MEEP stands for the Mapping Educational Ecosystems Project. We're a community of educators who use mapping techniques to visualize our community's learning ecosystem, the people, relationships, and places that promote learning such as schools, senior centers, community organizations, hacker spaces, daycare centers, companies, etc. Our goal is to see where learning happens and use that knowledge to create smarter educational systems for all people, at every stage of life.

1. mapping educational
MEEP!
ecosystems project

2. Hello World, meet MEEP!
MEEP aims to help solve one of today’s
biggest challenges — how to build learning
institutions that work for people at all stages of life,
from birth until natural death.

3. We're a community of educators who love
using mapping techniques to visualize
our learning ecosystem.

4. An educational ecosystem involves
all the people, relationships, & places that
promote learning in our communities.

5. In practice, MEEP is a platform that
asks people to share their insights, strategies,
& solutions for educational transformation.

6. All of the information we gather, we publish
on our natural partner, LocalWiki. Our mapping
curriculum is also open for use, revision, &
creative remixing.

7. Life Cycle Mapping charts human needs
from birth to natural death.
Early
Childhood:
Learning in the
context of family &
childcare.
Formal
Schooling:
Learning in K-
12, colleges,
universities.
Professional
Development:
Learning in the
workplace.
Eldercare:
Learning to age,
promoting
quality life,
easing death.

8. education for the human life cycle
individuals
families states
communities
businesses
Empathy Mapping explores the needs and different perspectives of the
many players in a community’s learning ecosystem.

9. Learning happens here!
Wat Mongkolratanaram is Berkeley’s
Thai Cultural Center & Temple. It
offers language classes, youth
services, & spiritual instruction.
Learning happens here!
Berkeley Public Library’s South Branch
lends magazines, books, tools, &
computers. It offers family literacy
classes & hosts a teen room &
community meeting room.
Learning happens here!
The MLK Youth Services Center
provides academic tutoring,
leadership development, & violence
prevention training.
Learning happens here! At
Berkeley’s Grove Park, people learn
tennis & practice softball.
Spatial Mapping plots our learning ecosystem in real space.

10. affinity mapping
allows for natural partnerships to form & flourish.
It also showcases a community’s existing &
emerging solutions for smarter learning.

11. Relevance
Inclusion
Social Justice
Holistic & Systemic Community
Mindfulness
Openness
Fun
Technology
Participatory Transformation
MEEP’s Values for Education

12. Relevance: We value learning that meets
personal & shared challenges.

13. Inclusion:
We value schools & learning
communities that meet the
needs & goals of all people.

14. Social Justice: We value people. We learn
from diversity of perspective & experience.

15. Holistic & Systemic:
We value lifelong learning.
We see education as
happening at all times
& in all places.

16. Community: We value peer-to-peer learning.
We learn through our social interactions.

17. Technology: We value tools that promote
access, quality, & equity in education.

18. Mindfulness: We value
learning that promotes awareness
of our emotions & the impact of
our actions. We cultivate empathy
through our teaching.

19. Openness: We value
learning that inspires curiosity
& exploration. In our teaching,
we counter dogma &
indoctrination.

20. Fun: We value learning that is engaging
& interactive. We use game logic to
enhance learning.

21. Participatory: Students & teachers are equal
participants in education. We embed learning into
everyday experiences.

22. Transformation: We empower people to
create peace & build caring communities.
We cultivate leadership through capacity-
building.

23. About Our Values.
We made this list of values over dinner.
Twice we sat at a large table & shared goals,
needs, & hopes for education. We came together
to break bread & Build Bridges.
Please join us.

24. About our Images.
All of our images are licensed for
the creative commons through
i-am-cc.org. Big to all
contributors to sharing
movements.

25. tl;dr
Like the creative commons,
MEEP is a sharing movement.
We share knowledge. So join us.
We want your brains & your whole self too!
www.meepwiki.org

26. a digital presentation by
Darshan Elena Campos
www.darshancampos.org
Let’s map in
real time!
@darshancampos