Landscape functions and people

Bangkok, October 2009

Collaborative learning

Innovative approach to “development”

Development of innovation

Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation

Technological innovation at WUR

Awareness of its need

Capability to adoptInnovation capacity

Innovation requires:

Institutional change

Awareness of its need

Capability to adopt

Co-creation of innovation capacity

Learning Alliances

Policy DialogueMultistakeholder

engagementAction Research

Knowledge networks Social Learning

Interactive Knowledge Processes

Researchers

Policy Makers

Entrepreneurs

Community Leaders

Practitioners

Activists

Citizens

Media

Educators

Politicians

Context To Improve

Shared Understanding

Collective Action

Social learning

“Social learning can be defined as a process by which communities, stakeholder groups or societies learn to innovate and adapt in response to changing social and environmental conditions” (Woodhill, 2009).

Social learning in a landscape

Landscape as an arena for social learning to take place

We cannot solve a problem using the same logic with which it was created...

What to learn?

New coalitions between the different sectors, forming new umbrella organizations with all stakeholders, from diverse parts of society, striving for mutually beneficial outcomes (Steve Waddell).

Social learning

O

o

Understanding

landscape dynamics

Inter-disciplinary learning

State:

Voters/leaders

Order/stability

Rules/laws

Civil society:

Community/group

Justice/prosperity

Social relations

Business:

Owners/clients

Money/profit

Transactions/

contracts

Inter-sectoral learning

State:

Voters/leaders

Order/stability

Rules/lawsCivil society:

Community/group

Justice/prosperity

Social relations

Business:

Owners/clients

Money/profit

Transactions/

contracts

Inter-sectoral learning

Intervening in

landscape dynamics

Learning

Individual

learning

Group learning

Social

learning

Organisational

learning

Accumulate knowledge

Child in a doorway

A young bird leaving the nest

Flying

Youth

Learning

Learning

To learn from the past, to improve for the future

To share lessons on experiences and successful practices with others

To embark upon a process of shared learning

Continually improving the quality of our work

By learning from past successes and mistakes

By sharing ideas with others

By being open about problems and failures

By searching for impact

To be better prepared for an insecure future

Learning

Action Analysis

Assesment

The Triple A Process

Learning

Experience

ReviewAdapt and

implement

Conceptualisation

Kolb’s Learni

ng Cycle

Activist

Reflector

Theorist

Pragmatist

Kolb’s four phases of learning

Learning styles quiz

Group learning

Exercise with the rope

observe what is happening – what happened? Why? So what? Now what?

provide feedback and give suggestions for improvement

Plan

Act

Monitor

Evaluate

Plan

Act

Monitor

Evaluate

The Action Learning Cycle

Continuous Learning

Triple loop learning

1. Are we doing things right?

2. Are we doing the right things?

3. How do we know what is right?

Triple loop learning

Definition of Paradigms (Kuhn)

“An entire constellation of beliefs, values and techniques, and so on, shared by the members of a given community”

In Other Words

Mindsets Worldview Belief system Mental models Underlying assumptions

The depth of assumptions

What we see in terms of how decision-making takes place

That what lies underneath the decision-making process

Deep drivers of our behavior and the choices that we make (paradigms)

How are paradigms (re) created?

Paradigms

Society

history

Mdia

Education Travel

religion

Age group

Culture

How are paradigms (re) created?

Why are paradigms so difficult to change?

In this course...

we are going to challenge our paradigms in order to learn

We will try to "un-learn" certain patterns of behaviour

We will avoid defensive behaviour (“it’s difficult for us”...)

Avoid power imbalance (“knowledge is power”), since there are no experts

In this course...

Improve our knowledge by sharing and exchanged

Develop our creativity Develop an open mind Through critical reflection and dialogue

In this course...

Learning methods applied in the course

“Tell me and I will forget.

Show me and I may remember.

Involve me and I will understand”

Confucius, 450 BC

Stimulating personal reflection (learning diary)

Preparing a personal action plan (PAPA) Working with and sharing your experiences Real life case studies Linking theory and practice Developing competences Excursion

Learning methods applied in the course

Participant Action Plan (PAPA)

1. Every day an interesting idea or "learning point" to be applied in your own job (one or more)

2. Based on the learning points, you develop 2 or 3 "action items", which form the body of your action plan

3. Transformation of the action items into an action plan, describing what new knowledge you will apply in your own job, within the next six months, after six months, whenever the option arises

4. Think of the resources you will need, the way in which you will implement, the effects it will have, and the organisational support you will need for this

Panic

Stretch

Comfort

Learning methods applied in the course

Anything else?

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