MEEP Methods for Sharing Knowledge

free and open methods for building learning communities

and transforming information into

lasting knowledge. darshan elena camposwww.meepwiki.org

@darshancampos

Welcome!

today’s goals:

● Introduce folks to MEEP as a set of methods for learning & teaching.

● Create a space for community education.

● Be real & responsive to the energy & people in the room.

MEEP, MEEP!

The Mapping Educational Ecosystems Project (MEEP) aims to help solve one of today’s biggest challenges — how to build learning institutions that work for people at all stages of life, from birth until natural death.

What’s an Educational Ecosystem?

people, relationships, & places that promote holistic learning.

1. people = students, families, teachers, administrators, technologists, etc.

2. relationships = between schools, companies, community organizations, and government initiatives.

3. places = library, the protest, and the smartphone.

Education is everywhere. We need to see where it happens. And where it doesn’t. Together, we can change the systems.

Mining the Methods MEEP mines the methods of learning & teaching. We make them ours!

Location. Human Diversity. Technology.

Location

How does this co-working site called Parisoma differ from other learning sites like a public library, a traditional classroom, or a street protest?

Human Diversity What does learning mean given our amazing diversity?

● cultural identity such as age, race, class, language, etc.● personal learning styles● accessibility

Technology, Research, Neuroscience

1. How can we design better learning experiences for all people, ourselves included?

2. How do humans transform information into knowledge?

3. What do we know about bodies and the human brain?

MEEP ventures

MEEP is about methods. It has many ventures. We consider them adventures in educational transformation.

Mind the App

A series of playshops that explore how educators are using digital technologies to learn & teach.

C.Lit Labs.The ABC’s of sex, gender, & sexuality! C.lit stands for critical literacy, or all the ways we read the world, including interpreting voice, accent, fashion, gender, skin tone, hairstyle, etc.

Community Learning Labs

Free and open labs aimed at sensing the present in education and mapping education’s future.

Conocimiento

“Conocimiento comes from opening all your senses, consciously inhabiting your body and decoding its symptoms - that persistent scalp itch, not caused by lice or dry skin may be a thought trying to snare your attention.” – Gloria Anzaldúa.big ups to

JuanCarlos Arauz of E3 for sharing

this method!

Conocimiento: A Method for Sharing

Spanish for personal knowledge, conocimiento involves people forming learning circles to build personal connections & share knowledge on more equal terms.

Goals:● Meet some of the many people in the room.● Ground ourselves in our bodies & community.● Explore some of the themes of today’s presenters.

Conocimiento: A Method for Sharing1. Form two concentric circles of equal number. Find a

partner in the other circle. Choose a first responder. If you prefer, step aside and witness the exchanges.

2. First responder listens to the question, reflects, and shares for 1 minute. Silence is a form of communication.

3. Switch! Same question, second thinker.4. Migrate! Move two steps to meet a new person and

share ideas on a new question. 5. Closure! Feel your body, look around the room, and

experience the energy that emerges from sharing knowledge in community.

Speed-Smarting

Like speed-dating, only nerdier.

Goals:● Meet some of the many people in the room.● Ground ourselves in our bodies, needs, & dreams.● Explore some of the themes of today’s presenters by

focusing on natural solutions and concrete strategies.

Speed-Smarting Much like conocimiento, speed-smarting is about sharing knowledge in community. The difference is that speed-smarting aims to find personal strategies & solutions that better our shared planet.

Speed-Smarting: Problem-Solver Teams

1. Form two concentric circles of equal number. Find a partner in the other circle. Choose a first responder.

2. Listen to the question, reflect, and share for 1 minute. 3. Switch! Same question, second thinker.4. Problem-Solve! As a pair, discuss what this issue means

to you personally and what steps you can take to make real social change.

5. Closure! Look around the room and feel the energy that emerges from sharing knowledge in community.

And now...Speed-smarting promotes design thinking on teams. You can follow it by asking pairs to form larger groups and share from there.

Both methods build energy, curiosity, and excitement; you just need to figure out how to direct the smarts!

About Me!

1. Darshan Elena Campos2. Educator. Historian. Futurist.3. Learning consultant for schools, museums,

companies, & community organizations.

big love to cloud city development

for the invite!

darshan elena camposwww.meepwiki.org

@darshancampos

so long, & thanks for all the smarts!The real work of social change happens daily. It isn’t a workshop, a book, a blog, a platform, or a paradigm. It is a shared process that involves people & our planet.

So join us! Teach us! Inspire us!The future starts now.www.meepwiki.org.

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