Key messages
• Social learning facilitates sharing and learning beyond individuals to networks and systems. Through a facilitated, iterative process of joint work, dialogue and reflection, new shared ways of knowing emerge that lead to changes in practice.
• Social learning has real potential to ...
Le Borgne, Ewen
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[Applying social learning where ‘business-as-usual’ solutions no longer work for complex problems and programs]
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Applying social learning where ‘business-as-usual’ solutions no longer work for complex problems and programs
Millions of dollars are spent each year on research and development (R&D) initiatives in an attempt to improve rural livelihoods in the developing world, but rural poverty remains an intractable problem in many places. There are many reasons for this; one being the limited collective learning tha...
Lundy, Mark
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Gottret, María Verónica
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Ashby, J.A.
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[Learning alliances: An approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems]
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Learning alliances: An approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems
At a time of rapid environmental, social and technological change, the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative promotes critical reflection and improved ways of working within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The goal is to enhance the contributio...
CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change Initiative
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[The Institutional Learning and Change Initiative: an introduction]
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The Institutional Learning and Change Initiative: an introduction
Evaluation processes of all types, including monitoring, review and impact assessment, offer unique opportunities for learning and provide useful feedback on what works and what doesn’t, and the reasons for success or failure. Involving staff members, partners and beneficiaries in the evaluation ...
Watts, J.
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[Learning-oriented evaluation: A tool for promoting institutional learning and program improvement]
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Learning-oriented evaluation: A tool for promoting institutional learning and program improvement
Various broad fields are connected with social learning and are effectively playing as related families. This Learning Brief outlines research fields related to social learning.
Le Borgne, Ewen
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Jackson, Carl
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Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Cranston, Pete
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[The happy families of social learning – mapping the complex domains of learning and social change]
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The happy families of social learning – mapping the complex domains of learning and social change