We Don't Code Alone: Building Learning Communities
summary
Synthesis of social‑science theory and concrete community design tactics, not code: claims include that learning communities need free entry and fair authority, plus the value of pair programming and cross‑age tutoring; tools include Pieter Hintjens’s 20 tools (e.g. sandboxes for newcomers), explicit doctrines and codes of conduct, and tracing history via git/releases; no demo or numbers, mostly examples (App Academy, Rails tutorials) and prescriptive design guidance rather than empirical metrics.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Start
- 2:02Social Studies?
- 3:47Interpretation of Ancient Texts
- 5:27Communities I've gotten to be a part of
- 6:16How do we do it right?
- 7:48Classical theories of sociology
- 10:08What can we draw from these thinkers?
- 12:03Sense of Community: A Definition and Theory
- 12:33Membership
- 13:22Influence
- 13:59Rails is omakase
- 15:41Shared emotional connection
- 16:06The Rails demo video
- 17:56Design Claims
- 19:36Dewey on education and community
- 21:30Play the whole game
- 28:39Pieter Hintjens and Social Architecture
- 31:14Diversity in the context of Learning and Community
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