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The Knowledge Hydrant

Illustrated notes on the Knowledge Hydrant guide to collaborative learning

I've been looking into both

and over the past month.

The is where these two meet in a lovely swirl of collaborative learning and organically emergent systems.

It's a draft document written up by in 1999. The mini-manifesto describes a set of Design Patterns that people can use to set up their own indie study groups outside of formal structures like universities.

While the original focused on IRL, "co-present" groups, I'm fascinated by how we might adapt these patterns and turn them into internet-friendly, distributed digital versions.

Here's notes on the original while I'm thinking it through...

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