MickleModig

This overview accompanies our proposal in Cardano Catalyst Fund8. https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/398274/comments/400399

This video is a draft of a pitch I will make in a presentation to a group of Catalyst progammers in their weekly meeting on March 15.

This video presents supports our Study Buddy 3.0 proposal for Cardano Catalyst Fund8. Topics 1. A standard model for verifying credentials 2. Unpacking the standard model and applying it to educational credentialing 3. Presenting a new, decentralized model for credentialing, where "credential" is "a basis for finding something credible." This credibility eventually becomes the basis of a new system of exchange in thinking as well as in commerce.

Grief and grieving have always been a part of human life, and they are more with us now than ever before. We have all suffered multiple losses in the last few years, adding to the many losses we've all experience just being alive. Although a universal phenomenon, in many ways grief and grieving are still kind of mysterious, kind of taboo, and we have many misconceptions about them. One misconception is that our grief is solely our own. But the last few years have shown us how some or even much of our grief is collective. At the same time, generally our grief is our own to process, or not. By processing our grief we can move to happier or more peaceful or more balanced states of mind generally. This course discusses four approaches you can explore in dealing with your own loss, be it the loss of a loved one or a relationship, a loss of freedom or a loss of trust, or whether the loss happened yesterday or when you were a child. Any of these can be explored and rebalanced with the tools you'll learn about in this course. The four tools are Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation, James & Friedman Grief Recovery Method, Byron Katie The Work, and Neo-Ancestral Ceremony. Learning about the tools, you'll still need to do your own work of rebalancing. Grief is not something someone or something else can take care of for you. You will still need to do the work yourself. But with the help of others and using the right tools, coming to terms with your losses is one of the kindest and wisest and smartest things you can do for yourself, and for those around you. I Mickel Modig am a life-long learner who needed to deal with loss and so sought out possible sources of relief in pscyhology and spirituality to get some relief. I've also sought satisfaction in a variety of harmful habits as I tried to come to terms with some of the losses I've experienced in this lifetime. So I am recommending these particular tools because I have worked with them extensively myself and found them effective. Best not to work alone so reach out as you think about these videos. Leave your comments here.

Topics 0.18 Tokenization of credited learning (i.e. "education") 0.50 Rejigging the economy of education 1.22 Learners progress through a series of smart learning contracts 2.10 Staking on SMC's i.e. payment on progressive proofs of competency 5.35 Eliminating fakery of both teachers and learners 6.00 Contract supports principles of self-governance 6.30 Interactions in the contract include logisitic and conceptual 6.50 Administrative notifications vs teaching/learning presence 8.40 NFT's part of the process 9.40 We are prototyping everything we are discussing in a physical way 10.41 Phone becomes central to educational NFT infrastructure 11.00 App or dedicated phone? 11.42 Folders containing collections of NFT's to fulfill contracts 12.00 Igloo-building example 12.50 Peer-validated NFT minted to blockchain becomes the new credential 13.50 App vs phone? 14.30 Phones dedicated to blockchain 15.00 Speaking to developers and designers about developing SLC 16.23 Thinking about an app (folders, IPFS, minting, ...) 17.25 We are working on a prototype/proof of concept 18.30 Similar to sharing memes 19.00 Using Cardano tokens in this process 20.00 Community could/should value this kind of human, qualitative learning 21.00 Donors donate, learners earn ADA? 22.00 We are initially only looking for partners/work-in-kind; humanitarian 23.00 Feasibility, Impact, Auditability (per Catalyst criteria) 23.30 Impact potentially global - report directly to Cardano Foundation 24.40 Next, talking about the learning artifacts we've made

So We Say presents this second of three episodes in podcast format of this concept that is so big and so transformational we have a LOT to say about it. We hope developers will see this material. We (Paul Erikson and Mickel Modig) discuss why SLC's are necessary and how they might work to revolutionize the educational system in line with the goals of Cardano. 0.24 Decentralized education 0.44 Developers needed to partner in creating smart contract-based curriculum 1.05 Role of teachers 2.11 Teachers involved in evaluation/assessment 2.26 Different qualifications for assessing different Proofs of Progress 3:55 Need for a challenge mechanism 6.03 Incentivizing the bringing forward of legitimate challenges 6.25 Approaching social credit system? 8.25 Proof-of-Progress NFT's as the new resume 9.15 Credential specific and incontrovertible 9.50 Self-governance in education built in 10.55 New Earth mindset, "truthful economy"? 11.22 Back to role of the teacher - Facilitating assessment 13.10 Teacher becomes part of decentralized assessment community 15.39 Creativity opened up in trifecta model 17.20 Possibility of analyzing themes in learners' Proofs-of-Progress 18.35 Teachers work with enhanced knowledge of learner's mindset 19.19 School work becomes largely collaborative 19.50 Purposeful activity in classrooms 20.30 Imagining a network of learning artifacts, analyzing themes, trends, groups 22.30 Flourishing diversity 23.00 Summary 23.30 Next time, how can learners get paid to learn?

So Say We presents this first of three episodes in podcast format of this concept that is so big and so transformational we have a LOT to say about it. We (Paul Erikson and Mickel Modig) discuss why SLC's are necessary and how they might work to revolutionize the educational system in line with the goals of Cardano. We also discuss our current real-world project in which we are minting NFT's as Evidence of Progress. 0.14 Smart Learning Contract (SLC), next step of Web 3.0 for Earth to raise consciousness 1.28 SLC = 'smart contract' + 'learning contract' 1.56 Developers to translate our team's real world work 2.14 Parallel to financial system transformation, decentralization of credentialing 3.00 Blockchain's verifiable integrity provides credibilty for credentialing purposes 7.10 Susceptibilities of centralized systems 7.40 'Standardization' decentralized, peers validate what each other has learned 8.25 Assessment through decentralized peer review 8.45 'Proof of Progress' vs normative or criterion-referenced standards. 9.11 Issues with quantitative and normative assessment 10.20 Normative assessment inc. stanine not central to New Earth model 13.50 ePortfolio 15.55 SLC = qualitative peer validation of Proof of Progress specific to qualify for a certain task or kind of competency 17.46 Submitting Proof of Progress to be as easy as sending off a selfie 18.39 "Liking" vs "validating" - contract aspect to correct imbalance of moral hazard 19.50 Incentivizing Proof of Progress that is valuable, relevant, beneficial to the community 21.00 Example, learning to cook. Proof of Progress artifacts decentrally curated on validity 22.20 Reality-based, ontologic/metaphysical aspect is needed and possible at this time.

Evidence of progress (artifact) video #1 of 3 about my experience with Kaiut yoga, as taught by Nicolette, January 2022