The 'commons' as a new value in adult learning.
Résumé
This paper extends the ongoing investigation into the learning collectives that spontaneously emerged in March 2020 as a response to the Covid 19 health crisis (Sanojca & Briand, 2021). The first findings, made by members of these collectives, highlighted the affirmation of the value of collectively produced resources (i.e. knowledge) as a common in Ostrom’s definition (Ostrom, 1990). This new way of considering the value of knowledge seems to reflect a form of awareness on the part of adult learners who are seeking to make the meaning of their professional activities consistent with their concerns about societal issues. For the part of individuals, this implies specific functioning rules (collaborative production and shared governance of resources) but these can only be developed in a favorable organizational context.