by Team BE | Jan 30, 2012 | All entries, Publications, Theory
Communities of practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept This article was written by Etienne in 2009 for a textbook co-published by the Open University and Springer. It does two things. It relates the conceptual framework of...
by Team BE | Jan 1, 2012 | All entries, Resources, Social learning capability, Theory
We may know what we need to know to deal with many of the world’s complex problems; what we don’t have as a system is the learning capability to deal with them. After a talk on the subject of social learning capability at the WHO, a doctor shared the following...
by Team BE | Jan 1, 2012 | All entries, Reflections
We had an interesting visit to the Mandel Institute in Israel. The occasion was the annual conference with graduates of their two-year, intensive leadership program. The theme was “professional identity”. Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey opened the day with their work on...
by Team BE | Jan 1, 2012 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Theory
We see it as our mission to develop a theory and practice of social learning – for individuals, communities, organizations, and society more generally. So this concept is fundamental for us. Etienne’s work on social learning theory places learning at the...
by Team BE | Jan 1, 2012 | All entries, Resources, Social learning capability, Theory
Successful social learning spaces depend on acts of learning citizenship on the part of everyone. But some people have a knack for making it happen. They can create social spaces where meaningful learning can take place where people are inspired to learn together and...
