ELC 068: Applying Social Learning Theory To Learning Design

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We know that people learn from each other in both formal and informal ways. Two people who have dedicated much of their life to understanding social learning and developing a framework around it are Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner. In this session, I speak with them about the big ideas in their book, Learning to Make a Difference. They share ways that we can live and learn intentionally in a social learning context.

WE DISCUSS:

• Shifting the perspective from learning as transmission to learning for making a difference
• Social learning theory as a foundation for meaningful learning
• How social learning theory contributes to general learning theory
• Getting at meaningfulness fo the individual
• Value of discussions and context
• Importance of social groups
• Difference between social spaces and social learning spaces
• Some ways facilitators can create social learning spaces
• Lenses for thinking about conflict in a social environment
• Different types of value that learning can generate (learning flows)

TIME: 36 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Download Transcript for ELC 068: Applying Social Learning Theory To Learning Design

RESOURCES

• Learning to Make a Difference by Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
• The Wenger-Trayner website with resources, blog, etc.