Knowledge Orbits: Twin Feedback Loops


The twin feedback loops in a continuous learning organization could be diagrammed by highlighting the distinctions in the two force fields of performance, as follows:

First Loop Learning

Second Loop Learning

Student learns

Teacher learns

Feedback loop to individual

Feedback loop to organization

Tactical

Strategic

Course-based

Curriculum-based

The twin loops include the following further distinctions:

First Loop Learning

Second Loop Learning

Feedback: Test scores

Feedback: Curriculum evaluations

Individual context

Group context

Result: Learning

Result: Learning about learning

Impact: Individual performance

Impact: Organizational performance

Whether viewed within the context of machine systems or living systems (for it exists in both), the double-loop learning process connects Loop 1 student learning with Loop 2 teacher learning—through knowledge orbits, information circulating in a performance force field. Figure 7 diagrams this process and highlights the benefits for each side within the continuous learning system.

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Figure 7: Knowledge Orbits— Connecting the Force Fields of Performance.




The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance. A Trainer's Guide to Theory, Terminology, and Practice
The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance: A Trainers Guide to Theory, Terminology, and Practice
ISBN: 0814471781
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 110

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