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Learning as a Driver for ChangeEvaluation Workshop
Dr Leone Wheeler
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• ‘To transform political and theoretical discourses into concrete strategies and approaches;
• To measure progress over time; and• To evaluate the benefits of the strategies it has
put into place.’– (UNESCO, 2014, p. 27)
Why monitor progress on learning city/community developments?
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Source: UNESCO. (2014, p30). Conference Report: International Conference on Learning Cities: Lifelong Learning for All: Inclusion, prosperity and sustainability in cities. Beijing, China.
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• Learning as a Driver for Change (Wheeler, Wong, Farrell & Wong, 2013)
and• Learning as a Driver for
Change: Learning Community Framework (Wheeler & Wong, 2013)
Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, University of Technology, Sydney.
http://www.acelg.org.au/news/community-learning-and-local-government
Learning as a Driver for Change
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Gwydir Shire, New South Wales, Australia
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At any age you can go to the careers teachers and ask
advice about a pathway and it might be a pathway that you have not even thought
about – Learner
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Hume City, Victoria, Australia
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The buildings are important. They are learning hubs and
people come in to learn different things – to meet and talk and
read. They will evolve over time. The way they are now will not be
the way they are in five years’ time (HGLV Committee).
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City of Melton, Victoria, Australia
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Partnership StrengthRelationship Line Strength Numeric
Value
No Relationship No Line 0
Communication 1
Some Collaboration 2
Active Collaboration 3
Partnership Strength 2006= 45
Partnership Strength 2010= 64
Partnership Strength 2014= ???
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Establishment Consolidation Enhancement
Establish partnershipsIdentify vision and goalsStrategy and action plans• Governance• Engagement/
participation activities
• Monitoring and evaluation
Evaluate and extend partnershipsReflect on vision and goalsStrategy and action plans• Governance• Engagement/
participation activities• Monitoring and
evaluation
Evaluate and extend partnershipsReflect on vision and goalsStrategy and action plans• Governance• Engagement/
participation activities• Monitoring and
evaluation
• Implement plans• Evaluate• Refine Plans
• Expand learning community, or
• Merge into another framework, or
• Exit
ACTION LEARNING/ACTION RESEARCH CYCLE – BUILDING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
Adapted from Wheeler, 2004
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Life Cycle of Innovation for Learning Communities
Establishment PhaseGovernance and Structure
INNOVATION GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE
0% 100%
Consolidation PhaseGovernance and Structure
INNOVATION GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE
0% 100%
Enhancement / Sustainability Phase
Governance and StructureINNOVATION GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE
0% 100%
(Adapted from Wheeler 2004)
RMIT University©2010 Northern Partnerships Unit 12
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Flow Chart for using the Australian Learning Community Framework
Establish the Life Cycle(Establishment, Consolidation, Enhancement)
Plan by using the ten reflective questions as a guide
Rearrange according to checklist categories
Develop/update Community Learning Strategy, including Evaluation
Building a localized knowledge base using an action research approach
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Key elements of a learning community approach
• FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS– Long-term vision– Leadership – Strategic partnerships– Integrated community governance– Community capacity– Connecting social/learning/technological
infrastructure
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Learning City
• A Learning City is a city which effectively mobilises its resources in every sector to – Promote inclusive learning from basic to higher education;– Re-vitalise learning in families and communities;– Facilitate learning for and in the workplace;– Extend the use of modern learning technologies;– Enhance quality and excellence in learning; and foster a culture
of learning thoughout life….• In doing so it will create and reinforce individual
empowerment and social cohesion, economic and cultural prosperity, and sustainable development.
» UNESCO (2014)
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International Developments in Learning Cities
• Launch of the UNESCO International Platform for Learning Cities (2013) and Global Cities Network http://www.uil.unesco.org/home/
• PASCAL International Exchanges– http://pie.pascalobservatory.org/
• EU Centre/PASCAL Cities Learning Together conference in Hong Kong (November, 2013)– http
://conference.pascalobservatory.org/pascal-conference-2013/
• Development of PASCAL EcCoWell concept