SOCIAL LEARNING

Published
July 22, 2025
What is social learning and how do you hold social learning spaces?
Social learning is not about one person transmitting information to others. It’s about people learning with and from each other, about something they care to do better. Together with the world-renowned social learning theorists and practitioners Beverly and Etienne Wenger-Trayner, we have developed four new online social learning module.
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Social learning

Social learning is not about one person transmitting information to others. It’s about people learning with and from each other, about something they care to do better. Together with the world-renowned social learning theorists and practitioners Beverly and Etienne Wenger-Trayner, we have developed four new online social learning module.

1/4 Modules

What is social learning and why it matters

  • 1. What is social learning 3:12
  • 2. The three dimensions of social learning 3:52
  • 3. Why social learning matters 4:15
  • 4. What is a Community of Practice 3:51
  • 5. Value creation with social learning 7:38
  • 6. Formal evaluation of social learning 6:03

2/4 Modules

Learner and facilitator roles in social learning

  • 7. The participant’s role 3:12
  • 8. The facilitator’s role 3:52
  • 9. How do you prepare? 4:15
  • 10. Engaging people in online and hybrid formats 3:51
  • 11. Setting the scene with a value proposition 7:38
  • 12. The facilitator as expert or not 6:03

3/4 Modules

Facilitating social learning using structured formats

  • 13. Why use structured formats?
  • 14. Case clinic 3:52
  • 15. Fishbowl 4:15
  • 16. Gallery Walk 3:51
  • 17. Practice Matrix 3:51
  • 18. World Café 7:38
  • 19. Debate 6:03

4/4 Modules

Leadership, hierarchies and intrusions in social learning

  • 20. Handling awkward silence 3:12
  • 21. Handling intrusions as a facilitator 3:52
  • 22. AI – certainty vs uncertainty 4:15
  • 23. Social learning and hierarchies 3:51
  • 24. Leadership groups 7:38
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