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Etienne WengerLearning for a small planet

P.O. Box 810North San Juan, CA 95960, U.S.A.

Phone (530) 292-9222E-mail etienne@ewenger.com

Website: www.ewenger.com

A journey of the selfA journey of the self

Who is she?Who is she?

What does she know?What does she know?

Where is she going?Where is she going?

What is she learning?What is she learning?

How does it all add up How does it all add up to the person she is to the person she is becoming?becoming?

Please meet Sheena...Please meet Sheena...

SponsorshipSponsorshipConveningConvening

SupportSupport

ExpertiseExpertisePerspectivePerspectiveAdvocacyAdvocacy

55 partner55 partner

organizationsorganizations

OSERSOSERS

The IDEAThe IDEApartnershippartnership

StatesStatesRegionsRegions

Districts Districts SchoolsSchools

CommunitiesCommunities

51 technical assistance51 technical assistance

outreach network

…… a group of practitioners, whoa group of practitioners, who

share similar challengesshare similar challenges

interact regularlyinteract regularly

learn from and with each otherlearn from and with each other

improve their ability to address their improve their ability to address their

challengeschallenges

Corporate blue pagesCorporate blue pagesCorporate blue pages

CommunityMapCommunityMapCommunityMap

Communities of practice are key to the strategy of becoming the knowledge bank.

Communities of practice are key to the strategy of becoming the “knowledge bank.”

More than 100 “thematic groups”cut acrossregions andsectors.

Now some communitiesare taking a strategic lead, applying the principles beyond the bank, to organize knowledge among client countries.

Negotiation of

mutual relevance

Negotiation of

mutual relevance

ProviderProvider

RecipientRecipient

We are witnessing a radical shift in the primary source of value creation.We are witnessing a radical shift in the primary source of value creation.

The personal in the service of the formalThe personal in the service of the formal The formal in the service of the personalThe formal in the service of the personal

The 21st century The 21st century will be will be

the century of identity.the century of identity.

Information has become a commodity...

… traditional canons are destabilized… traditional canons are destabilized

…the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter

Hypothesis:Hypothesis:Education is about opening identities to embrace Education is about opening identities to embrace learning as an ongoing journey of the self.learning as an ongoing journey of the self.

Practical corollary:Practical corollary:It is more important to create transformative It is more important to create transformative experiences of identity than to cover a experiences of identity than to cover a ““full full curriculum.curriculum.””

From From industrial models of industrial models of learning aslearning as

the mass production of skillsthe mass production of skills

the result of teachingthe result of teaching

increased ability to complyincreased ability to complywith standardswith standards

ToToknowledgeknowledge--era models of era models of learning aslearning as

a personal trajectory of identitya personal trajectory of identity

integral part of lifeintegral part of life

increased ability to engage increased ability to engage meaningfullymeaningfully

Whatever we call e-learning will be significant if it contributes to transforming our models of learningWhatever we call e-learning will be significant if it contributes to transforming our models of learning

A teacherA teacher’’s deepest resource:s deepest resource:

…… a slight breach of the law, it is almost a a slight breach of the law, it is almost a theorem of love, that we can invite others into theorem of love, that we can invite others into our own identities of participation, let them be our own identities of participation, let them be what they are not, and thus start what cannot be what they are not, and thus start what cannot be started.started.

For more information,go to

www.ewenger.com

For more information,For more information,go to go to

www.ewenger.comwww.ewenger.com

Etienne WengerLearning for a small planet

P.O. Box 810North San Juan, CA 95960, U.S.A.

Phone (530) 292-9222E-mail etienne@ewenger.com

Website: www.ewenger.com

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