Social Learning Co-op to Promote #DigitalEquity
Why Join Our Community Co-op Website?
Collective Expertise and Knowledge
Our community members website harnesses collective expertise from diverse backgrounds, enhancing proposals for digital equity and improved broadband access.
Shared Resources and Support
We allow pooling of resources, where members share information, research, and funding opportunities. This collaboration boosts proposal impact and chances of success.
Amplified Advocacy and Influence
We amplify advocacy. Collaborative proposals generate awareness for digital equity, potentially catching the attention of policymakers and industry leaders, thereby influencing decisions.
Increased Innovation and Creativity
Collaboration sparks innovation. Members, by sharing diverse ideas, can craft creative solutions for the digital divide, leading to potentially groundbreaking strategies. See our founder’s Auspicious Beginnings.
Strengthened Community Engagement
We not only foster strong community engagement by enabling collaboration on proposals, we are planning an Exit to Community. This instills a shared purpose among members passionate about digital equity.
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Your Community Owned Internet Networks & Open Access by Dr. Ron SuarezEngage with other community members
Get Help Finding a Shorter Path to Your Solution
In our network, Students can become Group Leaders and Group Leaders can become Teachers. While college is recommended, not all high school students need to go to college. Learning digital skills can be both fulfilling and lucrative. Collaborators engage with everyone.
Download this free book and share your feedback
You can start with reading this short article by Bruce Kushnick. You can then download the book DISS-CONNECTED” How America’s big telecoms stole billions from the public and created the digital divide by David Rosen with Bruce Kushnick.
DiscussCrowdsourcing
We’ve launched additional websites for Support and a Job Board, using crowdsourcing.
Support
Our “Decentralized Power” support ticketing system lets you both question and answer.
Job Board
Promoting paid internships: post or apply for Digital Equity Jobs.
Help Posts
Member Access and Messaging
About profiles and fields
A user’s profile page is one of the most important aspects of an online community website. While tools like Discord may offer value for an…
Connecting vs following other members
Our Groups are integrated with Zoom
Connect with Ron if you would like to better understand how to use Zoom with your Group and how we will deal with the eventual…
We created a new group “Funding Cooperatives”
Are you an organizer and a self-starter? Please join our new group Funding Cooperatives. We’re putting our heads together to collaborate on the formation of…
We use BuddyBoss and LearnDash with WordPress
We have chosen to use premium plug-ins on top of WordPress to maximize the user experience (UX). About 43% of all websites are built on…
We need your feedback about Group Types
Learn about groups here. We are building a taxonomy of different group types. Various group properties can be set differently for each type. Currently we…
Managing Group Members
Currently, we have three types of users for a given Course: Teachers, Group Leaders, and Students. Group leaders would be the equivalent of a teaching…
Notifications
Click on your name in the upper right corner and select Account > Notification Settings. Then the second screenshot shown next, will appear to enable…
What can I do as a member?
The videos embedded in this post were designed for administrators to understand how to customize memberships, but they are useful for regular members to understand…
What is a forum?
Initially, we are adding a forum for every group that you might join. Remember that each group might have one or more sub-groups, which could…
What are groups?
Groups can be public, private, or hidden. We have set up this website so that only administrators can create new groups. If you think a…
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