What Is a Learning Community?

A learning community is a network of constituent groups or subcommunities who represent multiple functions, levels, and geographies. The community and its supporting network draw upon the diverse perspectives of members to open up thinking, generate better decisions, and improve program and project implementation.

The value of a learning community is that it provides an environment in which members obtain useful information, exchange and create ideas, share and develop tools, generate knowledge, and interact in a meaningful, productive manner. Learning communities are self-directed, flexible, dynamic, and inclusive. They embrace learning, and because of that, they are effective levers for creating organizational ...

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