Learning to Make a Difference: Value Creation in Social Learning Spaces
Cambridge University Press, 10/1/2020
EAN 9781108497169, ISBN10: 1108497160
Hardcover, 288 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Today, more people want to know how to make a meaningful difference to what they care about. But for that, traditional approaches to learning often fall short. In this book, we offer a theoretical and practical way forward. We introduce the concept of social learning spaces for developing both new capabilities and a sense of agency. We provide a rich framework for focusing on the value of social learning spaces: how to generate this value, monitor it, and learn iteratively through the process. The book is a useful extension and refinement of 'communities of practice' for those familiar with the theory. For those who are not, the chapters will lay out a new way to approach learning. This volume is written to serve the needs of readers across fields, including researchers, educators, and leaders in business, government, healthcare, and international development.
Prologue
The Difference We Care to Make
Introduction
How to Read this Book
Part I. Foundation
Value Creation in Social Learning Spaces
Part I Section 1. Social Learning Spaces
1. Social Learning Spaces
2. What About Communities of Practice?
3. Social Learning Spaces and Other Structures
Part I Section 2. Value Creation
Agency and Social Learning Modes
4. The Perspective of Value Creation
5. Agency and Social Learning Modes
Part II. Framework
Part II Section 1. Generating Value
Value-Creation Cycles
6. Immediate and Potential
7. Applied and Realized Value
8. Enabling and Strategic Value
9. Orienting and Transformative Value
Part II Section 2. Translating Value
Flows and Loops
10. Flows into Learning Loops
11. Flows into Other Social Learning Spaces
Part II Section 3. Framing
Aspirations and Uncertainties
12. Framing Participation
13. Framing Value Creation
14. Conducting a Framing Event
Part II Section 4. Evaluating
Effect and Contribution:15. Effect Data
Deriving and Monitoring Indicators
16. Contribution Data
Collecting Value-Creation Stories
17. Consolidating and Integrating the Dataset
18. The Art of Making Value Visible
Epilogue
An Ongoing Journey.