Stephen Downes

Prezi of a development project being developed by Marc Canter. It's a model of urban economic development, but as the slide above makes clear, it's also a model of educational development. Such a model, however, requires stable income support, so that people at all levels have the free time necessary to contribute, and a spirit of cooperation, so that people will be inclined to help each other rather than to compete with them to the end. I try to tell people here in New Brunswick, economic development depends on the sense that "we're all in this together."