As a land grant university, the University of Illinois explicitly values service, along with scholarship and teaching. Communication No. 9 Its Communication No. 9 is very specific: All faculty members should include three types of service in Section IV of the dossier: (1) public engagement, outreach, and/or Extension; (2) professional and/or disciplinary; and (3) university […]
References Bruce, Bertram C., Bishop, Ann Peterson, & Budhathoki, Nama R. (Eds.) (2014). Youth community inquiry: New media for community and personal growth (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies series). New York: Peter Lang. [195 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1433124037] Bruce, Bertram C.; & Bishop., Ann P. (2011, September). Community informatics for youth: Using the Extension network to recruit future LIS […]
Community informatics is the study of communities and how they interact with technology. The Community Informatics Initiative promoted related teaching and research. It was supported by a 2007-11 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Community-based research and teaching Through the Initiative, students and faculty collaborated closely with […]
An important area of my work concerns the theory and practice of community inquiry. It includes both studying and promoting collaborative, community-based development through various projects. Examples include:
The book asks readers to adopt a critical and comprehensive view of education (pre-K to lifelong learning) as existing both within classroom walls, and in the surrounding world, including communities and workplaces. It presents an integrated view of online learning, community schools, communiversities, and learning through work.
It was great to see the published paper copy of our article: “Realities of Implementing Community-Based Learning during Lockdown: Lessons from a Troubled Journey.” You can see photos of the authors below. In the Editor’s Introduction to the Schools Studies in Education issue, Andy Kaplan writes, In “Realities of Implementing Community-Based Learning during Lockdown: Lessons from a Troubled Year,” Raunak […]
Nepal is a country with daunting needs in terms of basic education and other social services. At the same time, its cultural and moral wealth provide a strong basis for meaningful life and learning. In particular, it offers fertile ground for progressive education, in which learning grows out of experiences in the community.
What makes a group of people constitute a community? The most common definitions focus on similarities of place, interest, or practices. For example, Wikipedia says, Human communities may share intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, and risks in common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. The standard view thus sees cohesion growing out of sameness. Can we even imagine a community […]
It’s highly unlikely that you would just happen upon Dalchoki, given that it’s two hours from Kathmandu by jeep up narrow mountain roads, which are dirt surface with ruts and random rock from landslides. If you did, you might wonder what was there. You wouldn’t see an industrial center or a tourist destination. Despite that, […]
Dates: October 14, 2016 – December 5, 2016 Host institutions: King’s College – established in 2003 as an A Level institution; developed into a full-fledged institution of higher learning in 2009; objective of making world-class education available to Nepali youths at home at an affordable cost; special interest in progressive education Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL) – a non-for-profit civic […]
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