| Session Title: Learning Systems and Systems of Learning in Practice |
| Skill-Building Workshop 372 to be held in International Ballroom A on Thursday, November 8, 1:55 PM to 3:25 PM |
| Sponsored by the Presidential Strand |
| Presenter(s): |
| Bob Williams, Independent Consultant, bobwill@actrix.co.nz |
| Kate McKegg, The Knowledge Institute Ltd, kate.mckegg@xtra.co.nz |
| Abstract: The knowledge management field has moved beyond dumping wheelbarrows of data into people's laps. It now recognizes that learning is essentially a social process, where communities of practitioners work with data to develop new understandings and meanings. Knowledge management is more about the social process of facilitating learning communities than the technical process of delivering data. In contrast, the evaluation field still predominately operates from a technical paradigm. Few established evaluation methodologies are explicitly based on learning theories and most debates are focused around improving wheelbarrow technique. This workshop will explore in detail the question of how evaluation can promote learning and will demonstrate a method drawn from learning and systems theories. |