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C) Facilitating Dissemination (Sharing) of Learning

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 * Ø Free flow of ideas, innovations and information between individuals and the organization **
 * Ø Dissemination can occur and look like many different ways; such as staff meetings, informal meetings, Websites, etc. **
 * Ø Structure is needed to be put into place for dissemination to take place; such as common planning time, professional planning teams, classroom visits, workshops, etc. **
 * Ø Dialogue is key, but not always easy **
 *  Ø As members share information they build a sharred understanding **
 *  Ø One barrier to dissemination of information is that members may see a mismatch in the espoused theories of the organization and the actual theories-in-use of an organization (Similar to Wenger’s theory of what an organization designs and what really emerges) **
 *  Ø Another barrier may be that the school norms that have been put into place through history may not support members willing to share (Wenger may say that those members would be marginalized) **

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