David - Seems to be a regular occurrence here at Camp One these days,
One - News comes in, get put on the Big Board
Two - 'Work' Stops, Discussion starts and begins to heat the floor up
Three - The Sound Pressure meter goes off, the alarm sounds and everyone disengages and goes to the Basket Ball court.
I first came in contact with Terra Incognita after Gavin Baker's 'Open Access Journal Literature is an Open Educational Resource' post and first introduced Camp One with this response posting as well making on to the much coveted, even by those who don't know it exists yet, 10/10++ rating on the Camp One Way Cool Scale (comment 3).
134 Words in and finally I will get to the point. There are constant discussion by people who are wondering why Camp One is so successful. The answer to this is a simple one and speaks to the ethos of this post. There is no program per say, no dictated vision, just a set of ground rule and an infrastructure built to support those rules. Simply put, the camp is the program, from which has grown the community of learners. It is the content of what goes on here which takes precedence over the infrastructure. To be sure, we have a crack team of Techno Humans, most of them 'Recovering' Hackers who have seen a beneficial use for their creativity. But we are a community first and foremost and while there are a few walking through the door, who don't grasp the concept, the building sways them fairly quickly.
Accepting responsibility for a bit of 'All about us'
Regards Martin
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