Learning Groups
Last updated 5 days ago
I’ve run a few peer-learning groups in the past, starting a “learn with me” page on my website. Of these, the most successful was the Chinese learning group because, I realized after, we all had the same goal. Other groups felt more scattered, where we’d all come together around a topic but had different reasons for doing so so it was hard to unify around any project or exercise we could work towards as a group. Not that this is necessary, but one of my primary objectives here is to uncover new structures and constraints that enable small groups to form, explore, and generate new artifacts together as a trail to those who might follow in their footsteps.
The eventual goal is to create a platform that brings out the serendipitous connection and formation of small groups passionate about learning and exploring new territories of thought.
Where am I at now?
- Starting a new set of learning groups (see: /learn) with focused output goals, mostly running solo or in very small groups to better experiment with structures around making and artifacting
- One of these groups in-particular is focused on developing a pattern language for the formation and continuation of generative spaces groups, communities, platforms
What are the next steps?
- Slowly bring more people into the fold of regular group making, and explore a variety of different structures: asynchronous, sprint, chained groups, etc.
- Explore low-effort solutions to building a platform using (for the most part) tools that already exist, that would act as a kind of conductive substrate enabling new groups to form around topics and goals people are interested in pursuing together