Building a Real-World Learning Community: The Work/Site Alliance of Southeastern Michigan(1)

Learning in the context of solving complex, real-world problems requires collaboration among diverse individuals and institutions and establishment of new learning communities. This session provides a framework for identifying the knowledge base required by an interdisciplinary, multi-institution program. The framework identifies the locus of knowledge across groups of participants in the learning community. Examples are provided of participant roles as learners, teachers, and builders of new knowledge. ⁽¹⁾