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This page provides an overview of and links to materials for the League Of Extraordinary Learners Website. When our official Website goes live, these materials will be accompanied by some videos produced by the Foundation introducing the Vision and Mission of the Foundation along with extensive On-Line Educational Resources.
The League of Extraordinary Learners, LOEL, is a Learning Community of people who love to learn and who support one another in their learning activities.
The League consists of
A Learner is someone who loves learning. Learners typically
While the terms Learner and Student are partially synonymous, Student tends to imply someone following a specific progarm controlled by an Educational Institution. We use the term Learner to mean someone who is pursuing their interests without or beyond the scope of any official program.
Extraordinary Learners possess
While these characteristics are typical of young people, youthful older people often share the same characteristics.
The League is especially welcoming to young people and extends that welcome to youthful older people - as long as they are well behaved ☺.
Who do you know who might be an Extraordinary Learner?
Extraordinary Learners do not wait for teachers, they actively seek information and knowledge about their areas of interest. Modern Learners spend a lot of time browsing the Web, e.g. reading Wikipedia Articles, viewing TED talks, etc. Learners seek the best learning materials. Challenging material is sometimes learned best with the support of other Learners, Peer Facilitators, Experts and Mentors. Collaborative Projects can be helpful for some kinds of Learning.
Members of the League support one another in finding
We are careful to never stand between a Learner and their interests: the Learner is always the active agent in their education. We stand to the side and help make the resources which they need more available.
Much of the necessary resources already exist freely on the web but there are gaps. We will cause the creation or adaptation of
It is our thesis that the best peers and mentors for supporting the Learners are some of the other Learners who have recently completed a given course of study. We will call these graduates “Peer Facilitators”. We also believe that to the greatest extent possible, the Learners and the Peer Facilitators are the best creators of improved and missing materials, both during and soon after their experience with a course of study.
Resources for a good education need to include more than excellent educational study materials. Much of the learning should be done as part of Hands-On Projects, often with Groups of Learners, dealing with the challenges of accomplishing results in the real world. Our partnership will empower and enable the Learners and Peer Facilitators to create and participate in a large variety of such projects.
We will encourage Learners in the same geographic area to create or join a LOEL Chapter and utilize local support to create and participate in
A LOEL Chapter will typically be small enough that its Learners can get to know one another. Some LOEL Chapters will be organized Geographically, e.g. San Diego LOEL or Mumbai LOEL; others will likely be Internet Based groups focused on common interests.
We also encourage and support Learners in acquiring the interpersonal communication and collaboration skills needed for success in carrying out large projects and in working effectively in large organizations such as Universities and Corporations.
As an important contextual background for our projects, we recommend that you watch these two 10-minute videos prepared by the (British) Royal Society for the Arts:
Here are links to some of our working materials and projects:
If you're still wanting more, here are some supplementary materials is less polished form:
Participation in LOEL can take many forms, including:
We are initially using GitHub to host the LOEL. If you would like to participate, please send us a message or post an issue through this GitHub site.
We intend to move LOEL to The (Free and Open Source) Wicci System when that is finished. If you have an interest in the Wicci's technical areas, whether you're an expert or an eager learner, we can especially use your assistance!
We can also always use