Capturing and transferring learning
Capturing and transferring learning enables us to take a step back and question ourselves, to identify the progress and blind spots of a change project, and to make adjustments along the way to stay on course for the desired effects/changes. This analysis is also extremely useful for identifying the services and learning that need to be sustained over the longer term to maintain or even optimize the effects achieved.
Capturing and transferring learning requires us to ask the right questions at the right time with the people concerned, and then see what tools are best suited to sharing them.
Video on capturing learning
A 4-minute video, developed by Dynamo, to introduce the subject of capturing learning.
Assessing the impact of systemic change
A Tamrack Institute fact sheet clarifying the meaning of the words "change" and "result" in the context of territory development.
Systematizing our experiences: a manual for learning about our practices
A tool that describes what it means to systematize experiences and offers practical tips for capturing and reinvesting learning.
Assessing for learning
This summary sheet from phase 1 of the ICP (2015-2023) highlights evaluation as a learning mechanism and gives examples from Montreal neighborhoods.
There are a multitude of ways to capture learning.
Here are a few examples :
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This guide, developed by FSG, introduces the main concepts of collective intentional learning. It gives very detailed instructions onhow to conduct 21 different types of activities that can be adapted and used at different times/meetings and activities related to the development of an ICP initiative:
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Assessment is a way of knowing the value of something, whether it's a change, a project, a service, an activity, a process or even a role. It's a process that can be summarized in 6 steps :
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This guide , developed by Dynamo, includes questions to ask yourself when conducting a participatory evaluation, and 8 practical tools for facilitating the process.
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Video (7 minutes, 6 seconds) explaining the "étoile tactique" tool, which gives a voice to people and identifies the key elements to remember in order to adjust current and future actions:
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A method of structuring thought and discussion within a group so that they can analyze the situation from different angles and draw out key learnings.
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In the Communagir toolbox, the Star of Change allows you to explore the possibilities around an issue or an approach, or to synthesize proposals in the direction of one or more desired changes: