time banking knowledge is power

Two Models of Time Banking:

• Person 2 Person

• Person 2 Organisation

Person 2 Person Time Banking

A.K.A - Neighbour to Neighbour and On A Smaller Scale Kitchen

Table.

Person 2 Organisation Time Banking:

Changing the conversation between service provider and beneficiary by embedding Time Banking into the operating structure of the

service provider.

Applying the second model of

person 2 organisation time banking

to work with learning providers.

Knowledge is Power

Building Active Learning Networks

Anyone who believes that additional investment in learning classes will lead to an active life-long learning culture is either

a madman or a learning provider

Norman Longworth Professor Life-Long Learning, European Centre for Life-Long

Learning

Research by Stephen Gorard of

Cardiff University

• Despite calls for lifelong learning, adults are less likely to take part in learning than they were 20 or even 50 years ago

• In disadvantaged communities many people have settled into a life of low educational expectation. The challenge is how to re-engage these people into a learning culture that is relevant to their lives, supports their aspirations and recognises their own inherent talents. The study recognises that communities are full of unused talent, skill, knowledge and experience, and that active Learning Networks provide one method of unleashing and utilising this learning potential.

The Old Conversation

Silo learning classes in colleges or devolved

to Neighbourhood/Community Learning

Centres

How well does a Neighborhood Learning

Centre connect with the community? Does it

foster an active learning culture or a passive

learning culture?

The New Conversation

Building Learning Networks: An active

learning culture needs to be built on three

pillars

• Membership

• Mutuality: A Currency for Learning

• Active Learning

1. Membership

People are invited to join

Learning Networks and

take part in a new

conversation on the basis

that everyone has a

contribution to make

which is valuable to their

community, irrespective

of disability, gender, race

or religion.

2. Mutuality: A Currency for

Learning

For each hour a member

gives to sharing their

learning to build civil

society they receive one

learning credit. Learning

credits are used to

access study trips, social

evenings, learning events

and learning classes.

Mutuality Continued

Active Learning: Time In

• Mentoring On Courses

• Intergenerational learning exchanges

• Organising learning events

• Recruiting Learners to the Network

• Governance activities

• Peer Tutoring

Learning: Time Out

• Accessing new learning

• Learning Exchanges

• Learning Events and Educational visits

• Social Activities

3. Active Learning

Taking learning outside the classroom and

into the community was a strong feature of

a South Wales life long learning culture

pre 1945. The old learning agencies

(Institutes and Educational Settlement

Trusts) understood the power of collective

knowledge as a pre cursor for collective

engagement.

Active Learning Studios

• In the same way that one thinks of a film studio

as a place where you learn about film and

produce film we should think of “high street”

learning studios in the same way. Examples:

• Food Studio

• Sculpture Studio

• Hair Studio

• Making Learning Real: Devolving learning to a

community level

Future Learning Networks

Future learning networks can be built on:

• Membership

• Learning Time Currency

• Active Learning