By fusing steemit with self-directed learning communities, we can evolve our educational and economic systems to better align with our transition into the Age of Information.

We are no longer in the Industrial Age, yet many of our educational and economic practices remain the same. Schools use standardization practices to produce students as if they were products in a factory, so these students could fill factory jobs.

Today, automation has made many of these kinds of jobs obsolete, and businesses are now looking for different employees. They don't need factory workers any more- they need creative problem solvers, critical thinkers, and people who are able to collaborate and communicate with each other.

Hive account@colearning is an educational strategy that monetizes education, by connecting self directed students with a community of people who share similar interests, and organizing their learning on the steem blockchain.

Various "schools" will immerge as community learning accounts. These accounts will post self organizing learning posts, that encourage the community to write about a specific subject, and post a link to their article in the comments. From there, colearners are encouraged to interact with the community, thus deepening their learning, and increasing their earnings.

There are many more contests, fundraising projects, and community building features to this strategy, and will continue to evolve.

Right now, I'm still creating the overall strategy, and crafting posts to explain how this concept works. Although I'll use the Hive account@colearning account initially to cultivate an intelligent community who's interested in self care, earth care, and people care, I intend to shift that community to a different account, as more learning communities appear. Then, I'll use the Hive account@colearning account to connect learning communities together, and put out posts to help refine and evolve our strategy.

In terms of pay to play, my personal aim is to find investors that will either personally interact with these communities, or delegate their steem power to various colearing accounts.

After explaining the difference between the fractional reserve banking system, bitcoin, and the steemit economic system , I'll articulate how investing in steem (steem power) could be both profitable for investors, and empowering for students.

Although I want to use Hive account@colearning to deepen my learning and earnings on steemit, I want the account to benefit the community, using it's earnings to either power up, invest in shared resources, or to donate to charitable causes. Each post will designate where the funds will go.