Compass
Colearning doesn't work through rigid rules, but through a strong, shared culture. We replace control with principles and hierarchy with clear roles. This compass provides orientation and ensures that autonomy and community are not opposites, but mutually reinforcing.
In this chapter
Guiding Principles
The Colearning mindset: 10 guiding principles – learning is life, pull over stockpiling, radical autonomy with attentive presence, relationship before evaluation, impact as feedback, contribution over consumption, knowledge as commons, purpose over system.
The New Role Models
Colearning replaces classroom hierarchies with three dynamic stances – Learning Cultivator (curiosity & culture), Learning Entrepreneur (ownership & visibility), and Accomplice (skin in the game, real-world feedback).
Radical Autonomy
The taboo of interference: Colearning protects radical autonomy through non-interference – no unsolicited directives, no manipulation, but trust and attentive presence. Freedom is accompanied, not imposed.
Self-Organization & Decisions
Self-organization over hierarchy: the tribe as a commons, guided by Ostrom principles. Participation, transparency, conflict culture, and sociocratic consent decisions – democratic, decentralized, and capable of action.
Minimum Standards
When is it Colearning? Five minimum standards: real age mixing, real responsibility, sharing “loot” and learning treasures, autonomy without coercion, and a reflective community (mentoring, digital garden, sociocracy).