Additional Resources on Collaborative Learning

Below are a few relevant resources for better understanding Collaborative Learning, including adult learning methods, learning in complex systems, example networks in action, and practical tools for facilitating and measuring the impact of Collaborative Learning Networks.

• Fito Network, “The Collaborative Impact Networks Kit (a community-created library of >500 techniques and tools.” https://www.fito.network/tools
• Gatome-Munyua A et al. “Collaborative Learning to Advance Knowledge and Implementation of Strategic Health Purchasing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Health Systems & Reform, 8(2): 2022. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2022.2051793
• inHive. (2022). Social Change Networks Playbook for Practitioners and Funders. https://www.inhiveglobal.org/2022/04/25/social-chage-networks-playbook/
• Results for Development, “Facilitating Collaborative Learning: An open-access, e-learning orientation series,” 2023. https://coaching-approach.learnworlds.com/course/facilitating-collaborative-learning
• Small Foundation. (2021). Small Foundation Network Partner Evaluation Toolkit Network Evaluation for Network Coordinators Frequently Asked Questions. Small Foundation. https://smallfoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SF-Eval-Toolkit-FAQ_June-2021.pdf
• Sridharan, Sweta and Kimberly Smith. “Case Study: Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage. A practitioner-to-practitioner learning network supported by the Rockefeller Foundation’s Transforming Health Systems Initiative, 2016. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2022.2051793
• Wenger-Trayner. (2015). “Communities of practice: A brief introduction of the concept and its uses.” https://www.wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/
• Witter et al. “What, why, and how do health systems learn from one another? Insights from eight low- and middle-income country case studies.” Health Research Policy and Systems (2019) 17:9 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0410-1
• World Bank Group. (2015). The Art of Knowledge Exchange: A Results-Focused Planning Guide for Development Practitioners. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/5f336ebd-0d3a-52f8-a570-be81ca0fd144
• World Health Organization, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. (2021). Learning Health Systems: Pathways to Progress. https://ahpsr.who.int/publications/i/item/learning-health-systems-pathways-to-progress