1. Modeling
Community-based
Learning
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2. research towards
Do-it-Yourself
CLS
tools andKasey Asberryapplied in
methods
a mosaic ofSpring 2011
community-based
learning projects

3. technology and methods that
enable community-based
generation and management of
teaching and learning
experiences.
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CLS
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4. Everyone has something to offer.
Universal Design for Learning is more
fun.
Livable communities keep on learning.
Templates and tools can be shared
across projects.
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VISION
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5. Ubiquitous tools to access, interact
with and generate content.
Accessible to people of all ages and
abilities.
Public, Community, Team & Personal
views.
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REQUIREMENTS
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6. Proactive Poetics
ThunderPuppets
Players........discover who we are, how we fit
together and what we want through our stories.
Autism Social Connection... how does this process
change with different abilities?
Community of Arabists...with differing culture and
language?
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EXPERIENCES

7. Environmental Education
Futurology........Green apprenticeship fosters
community through small businesses.
Where the Wild Things Are... investigating
California biogeography.
Central Y Demonstration Gardens... connecting
virtual and physical resources through mobile
phones.
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EXPERIENCES

8. Social Learning
NENU.......connecting people in neighborhoods
builds resilience.
Intelligent Swarm.. instructional designers share
social learning patterns.
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EXPERIENCES

9. Boal, Augusto, 1972. Theatre of the Oppressed.
Gardner, Howard. 2009. Five Minds for the Future.
Mollson, Bill. 1976. Permaculture, A Primer.
Wates, Nick. 2006. Community Planning Handbook.
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Sources

10. QR codes connect virtual and physical
resources.
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Key Learning

11. Movie
Collaborative storytelling represents
community needs and vision.
- ThunderPuppets
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Key Learning

12. If community doesn't exist,
technology alone, no matter how
cool, won't build it.
- Futurology, Intelligent Swarm,
Where the Wild Things Are
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Challenges

13. CLS Research Portfolio
http://humanorigins.org/lab/labproject/cls/index.html
ThunderPuppets Players
http://thunderpuppets.org/
Central YMCA Demonstration Gardens
http://humanorigins.
org/gardens/Gardenmobilesplash.html
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RESOURCES

14. Whether using shadow puppets,
gardens or mobile phones, a
community's meaning resides in its
people. Useful technology serves that
meaning.
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Do-it-Yourself
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CLS