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Direct linkHytten, Kathy – Education and Culture, 2019
In this essay, I reflect on the need for an activist notion of hope as an antidote to the social, political, and educational challenges we face in our current times. I first discuss some of these challenges as well as emergent signs of hope based upon different ways of telling the stories of our present. I then define hope as a way of being and…
Descriptors: Democracy, Reflection, Activism, Psychological Patterns
Massey, Ed; Hart, Tina – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
Indian River State College (IRSC) transforms lives by offering high-quality, affordable, and accessible education online and on five campuses located on the southeast Treasure Coast of Florida. Between 1988 and 2000, IRSC took the initiative to rally the communities IRSC serves around innovations to stimulate economic development and to prepare…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Economic Development
Hynes, Warren – Teaching Tolerance, 2013
How can a teacher carve out a deeper sense of community in an inexpensive way? Across the nation, many schools have managed to craft creative and inexpensive community-building projects. Perhaps the three projects featured here will spark some new ideas for your own school: (1) The Hunger Games Come to Texas; (2) Tough Mudders in Macungie; and (3)…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Books, Creativity
Strawn, Clare; Monama, Geraldine – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
Adult literacy is a crucial element of community and economic development in South Africa and many developing countries striving to meet Millennium Development Goals. However, few governments invest the recommended 6% of education budgets on programmes for adults. Without resources, volunteer educators and international supporters rely on their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Community Development
Download full textGreen, David – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
Since it was coined by Tim O'Reilly in formulating the first Web 2.0 Conference in 2004, the term "Web 2.0" has definitely caught on as a designation of a second generation of Web design and experience that emphasizes a high degree of interaction with, and among, users. Rather than simply consulting and reading Web pages, the Web 2.0 generation is…
Descriptors: Internet, Social Networks, Creativity, Information Technology
Marshall, Stewart; Taylor, Wal – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2005
Despite the huge potential of information and communication technology (ICT) to assist communities to increase their overall well-being through community development, there are relatively few examples of sustained community networks built around ICT when compared to commercial applications, even in the developed countries where the technology has…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Social Capital, Social Networks, Program Descriptions
