hello world, meet meep! mapping educational ecosystems project

mapping educational

MEEP!ecosystems project

Hello World, meet MEEP!

MEEP aims to help solve one of today’s biggest challenges — how to build learning

institutions that work for people at all stages of life, from birth until natural death.

We're a community of educators who loveusing mapping techniques to visualize

our learning ecosystem.

An educational ecosystem involves

all the people, relationships, & places that

promote learning in our communities.

In practice, MEEP is a platform that asks people to share their insights, strategies,

& solutions for educational transformation.

All of the information we gather, we publish on our natural partner, LocalWiki. Our mapping

curriculum is also open for use, revision, & creative remixing.

Life Cycle Mapping charts human needs from birth to natural death.

Early Childhood:

Learning in the context of family &

childcare.

Formal Schooling: Learning in K-12, colleges, universities.

Professional Development:

Learning in the workplace.

Eldercare:Learning to age,

promoting quality life,

easing death.

education for the human life cycle

individuals

families statescommunities

businesses

Empathy Mapping explores the needs and different perspectives of the many players in a community’s learning ecosystem.

Learning happens here! Wat Mongkolratanaram is Berkeley’s

Thai Cultural Center & Temple. It offers language classes, youth

services, & spiritual instruction.

Learning happens here! Berkeley Public Library’s South Branch

lends magazines, books, tools, & computers. It offers family literacy

classes & hosts a teen room & community meeting room.

Learning happens here! The MLK Youth Services Center provides academic tutoring, leadership development, & violence prevention training.

Learning happens here! At Berkeley’s Grove Park, people learn tennis & practice softball.

Spatial Mapping plots our learning ecosystem in real space.

affinity mapping allows for natural partnerships to form & flourish.

It also showcases a community’s existing & emerging solutions for smarter learning.

Relevance InclusionSocial Justice

Holistic & Systemic Community

Mindfulness

Openness

Fun

Technology

Participatory Transformation

MEEP’s Values for Education

Relevance: We value learning that meets personal & shared challenges.

Inclusion: We value schools & learning communities that meet the needs & goals of all people.

Social Justice: We value people. We learn from diversity of perspective & experience.

Holistic & Systemic: We value lifelong learning.

We see education as happening at all times

& in all places.

Community: We value peer-to-peer learning. We learn through our social interactions.

Technology: We value tools that promote access, quality, & equity in education.

Mindfulness: We value learning that promotes awareness of our emotions & the impact of

our actions. We cultivate empathy through our teaching.

Openness: We value learning that inspires curiosity & exploration. In our teaching,

we counter dogma & indoctrination.

Fun: We value learning that is engaging & interactive. We use game logic to

enhance learning.

Participatory: Students & teachers are equal participants in education. We embed learning into

everyday experiences.

Transformation: We empower people to create peace & build caring communities. We cultivate leadership through capacity-

building.

About Our Values.

We made this list of values over dinner. Twice we sat at a large table & shared goals,

needs, & hopes for education. We came together to break bread & Build Bridges.

Please join us.

About our Images.

All of our images are licensed for the creative commons through

i-am-cc.org. Big to all contributors to sharing

movements.

tl;dr

Like the creative commons, MEEP is a sharing movement.

We share knowledge. So join us.We want your brains & your whole self too!

www.meepwiki.org

a digital presentation by

Darshan Elena Camposwww.darshancampos.org

Let’s map in real time!

@darshancampos