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An introduction to Scaffolded Social Learning

I’m sharing this: it’s a short ‘Introduction to Social Learning’, intended as a foundation for people new to the subject. It’s a first iteration: see what you think and let me know if you have ideas! What is Social Learning? … Continue reading

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Scaffolded Social Learning in action: exploring competition

I like ideas, but sometimes it’s good to share what we do with them: today is a post in that vein. I’ve written a lot recently about my Scaffolded Social Learning model. Today, i want to share an example of … Continue reading

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10 Techniques for Scaffolded Social Learning

I recently presented a model for the design of Scaffolded Social Learning: it’s a way of combining both formal and co-created components into one coherent learning narrative. The formal elements will be things like workshops, eLearning, mobile materials, assessments, podcasts, … Continue reading

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Scaffolded Social Learning

Today i want to share a model for Social Learning. It’s at quite a pragmatic level: ‘what do we do about it?‘, rather than an esoteric discussion of ‘what does social mean?‘. I’m presenting a view of Scaffolded Social Learning: … Continue reading

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A structure for scaffolded social learning: bubbles and gateways

I’m developing some practical models for implementing social learning in organisations, trying to give ann idea of structures and methodologies that can be used. I’ve written previously about approaches to moderation and the ways that we can co-create meaning in … Continue reading

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Scaffolded social learning environments for scenario based training: practical implementations

Bridging the gap between abstract training environments and the reality of everyday life is always a challenge. This can be particularly true when we are looking at high stress situations: training people to deal with emergencies that, by their nature, … Continue reading

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Social Learning: Diverse Stories

This is the final week of a leadership programme i’ve been running, and it’s all about ‘Sense Making and Storytelling’. Under a Scaffolded Social Learning approach, there is a landscape to explore – a scaffolding of structure and provocation – … Continue reading

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The Story in Social Learning

Over the last three months i’ve been running a prototype of a very large Leadership programme, built upon principles of Scaffolded Social Learning. In this type of work, there is no ‘taught’ content per se, but there is a structure … Continue reading

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Learning Science Crash Course: Part 3 of 5

This is the third waypoint on our exploratory journey through the landscape of Learning Science. We started a couple of months ago with Part 1: ‘What Learning Science teaches us about how people learn: A description of people’s brains and … Continue reading

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Generative AI and the Potential for (Anti) Social Learning

As ChatGPT and it’s comrades take the world by storm, amazing and delighting us with their natural language and peculiar quirks, it is no surprise that both hype, and hyperbole are ripe, alongside opportunism and marketing. But make no mistake, … Continue reading

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