Replying to LO28754 --
The project Bjoerg describes sounds most worthwhile. However, please
permit me to highlight some typical difficulties associated with such
projects. I know of many such attempts (mostly in India), which have not
produced the desired changes. In many of these attempts, people from
diverse backgrounds come together to produce something like a 'learning
community', but they either find it difficult to develop a shared
understanding of their project , or fail to convert whatever understanding
they create into meaningful action, or encounter problems of sustaining
the effort, or get bogged down by too much diversity within and outside
which emerges later on.
Therefore, in my humble opinion, it is important to anticipate these
difficulties and develop ways of managing them. I see a very important
role for the moderator (which may be played by specific persons or in
rotation). The skills required of a moderator are similar to the skills
required of the CEO of a large organisation. Of all these skills, I would
put a premium on the skill of designing suitable 'forms of interaction'
among the members so that the collective develops a degree of resilience
against some of the above-mentioned dangers/difficulties.
On a reflective note: Because in the real world, stories, story-tellers,
and listeners may all be there, but no stories may be told...
DP
India
Bjoerg Kaspersen wrote:
>As members of a learning forum in Stavanger, Norway, ten of us want to
>start a community of learning/practice on community of learning. That is,
>we want to explore what it takes to make people want to participate,
>share knowledge and experience, learn from each others...
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