Carline Bennett NABC
NEED
New Song-Do, a completely wired city built from the ground up in South Korea, affords the opportunity to bring newcomers together—Korean and non-Korean—into a participatory learning environment. The transfer of cultural knowledge between community members provides a key opportunity to promote collaborative learning experiences (Michalchik, 1997). Furthermore, the prevalence of technology requires that people learn how effectively use these tools to become ‘legitimate participants’ in society (Lave & Wenger, 1991).
New Song-Do needs to develop collaborative learning spaces which feel uniquely Korean, but remain completely accessible to Koreans and non-Koreans alike.
Possibility exists to design learning into multiple areas including:
*Land use
*Population
*Households
*Economic
*Socio-economic development
*Infrastructure
*Transport
*Environmental management
*Local government
*Affordable & adequate housing
*Housing provision
Source: MURNI net at http://www.lgt.lt/geoin/files/S3_Paper2.rtf
APPROACH
To flesh out our approach, our group will solicit opinions from focus group participants, New Song-do personnel and members of the Stanford community. Possible approaches include:
BENEFITS
See Detavio’s benefits—I think they are well outlined!
COMPETITION
While each of the above is a strong competitor, ultimately, we believe that New Song-do's technological advances, coupled with an emphasis on community learning through cultural knowledge transfers, will prove to be an attractive combination.