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What are your thoughts on how learning communities can influence social change? What are your opinions about learning communities reaching out to civic leaders?

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LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Learning communities defined
A learning community is defined by an online source as, " a group of people who share a common interest in a topic or area, a particular form of discourse about their phenomena, tools and sense-making approaches for building collaborative knowledge and valued activities" (http://www.slideshare.net/joh5700/what-is-a-learning-community). The same source provided the definition of a community: that it is not just a group of people. It is a process of people living, working, and especially learning together.

How learning communities can influence social change
Social change is said to be, "a significant alteration over time in behaviour patterns and cultural values and norms". ...

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