Learning Circles – nico koenig

Learning circles are free study groups for people who want to take online classes together and in-person.

Working with Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) between 2017-2020, I introduced learning circles programs to public libraries through designing and facilitating in-person and online training workshops to public library systems across the world, notably in USA, Canada, Germany, and Kenya.

Media coverage:

Educating the Public (WISE) 08/2019
Learning circles a hit in African Public Libraries (EIFL) 01/2019
Libraries as learning locations “Knowledge for everyone, for free. Period” (Goethe Institut) 10/2018 German translation
Peer-to-peer learning with Open Educational Resources: An Interview with P2PU (AACE Review) 06/2018

Select partners:

Akron-Summit County Public Library
Boston Public Library
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Chicago Public Library
Kampala Public Library (Uganda)
Kansas City Public Library
Kenya National Library Service
Los Angeles Public Library
Toronto Public Library
Saint Paul Public Library
Spokane County Library District
StadtBibliothek Köln (DE)
Wichita Public Library
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (DE)

48782959601_bc022017c8_o-3-7203711 — With help from Boston Public Library, I worked with P2PU to host a three-day training and meet-up event for learning circle practitioners representing 20 public library systems.

48196843947_76bda865e7_o-1 — Learning circles have spread to cities in Germany. Here I am running learning circle facilitator training for library staff from the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin team in Berlin, Germany.

42921964931_04ce73340c_o-1108629 — I worked with Electronic Information for Libraries and the Kenya National Library Service to train library staff in Kampala, Uganda to implement learning circles. You can read more about this initiative here.

Blog posts:

Learning circles: a reflection (nicokoenig.com)