Thanks for this, Terry. I've scanned the comments so far, and I don't know where this fits, so I'll just drop it in here. Our current agendas seem to emphasize formal, institutional learning environments. That's understandable, but I do think there is an opportunity to learn a lot from non-formal settings -- how and why people learn outside of the boundaries of institutional learning. I think we can learn a lot by examining non-formal learning environments in their own right, not just as support structures for formal learning.
(Edited by Sylvia Currie - original submission Monday, 12 May 2008, 09:45 AM Note: Richard I noticed the "don't know where this fits" so I moved it to a new discussion topic)