Discussion Lists and Community
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We invite you to participate in the Creating Learning Communities Network by joining the "LearningCommunities" discussion list. This is the heart of A Coalition for Self-Learning. The original Cooperative Community Lifelong Learning Centers list (CCL-LLCs) was started in February, '99. Helen Hegener, publisher of Home Education Magazine writes in the first post to the list, "I believe community learning centers are an important step in the ongoing evolution of education, and I also believe they could be a key bridge between the homeschooling community and other forms of public and private education. I'm looking forward to some thoughtful discussion on this list."
Bill Ellis, list facilitator and editor and publisher of the online journal TRANET, A Chronicle of the Emerging Gaian Cultures, writes (2/12/99): "Homeschooling, alternative education, and life-long learning have been one of the areas of TRANET interest for the last 20 years. I have had growing interest in the concept as an example of spontaneous self-organization. And as a model of how the future may be shaped not by the trends of today, but by ‘flapping butterfly wings,’ small unnoticed phenomena that break radically with the status quo…There is no time in the history of humankind that a radical transformation of society was needed, and was happening. I hope this listserv will lead the way."
The original discussion list has now branched into two lists--"LearningCommunities" and "CCL-LLCs." The "LearningCommunities" list hosts discussion about the future of society, with an emphasis on making the necessary transition from a human-centered to an ecocentric worldview, and from what author Riane Eisler calls a "dominator society" to a "partnership society." The members of A Coalition for Self-Learning call this new paradigm, Gaian, and put it forward as the basis for future life-long learning systems, grounded in evolutionary cultural change. The concepts and philosophy of creating learning communities are explored here in depth, as are the practical concerns and issues. Members exchange stories and experiences about creating model learning centers all over the world (from Denmark to Ukraine to New Zealand to Canada to Mexico and the U.S.). Autodidactics, charter schools, restorative justice, micro-credit, local currencies, and their respective roles in the new learning system are among the wide range of topics explored on the list.
If the "LearningCommunities" list is the heart of A Coalition, the "CCL-LLCs" list is the nerve center. It’s where the day-to-day and ongoing work of the learning community gets done. Here members design and evolve the website, plan events, and strategize for communicating the visions of A Coalition for Self Learning. Both lists are open to anyone. Discussions are archived and accessible through the online resource center. View the archives here, beginning with the most recent discussions..
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groups.yahoo.com/group/LearningCommunities/ for Concepts and
groups.yahoo.com/group/CCL-LLCs/ for Strategy.and join our discussion of concepts on:
LearningCommunities-subscribe@yahoogroups.comand our discussion of strategy on:
CCL-LLCs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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