From: Heikki Korpinen <heikki.korpinen@DIPOLI.HUT.FI>
To: COMMUNET@LIST.UVM.EDU <COMMUNET@LIST.UVM.EDU>
Date: Friday, November 07, 1997 12:17 AM
Subject: Lifelong learning community network
>Help needed in building the lifelong learning world community network.
>
>Freenet Finland will be the "official" national platform for lifelong
>learning. This decission is part of the target of the Ministry of Education
>for Finland to be the European laboratory of lifelong learning till 1999.
>
>Freenet will also become the network platform of ELLI (European Lifelong
>Learning Initiative). The office of ELLI will move from Brussels to Finland
>during some coming months. We have one week time to make ready the first
>draft of the network plan for ELLI.
>
>Both new information and working areas will be built according the global
>visions and concepts of community networking.
>
>For me community networking = learning = lifelong learning = active living
>together. Real learning takes place in communities, passion for learning
>has best opportunities to succeed in communities. New networks of
>communities will strengthen this path to the future.
>
>The first Finnish Parlamentarian Committee of Lifelong Learning got it's
>report ready 1st October. You'll find the English draft of the report,
>called "Joy of Learning", in
>
>http://www.freenet.hut.fi/eok/lu4/summary.html
>
>One excerpt of the report of the role of non-governmental organizations as
>learning environments:
>
>"The promotion of learning within the framework of non-governmental
>organizations, associations and communities should be adopted as one of the
>focal points of the policy for the promotion of learning over the next few
>years."
>
>We'd like to build the new environment as a world wide concept from the
>beginning. That's why we'll need your help, advice, ideas, examples of
>learning communities around the world, studies of those, success stories,
>good learning practices, info of your future plans in this area, interest
>for collaboration etc. This is THE opportunity for us community people,
>together, world wide.
>
>Sincerely
>
>Heikki Korpinen
>Freenet Finland
>
>------ :-) --
>Heikki Korpinen Helsinki University of Technology
>Free-Net Finland, learners' network Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli
>korpinen@freenet.hut.fi 02150 Espoo, Finland
>http://www.freenet.hut.fi/english.html tel. 358-9-4514007, fax.
358-9-4514068
--"Tom Christoffel" <lfpdc@shentel.net>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>