Community Development Model of Learning

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Community Development Model of

Learning

Fred Garnett FRSA (Becta)Visiting Research Fellow (Ideas Lab)

University of Sussex

Community Development Model of Learning

TOPICS

UK Contexts

Community Access to Lifelong Learning

Digital Divide Content Debate

Community e-learning; projects & debates


Principles in Community Learning


UK Context - Becta

The technology & learning agency

Schools 1997 – NGfL; Lesson Plan complementary ICT

Colleges FERL – 1999; Community of Practice, Resource exchange, practitioners as resource creators

Community CALL – 2000; ICT Learning Centres UK online centres, Community Grids for Learning, NOF-Digitisation


Broader Contexts

Knowledge Economy/Democracy

Yoneji Masuda; Japan’s 5th Gen Info Soc. Project

PAT-15 Digital Divide Policies in UK

US Community Technology Centres / PIRGs

Digital Divide and Community Content Issues


Community Learning Contexts

School; Compulsory Education, A-level Gold Standard

Colleges; Post Compulsory Education – Vocational

Community Learning (social inclusion learning);

ACL, Community Arts, Community Projects

Basic Skills; Literacy, Numeracy, ESOL

Informal, Non-formal, non-accredited learning


Community Access to Lifelong Learning (CALL)

2000; 7000 ICT Learning Centres as Access Points, Community Grids for Learning, NOF-Digitisation

Silwood, Brixton Online, Manchester Womens ETH

Manchester WEA learners.org, myedinburgh.org

Community Media; Showcase, ARKive

Missed Projects; Music and Media – Grow Your Own Media Lab, Comm@net

ICT-Saturated Learning Environments


Digital Divide Content Debate

From Access to Content

Online Content for Underserved Americans

Contentbank.org, CGfL’s Cybrarian

Conclusions;

Local Content for Local People

Tools and Skills Approach

Content Creation Toolkits and Training

“Context is Queen”


Metadata for Community Content Project

1. Best Practice in Community Learning

2. How People Learn in UK online Centres

1. Andragogic, Follow interests

2. Learning Community, Lifecycles (LTRI)

3. Animateurs, Timely Interventions

3. Learning Matrix; map outcomes to activities



Attractor Stage;

Open, welcoming Locations, Learners follow interests

Self-supporting “learning community”

Engagement Stage;

Timely Interventions, Goal Articulation, Discussion

Counselling and Courses

Needs “Trusted Intermediaries”


Principles in Community e-learning

“Goal-seeking” motivated learners

Community Development Approach (Holistic Projects)

Tools and Skills Approach

Andragogy not Pedagogy

Community-responsive curriculum

Local content by and for Local people

From e-government to e-learning


Next in Community e-learning

Androgogic and Heutagogic Interoperability

From e-learning to e-government (Into online)

Community Grids for Information

Digital television; RegenTV, Wireless (NOMAD)

lastfridaymob.com; Aims to “support the development of an inclusive, participative knowledge democracy (Political/cultural) and knowledge economy. (Economic) (through the implementation of a range of social and digital inclusion strategies)”


LinksDigital Divide Content Debatehttp://www.aclearn.net/technical/metadata/digitaldivide/Informal e-learning Summithttp://www.aclearn.net/technical/metadata/e-learning-summit/Model of Informal e-learning http://www.aclearn.net/technical/metadata/informal/Community Content Documentshttp://www.contentbank.org/homepage.asphttp://aclresources.net/ (Content Creation Toolkits)http://aclexchange.net/ (Resource exchange and categories)http://neukol.org.uk/comchall/ - online pub quiz community challengeResources for Centre Developmentwww.bctpartners.com/resources/CTCs_as_Catalysts.pdfhttp://www.bev.net/about/research/digital_library/technical.php

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Community Development Model of

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