Commons Education Consortium

Concept

Side-Event to the „Economics of the Commons Conference – From Seed Form to Core Paradigm” (ECC), for further information on ECC see: Overview_of_the_Economics_of_the_Commons_Conference. This Side-Event is co-hosted by the Global Commons Initiative at the University of Notre Dame (US) and the School of Commoning (UK).

The main objective of the meeting is to explore the interest in creating a global, open-source education consortium for commons educators, secondary school teachers, and university professors.

Background

For the last three years the Global Commons Initiative at Notre Dame has been offering courses on the commons to undergraduate students, as well as MBA and Executive MBA students. In addition, Notre Dame has partnered with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to offer an online, self-paced introduction to the commons. These educational products have a Creative Commons license.

The School of Commoning, based in London, has been a leader in commons-based education events and has built a valuable archive of key lectures by commons scholars such as James Quilligan and David Bollier. The School of Commoning website has a very informative blog, as well as a resource-rich "Knowledge Garden" with articles, a library, glossary, and other valuable tools.

Exploration

Is this the right moment to launch a Commons Education Commons? Is it possible to build an open-source commons curriculum? How could such a resources be developed in a way that allows for maximum self-organization, maximum participation, and maximum use?

Date and Venue

• 21 May in the afternoon (14:00 to 17:30)
• Venue in Berlin to be determined