- George Siemens says that ... there are pools of innovation everywhere.
We believe that. We know that. That’s where we have found strength and courage and ideas.
He adds, ...but there is no cohesive integrated structure that amplifies the affect of the research.
That resonated with us.. because that was what we had spent the year questioning and noticing and trying to resolve. How can so many people be doing cool things and still there is no standard change. And still the world is not a place of equity. And still the world has many unsolved and growing problems.
- In order to make change happen, to make it accessible to everyone, we need to determine the similarities of value that we all want in the end and the similarities of process that make it possible. Not a mandated standardization of content, but rather a discovery of natural serendipitous connections between people. Not a curriculum agenda, or even a student agenda, or even a teacher agenda, or even an admin agenda, .. a people agenda.
We’re thinking a standard process that allows for personalized learning, no matter the size/color of the copy, is a good fractal. Something that would standardize access to learning rather than specific content to be learned. For everyone.
via @cocreatr:
why the research adds value:
a larger project approved to add credibility to your innovation lab and keep it running in a system designed to clutch to the status quo like Linus of Peanuts fame to his blanket.
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