder, Chairman, and
Chief Scientist
GlobalLab integrates inquiry,
crowdsoircing and instruction
to revolutionize collaborative
learning
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www.globallab.org

2. GlobalLab
Where Technological
& Pedagogical Innovations Meet
Where Technological & Pedagogical
Innovations Meet
Technological innovations
Pedagogical innovations
An integrated environment supports crowdsourcing and authoring of the investigationdriven learning modules
A new generation of learning materials that
transcend national, cultural and language
barriers
• Virtual research environments
• Collaborative inquiry – based pedagogy
• Data enrichment technologies
• Specialized social network for education
• Data exchanges, aggregation, and
visualization
• Real-world context for engaged learning
• Collecting data from probes directly via
the Internet
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• Real science integrated into classroom
instruction

3. GlobalLab
“The World’s Biggest Science Class”
“The World’s Biggest Science Class”
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Publications in peer-reviewed international
educational journals
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Featured in Fortune, Science, and Wired magazines
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Piloted in 3000 Schools in 30 countries
Bulletin UNESCO called GlobalLab “The World’s Biggest
Science Class”

4. GlobalLab
Benefits and Value Proposition
Benefits and Value Proposition
For Students.
Social networking combined with hands-on learning opportunities
For Parents.
A small fee – Very large learning outcomes
For Teachers.
“Off-the-shelf” inquiry projects utilizing existing infrastructure
For Schools.
Meeting the call for the centrality of inquiry and critical thinking
For Employers.
Skills required for the workplaces of the future
For Governments. Science-literate citizens
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www.globallab.org

5. GlobalLab
Leadership Team
Dr. Boris Berenfeld, Chief Scientist
Over 20 years of experience in the development of IT learning solutions
for leading institutions worldwide (MIT, TERC, IBM, GLOBE project).
Fellow, The World Technology Network.
Dr. Tatiana Krupa, President
More than 10 years of experience in spearheading large teams in
the development, marketing, and sale of award-winning education
software products in Russia and CIS.
Leadership Team
Founder
Dr. Boris Berenfeld is a
world renown expert
in the field of
advanced technologies
in education
The team: experts in IT,
programming, mobile
applications, business
development, modern
pedagogy and
instructional design
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www.globallab.org
Dr. Alexander Kharshiladze, Chief Executive Officer
Mathematician and financier, close to 20 years experience in
commercialized products for education markets. Highly skilled
in organizational management and planning.
Arseny Lebedev, CTO/Head Software Developer
Developer of sophisticated search engine technologies, lead developer
of advanced web-based solutions, and for the last five years, lead
developer of the Global Lab platform.
Yana Zlochevskaya, Chief Tutor
A pioneer of the Russian Global Lab, lead developer of training
materials, has taught teachers to implement GlobalLab in daily
classroom practice.

6. GlobalLab
Designed for an always connected world
GlobalLab is designed for an always
connected world.
Join us as we reinvent learning and discovery
in the age of pervasive, cloud-based social
media.
Thank You!
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www.globallab.org

7. GlobalLab
First Generation Brain–to–Cloud Interface
When you see somebody on the street, your
visor will tell you their name and other quick
information so your brain won’t have to do
all that work.
From Ray Kurzweil
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8. GlobalLab
New generation of social networking
CROWDSOURCING
DATA SOURCING
CITIZEN SCIENCE
The excitement of simply being connected is being replaced
by a new generation of social networking activities –
people doing something together out of civic responsibility
or scientific curiosity
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www.globallab.org

9. GlobalLab
Citizen science involves millions
According to IBM, “A whole class of citizen scientists will
emerge using simple sensors that already exist to
create massive datasets for research”
GlobalLab anticipated
this development over ten
years ago
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10. GlobalLab
You are a walking sensor
Sensors in our phones, cars,
wallets, and even tweets will
collect data that give scientists
real-time pictures of our
environments and ourselves
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www.globallab.org

11. Wired but not Connected
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12. Wired and Connected
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13. GlobalLab
History of classroom technologies
Classroom
technologies:
from mentoring
with clay tablets
to mobile computing
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www.globallab.org

14. GlobalLab
Education is
on the brink of
a revolution
caused by a
new generation
of digital
textbooks
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www.globallab.org
Targeting the education market
New type of content
• Dynamic
• Adaptive
• Renewable
Beyond content
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Input from cameras, recorders, digital probes
Record observations, essays, etc.
Enable to join social networks
Aggregate and display crowdsourced data

15. GlobalLab
Delivering inquiry learning
New types of educational
materials:
Our goals
• Support collaborative investigations by
communities of citizen
scientists & students
• Allow the implementation of
project-based curriculum into
school practice
• Meet national educational standards
Internet resources
Our products
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www.globallab.org
• A specialized social network for
crowdsourcing & education
• Web applications that support citizen
science & student investigations
• Aggregation & scientific visualizations
of data
• Learning modules and integrated science
courses & content

16. GlobalLab
Collaborative Platform
for Citizen Science & Education
GlobalLab is a framework
for education & discovery
GlobalLab
uniquely provides
a technological
platform, tools,
databases
& resources for
crowdsourcing
and citizen science
projects
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www.globallab.org

17. GlobalLab
Centrality of Inquiry
Collaborative Investigations
in Biology
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www.globallab.org

18. GlobalLab
Centrality of Inquiry
Collaborative Investigations
in Earth Science
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www.globallab.org

19. GlobalLab
Working with any probe
Any probe – even smartphones –
can send data to the GlobalLab
platform
We work with an
increasing number
of applications that
support environmental
monitoring from acid
rain to radiation
to sound and light
pollution
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www.globallab.org

20. GlobalLab
Lowering the entry barrier
By loading the GlobalLab applications on a mobile
device every student in the word can participate
in the data-streaming crowdsourcing, participate in
discussions and develop a sense of belonging to the
worldwide network of citizen-scientist
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www.globallab.org

21. GlobalLab
Comparing data globally
GlobalLab not only captures
data, it also displays datasets
on world maps
Users can compare
their findings with
data worldwide
Crowdsourcing
& citizen science
become
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Relevant
Engaging
Easy
Fun
www.globallab.org
Moscow School
2030

22. GI-Sound: Crowdsouring project in Moscow
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BbliiTM
nakendlom
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23. GlobalLab
Centrality of Inquiry
Collaborative Investigations
in Physics
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www.globallab.org

24. GlobalLab
GlobalLab and Big Data
Big Data: A Revolution That Will
Transform How We Live, Work and
Think
Causality or simple
correlations?
Knowing why or
knowing what?…
Learn to trust
what the data is
telling us before
we fully understand
why…
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www.globallab.org

25. GlobalLab
Developing science process skills
How professional scientists compare
results obtained by different
research groups?
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26. GlobalLab
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Uniformity and diversity in collaborative
inquiry projectsprojects

27. GlobalLab
Attention: conflict!
Teachable moments
in GlobalLab
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