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the collaboration in solving problems that may arise in the future.
4 . Dynamic Approach: Mutual
knowledge transference within the community, coupled with the exchange of
knowledge from outside is a factor contributing to the pursuit of excellent
practices in dealing with the community development and the growth of a strong
knowledge-based community to keep pace with the changes that take place over time.
Creative and intellectual improvement of knowledge in accordance with the context
of the community affected by changes in social environment and way of living
makes the knowledge more dynamic.
5. Cyclical Management: Local
scholars rely on the knowledge and knowledge management to handle the
learning process in the community by building knowledge appropriately,
presenting knowledge in a form that can be learned together, evaluating practices and
storing knowledge. The final stage is exchange of learning to convey awareness
to the application and the transference of knowledge, circulating and spreading it to
the entire community and then the wider society.
6 . Friendly Communication: A
mutual learning environment is created among people in the community and
networks of other communities with the goodwill and respect for the dignity and
equality that all people can learn together. The mutual learning is aimed at creating a
friendly atmosphere in living together, leading to innovation and the development
of community solidarity and sustainability.
7. Close to Sources of Knowledge and Wisdom: The pursuit of self-learning,
under the process of lifelong learning is essential in the society of learning. To
bring oneself closer to learning resources available in the community and focusing
on knowledge as wisdom which has been passed down from knowledgeable
individual who know the local wisdom increases channels to new creative ideas
differing from learning in the classroom.
8. Both Academic and Wisdom:
The process of learning innovation of the community based on the application of
local wisdom with scientific knowledge, technology and management as well as
other knowledge is particularly useful to the application of knowledge as a precious
gift of national social development either in the form of innovative technology and
innovative learning community.
9.Relying on Appropriate
Technologies :
Successful learning innovation process is driven by the use of
existing knowledge and technology wisely. Appropriate technology can be generated
from the body of knowledge or technology that is available locally. This is an ideal
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and capabilities of the community. It is not the technology that comes along in
globalization which may cause awkward and inappropriate use.
10.Socially Acceptable: Adoption
of new knowledge, changes in the way of thinking and different ways of practice is
not easy. Another important factor is the need to encourage the acceptance of
society. An awareness of the network of relationships in social learning is important
in creating innovation, bringing it to use and exchanging the learning innovation as
a key intellectual capital of the community.
The Model : The likelihood of
sustainability
Synthesis of the learning innovation process and the factors that
affect the success of the innovation process were used to create a model for Learning
Innovation Process LIP Model to contribute to the sustainability of the
learning innovation created the local scholars in Southern Thailand as illustrated
in the Figure below. The LIP Model consists of three
major consecutive process steps: Innovation Creation, Innovation
Utilization, and Innovation Diffusion. These three steps are primary factors to
transfer the local knowledge and wisdom of the wise folk south scholars. Results
from the synthesis of the process, the innovation creation consists of the process
of reviewing the sources, finding out knowledge, making a difference and
planning a procedure. The process of innovations utilization comprises the steps
of trying out actively, responding to development, setting up the balance and
supporting sufficiently. The final stage is the process of innovation diffusion
comprising the steps of creating knowledge-based society, applying for
living, sharing and extending results and checking out and screening.
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community towards sustainability. The factors that affect success include the
leadership prototypes, creating shared vision, innovation adoption, dynamic
approach, cyclical management, friendly communication, being close to sources of
knowledge and local wisdom, relying on appropriate technology, and being socially
acceptable. This cyclical process is like the wind that always blows in encouraging
such innovative learning processes continuously.
5. Discussion of findings
