CANADIAN WORLD
THE WORLD
CANADIAN WORLD IS A STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING AND DECISION ENVIRONMENT BUILT AROUND CANADA — ITS PEOPLE, PLACES, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CULTURES, INSTITUTIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS, SYMBOLS, TRADITIONS AND DEFINING MOMENTS.
IT IS NOT SIMPLY A COLLECTION OF CANADIAN QUESTIONS.
IT IS A REPEATABLE GOMI ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS ENCOUNTER CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE UNDER DEFINED CONDITIONS, MAKE DECISIONS, RECEIVE INFORMATION, LEARN, AND RETURN TO LATER DECISIONS WITHIN THE SAME UNDERLYING METHODOLOGY.
THE WORLD CHAMBER PROVIDES THE EXPERIENCE.
THE SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY / STUDY PLATFORM IDENTIFIES WHAT MAY BECOME OBSERVABLE AND STUDYABLE.
THE LEARNING ANNEX / LINK MAP PROVIDES THE LARGER INFORMATION SYSTEM SURROUNDING THE WORLD.
TOGETHER, THEY CREATE ONE CONNECTED CANADIAN WORLD.
WHY CANADIAN WORLD IS PART OF GOMI
CANADA PROVIDES AN UNUSUALLY BROAD KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT.
A PARTICIPANT MAY ENCOUNTER HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, ECONOMICS, INSTITUTIONS, INDIGENOUS HISTORIES, IMMIGRATION, SCIENCE, MEDIA, PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, SYMBOLS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS.
NO PARTICIPANT IS EXPECTED TO KNOW ALL OF IT.
THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT MAKES THE WORLD USEFUL.
UNDER THE SAME STRUCTURED CONDITIONS, DIFFERENCES IN KNOWLEDGE, RECOGNITION, MEMORY, INTERPRETATION, LEARNING AND DECISION-MAKING CAN BECOME VISIBLE.
REPEATED PARTICIPATION CAN THEN PROVIDE ANOTHER QUESTION:
WHAT CHANGES AFTER LEARNING HAS OCCURRED?
CANADIAN WORLD THEREFORE COMBINES:
THE CONTENT MAY CONTINUE EXPANDING.
THE UNDERLYING GOMI CONDITIONS DO NOT HAVE TO.
THE CANADIAN WORLD METHOD
CANADIAN WORLD OPERATES AS AN INFORMATION / TEACHING WORLD WITHIN THE GOMI METHODOLOGY.
DECISION STATE ONE — 30 SECONDS
- THE PARTICIPANT RECEIVES THE ORIGINAL QUESTION OR STIMULUS.
- NO ANSWER CHOICES ARE SUPPLIED.
- THE PARTICIPANT MAKES AN UNAIDED DECISION.
DECISION STATE TWO — 20 SECONDS
- TEN POSSIBLE CHOICES ARE PRESENTED.
- THE PARTICIPANT MAY MAKE OR REVISE THE DECISION WITHIN THAT DEFINED STATE.
DECISION STATE THREE — 10 SECONDS
- THREE CHOICES ARE PRESENTED.
- THE PARTICIPANT MAKES THE FINAL CONTROLLED DECISION.
LEARNING / EXPOSURE STATE
- AFTER THE CONTROLLED DECISION SEQUENCE, THE CORRECT ANSWER MAY BE REVEALED AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION MAY BE PROVIDED.
- THE PARTICIPANT MAY OPEN REFERENCES, WATCH VIDEO, HEAR AUDIO, EXAMINE MAPS OR DIAGRAMS, READ ARTICLES, LOCATE BOOKS, FOLLOW OUTSIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, OR EXPLORE RELATED SUBJECTS.
- THIS LEARNING STATE IS SEPARATE FROM THE CONTROLLED 30 → 20 → 10 DECISION CLOCK.
- THE PARTICIPANT MAY SPEND AS MUCH TIME LEARNING AS DESIRED.
- WHEN THE PARTICIPANT SELECTS NEXT QUESTION, THE CONTROLLED DECISION ENVIRONMENT BEGINS AGAIN.
- THIS CREATES THE REPEATABLE SEQUENCE: DECISION → INFORMATION → LEARNING → LATER DECISION, WHILE KEEPING LEARNING TIME SEPARATE FROM CONTROLLED DECISION TIME.
CANADA AND ITS HISTORY
EXPLORE THE PEOPLE, EVENTS, DEVELOPMENTS AND DECISIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDS AND SOCIETIES THAT BECAME MODERN CANADA.
PRIMARY SOURCES / DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT HAVE TO STOP AT SUMMARIES. PARTICIPANTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS MAY MOVE FROM A QUESTION INTO ORIGINAL RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPERS, GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, CENSUS MATERIAL, MILITARY RECORDS, MAPS, PUBLICATIONS AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS.
THIS CREATES A DIRECT PATHWAY:
QUESTION → ANSWER → BACKGROUND → PRIMARY SOURCE
CANADIAN REFERENCE KNOWLEDGE
THE LEARNING ANNEX MAY CONNECT PARTICIPANTS TO BROAD REFERENCE WORKS RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO RECREATE EVERY BODY OF CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE INSIDE GOMI.
THIS TYPE OF RESOURCE ALLOWS CANADIAN WORLD TO POINT OUTWARD TO DEEPER INFORMATION WHILE KEEPING THE GOMI STRUCTURE ITSELF MANAGEABLE.
FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND MÉTIS
INDIGENOUS HISTORIES, CULTURES, PEOPLES AND COMMUNITIES ARE NOT A SIDE CATEGORY TO CANADIAN HISTORY.
THEY FORM AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT.
WHERE INDIGENOUS NATIONS, COMMUNITIES, SCHOLARS, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER APPROPRIATE PROVIDERS SUPPLY THEIR OWN MATERIAL, THOSE RESOURCES MAY ALSO BE LINKED AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTED.
GOMI DOES NOT WRITE DOCTRINE, CULTURE, HISTORY OR COMMUNITY IDENTITY ON THEIR BEHALF.
THE PROVIDER CONTROLS ITS ATTRIBUTED CONTENT.
GOMI CONTROLS THE METHOD OF PRESENTATION, DECISION AND MEASUREMENT.
GEOGRAPHY / PLACES / REGIONS
CANADIAN WORLD MAY MOVE FROM NATIONAL QUESTIONS TO PROVINCES, TERRITORIES, CITIES, COMMUNITIES, LANDSCAPES, REGIONS AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL PATHWAY CAN SUPPORT:
CANADA → PROVINCE / TERRITORY → REGION → COMMUNITY → LOCAL INFORMATION
WITHOUT REQUIRING EVERY GEOGRAPHIC SUBJECT TO BECOME ITS OWN GOMI WORLD.
POPULATION / DEMOGRAPHY / STATISTICS
QUESTIONS CONCERNING POPULATION, IMMIGRATION, COMMUNITIES, ECONOMICS, HOUSING, LANGUAGES, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE MAY LEAD DIRECTLY INTO PUBLIC STATISTICAL MATERIAL.
THIS PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION INSIDE CANADIAN WORLD:
A QUESTION MAY BEGIN AS KNOWLEDGE.
THE LEARNING ANNEX CAN TAKE THE PARTICIPANT TO THE UNDERLYING DATA.
GOVERNMENT / PARLIAMENT / DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
QUESTIONS CONCERNING CANADA'S PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM, LAWS, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES MAY CONNECT TO OFFICIAL PARLIAMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.
THIS PATHWAY CAN SUPPORT MOVEMENT FROM:
QUESTION → INSTITUTION → PROCESS → HISTORICAL CONTEXT → CURRENT PUBLIC INFORMATION
WITHOUT GOMI TAKING A PARTISAN POSITION.
ELECTIONS / CIVIC KNOWLEDGE
CANADIAN WORLD MAY INCLUDE FACTUAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING CANADA'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM, VOTING HISTORY, ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION.
GOMI DOES NOT TELL PARTICIPANTS HOW TO VOTE.
IT MAY PROVIDE PATHWAYS FOR LEARNING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
HISTORIC PLACES / NATIONAL HERITAGE
CANADIAN HISTORY CAN ALSO BE EXPLORED PHYSICALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY.
THIS PERMITS ANOTHER LEARNING ANNEX PATHWAY:
QUESTION → PERSON / PLACE / EVENT → HISTORIC DESIGNATION → LOCATION → DEEPER HISTORY
MUSEUMS / COLLECTIONS / ARTIFACTS
SOME KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER UNDERSTOOD THROUGH OBJECTS THAN SUMMARIES.
THIS ALLOWS THE ANNEX TO CONNECT FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND MATERIAL CULTURE.
LESSONS / EDUCATION / CURRICULUM SUPPORT
CANADIAN WORLD DOES NOT NEED TO MANUFACTURE EVERY LESSON ITSELF.
TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, HISTORIANS, MUSEUMS AND OTHER QUALIFIED PROVIDERS MAY EVENTUALLY SUPPLY ADDITIONAL LINKED EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.
THOSE ADDITIONS EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE ECOSYSTEM.
THEY DO NOT ALTER CANADIAN WORLD'S INVARIANT DECISION METHOD.
VIDEO / AUDIO / MULTIMEDIA
LEARNING DOES NOT HAVE TO OCCUR ONLY THROUGH TEXT.
THE CANADIAN WORLD LEARNING ANNEX MAY LINK TO DOCUMENTARY VIDEO, HISTORICAL FOOTAGE, ORAL HISTORY, LECTURES, INTERVIEWS, MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS, EDUCATIONAL ANIMATION, PARLIAMENTARY EDUCATION, ARCHIVAL AUDIO, MAPS, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES AND VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES.
BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS / FURTHER READING
BOOKS DO NOT HAVE TO BE REPRODUCED BY GOMI TO BECOME PART OF THE CANADIAN WORLD KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY.
THE ANNEX MAY IDENTIFY OR LINK TO BOOKS, E-BOOKS, ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS, HISTORICAL MONOGRAPHS, BIOGRAPHIES, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH PAPERS, JOURNALS, LIBRARY CATALOGUES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ARCHIVAL FINDING AIDS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ANNEX IS TO HELP SOMEONE FIND THE KNOWLEDGE, NOT TO PRETEND GOMI OWNS OR AUTHORED ALL OF IT.
LEARNING STRATEGY / IMPROVEMENT
CANADIAN WORLD CAN ALSO PROVIDE PATHWAYS CONCERNED WITH HOW TO LEARN, RATHER THAN ONLY WHAT TO LEARN.
A PARTICIPANT MAY EXPLORE MEMORY TECHNIQUES, RECALL, RECOGNITION, SOURCE COMPARISON, RESEARCH METHODS, HISTORICAL REASONING, MAP LITERACY, STATISTICAL LITERACY, CRITICAL READING, PRIMARY-SOURCE ANALYSIS, NOTE TAKING, REVIEW, REPETITION, SELF-TESTING AND PRACTICE.
THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO ESTABLISH ONE MANDATORY LEARNING STRATEGY.
DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS MAY LEARN DIFFERENTLY.
CANADIAN WORLD PROVIDES THE COMMON DECISION ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LATER PERFORMANCE CAN BE COMPARED.
RESEARCH PATHWAY
RESEARCHERS MAY MOVE BEYOND THE PARTICIPANT-FACING MATERIAL INTO HISTORICAL RECORDS, PUBLIC DATASETS, CENSUS INFORMATION, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS, ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS, PRIMARY SOURCES, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATION RESEARCH, MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND LONGITUDINAL GOMI OBSERVATIONS WHERE ACCESS IS APPROPRIATE.
THE SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY / STUDY PLATFORM IDENTIFIES POSSIBLE AREAS OF INQUIRY.
THE LINK MAP IDENTIFIES PLACES WHERE THE UNDERLYING KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE MAY BE EXPLORED.
THEY ARE RELATED FUNCTIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT DUPLICATES.
ORGANIZATIONS / CLUBS / GROUPS / PROVIDERS
THE CANADIAN WORLD INFORMATION SYSTEM MAY LATER INCLUDE VOLUNTARY LISTINGS OR LINKS FOR RELEVANT MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOLS, RESEARCH GROUPS, INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TEACHERS, TUTORS, SUBJECT EXPERTS, LOCAL HISTORY GROUPS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE PROVIDERS.
A LISTING DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN GOMI ENDORSES THE ORGANIZATION, PERSON, OPINION, SERVICE OR MATERIAL.
IT MEANS THE RESOURCE HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO AN APPROPRIATE INFORMATION PATHWAY.
PEOPLE SEEKING TO LEARN
A PARTICIPANT MAY USE CANADIAN WORLD SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CANADA.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE CANADIAN, A STUDENT, A RESEARCHER, A HISTORIAN, A SCIENTIST, AN EDUCATOR OR AN EXPERT.
THE SAME WORLD CAN SERVE A FIRST-TIME LEARNER AND A SPECIALIST.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE MAY DIFFER.
THEIR REASON FOR ENTERING MAY DIFFER.
THE CONDITIONS OF THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE TO.
PEOPLE SEEKING TO TEACH
TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER KNOWLEDGE PROVIDERS MAY USE THE LEARNING ANNEX AS A ROUTE INTO RESOURCES RELEVANT TO CANADIAN WORLD.
WHERE APPROPRIATE, OUTSIDE PROVIDERS MAY CONTRIBUTE OR MAINTAIN THEIR OWN CLEARLY ATTRIBUTED MATERIAL.
GOMI DOES NOT NEED TO BECOME THE AUTHOR OF EVERY LESSON IN CANADA.
IT CREATES THE STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE CAN BE FOUND.
INFORMATION INTEGRITY
CANADIAN WORLD IS DESIGNED AS AN OPEN-ENDED INFORMATION SYSTEM SURROUNDING AN INVARIANT CORE.
THE METHOD CAN REMAIN FIXED.
THE KNOWLEDGE CAN CONTINUE GROWING.
NEW SOURCES, ARTICLES, BOOKS, VIDEOS, RESEARCH, PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS, ARCHIVES, EDUCATIONAL TOOLS, HISTORICAL DISCOVERIES, PUBLIC DATASETS AND FIELDS OF INQUIRY MAY BE ADDED LATER WITHOUT RECONSTRUCTING CANADIAN WORLD.
GOMI CONTROLS THE WORLD STRUCTURE, DECISION CONDITIONS, TIMING, PRESENTATION METHODOLOGY, MEASUREMENT STRUCTURE, ATTRIBUTION STRUCTURE AND CONNECTION TO THE LARGER GOMI SYSTEM.
EXTERNAL PROVIDERS CONTROL THEIR OWN ATTRIBUTED MATERIAL.
SOURCE AND LINK PRINCIPLE
THE LEARNING ANNEX:
ORGANIZES.
INDEXES.
CONNECTS.
IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY:
APPROVE.
CERTIFY.
ADJUDICATE.
ENDORSE.
EXTERNAL INFORMATION MAY CHANGE.
EXTERNAL WEBSITES MAY CHANGE.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION MAY EVOLVE.
NEW EVIDENCE MAY BECOME AVAILABLE.
DIFFERENT LEGITIMATE SOURCES MAY PRESENT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
WHERE POSSIBLE, THE PARTICIPANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE OUTWARD TO THE UNDERLYING SOURCE AND EVALUATE THE MATERIAL DIRECTLY.
THE CANADIAN WORLD INFORMATION PATH
THE LARGER GOMI CONNECTION
CANADIAN WORLD IS ONE ESTABLISHED WORLD WITHIN THE PERMANENT 14-WORLD GOMI CORE.
ITS LEARNING ANNEX DEMONSTRATES THE SCALABLE PRINCIPLE THAT CAN BE USED THROUGHOUT THE CORE:
THE SUBJECTS CHANGE.
THE ARCHITECTURE DOES NOT HAVE TO.
CANADIAN WORLD
THE ENVIRONMENT STAYS STABLE.
THE KNOWLEDGE CAN KEEP EXPANDING.
THE PARTICIPANT MAKES THE CHOICES.
GOMI RECORDS WHAT HAPPENED.
GOOD FOR ONE, GOOD FOR ALL.