Internet of Education
A global network and vision to connect all humans on earth to education and economic opportunity.
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Internet of Education Preamble
A Collaborative Idea
The Internet of Education (IoE) is not an organization, but a future vision where every human on earth has access to quality education and economic opportunities. It is an idea with room for many voices, researchers, agencies, organizations, and companies. It will require innovation, experimentation, and getting things wrong while always iterating toward what’s right.
A Decentralized Community
The Internet of Education encourages debate and critical discourse from a variety of perspectives because global education is just as diverse as its people. The Internet of Education is not fully owned or controlled by any one person, central guardian, group, or faction of groups. Anyone can be an IoE catalyst by committing to and following the guiding principles.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident
Internet of Education Guiding Principles
These principles are not final, but rather the culmination of critical and ongoing conversations across a global community of practice.
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There is only one open Internet
We will work together to protect the web from abuse and ensure it equitably benefits humanity by adopting the Contract for the Web.
Open Standards
We will promote, publish and/or adopt, without restriction, technical and academic standards that align to the practices and principles as outlined by OpenStand.
Self-Sovereignty & Access Control
We will ensure that all learner records are owned and controlled by the individual (or their guardian) and that all systems related to digital identity are transparent and aim to preserve privacy.
Data Dignity
We will develop, adopt, and promote technologies and practices that elevate the best in humanity and challenge the worst so the IoE always evolves towards becoming a public good that puts people and their data first.
Weak Center
Like the early vision of the Internet, we commit to ensure that no one organization asserts more control than is needed to enable shared advancement and interoperability between all IoE nodes as outlined in the Presidio Principles.
Equity
We will do more than be neutral. We will proactively advocate for and support historically disadvantaged groups, work to dissolve structural barriers, and consistently self-reflect in an effort to address implicit bias.
Open Participation
We will ensure that anyone, anywhere, individual or organization, can join and participate at no cost. The only requirement is to pledge commitment to these guiding principles.
Diversity & Inclusion
Include, value, and trust each other. We will ensure that all are welcome and that any barriers due to race, gender, language, culture, etc. are actively dissolved via civil discourse and the creative and humane use of technology.
Effectiveness
We will empower any/all IoE catalysts to make prompt, clear, and well-communicated decisions in order to advance the shared goals, principles, and protocols outlined here and in any supporting IoE documentation.
Proportional Influence
We will ensure that the relative influence in any contested decisions will be proportional to the number of learners representing the nodes of the active IoE network.
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Publishing these principles will stand not as prescriptive but as the beginning of a dialogue and debate to help influence and shape version two.
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The IoE App offers a full range of community tools for your co-lab or network. Collaborate within group and community networks to localize your own Co-Lab and Internet of Education in a safe and trusted online environment.
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The IoE app comes packed with research for co-lab’s and anyone involved in the future of education and work. Join a pilots community, engage with shared services, and research. IoE's project management hub helps you streamline your network or co-lab’s workflow by providing a full circle virtual work space including meeting links, reminders, a developer sandbox, and group collaboration.
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After reading the Guiding Principles, take the first step by filling out the commitment form.
Join the Debate
For the next 3 months, everyone is invited to join an open debate around the principles. In November, we will publish the Internet of Education (IoE) Version 1.0 Principles.
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With a network of initiatives as complex as the internet, we need help telling the story. What does this future look like to you? Create a sketchnote, write a blog post, or share a tweet about your #IoE vision.
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Access a variety of resources to support organizations implementing Learning and Employment Records as well as a community for learning and sharing best practices.
Open Process
Throughout the evolution of the Internet of Education, everyone is invited to share their perspective and join the open debate. In November, we will publish the Internet of Education (IoE) Version 1.0 Principles and reframe the open discussion around ecosystem governance.
Join the DebateGet UpdatesRoad to Governance
Aug 2020
Checkpoint 1
- IoE Pre-signatory on IoE Principals V0.1
- Invite debate on IoE.org widely & globally.
- No Board, No org
- Organizing Committee ONLY
Nov 2020
Checkpoint 2
- IoE Signatory IoE Principles V1.0
- IoE Governance Proposal V 0.1
- Invite debate on IoE.org widely & globally.
Jan 2021
Checkpoint 3
- IoE Governance Framework V 1.0
- Official Board
