5. Identifying different patterns for promoting networked learning

In accordance to the above made distinction it is possible to identify the following patterns for promoting networked learning. The patterns reflect the context of cooperation and the key ideas that bring diverse partners into the cooperation:

1. Elementary networking that is related to single courses or to targeted training schemes,
2. Extended networking that focuses on certain key events or campaigns that have a wider importance than traditional ad hoc measures,
3. Curriculum-oriented networking that links the involvement of training providers and enterprises to different parts of a given curriculum and to related learning goals,
4. Cross-curricular networking that links the involvement of different training providers and enterprises (e.g. from different countries) to a collaborative training programme (that may be linked to national curricula and qualification frameworks),
5. Process-oriented networking that links the involvement of training providers and enterprises to a jointly agreed organisation development or quality improvement scheme (that involve workplace learning sessions that are organised by training providers),
6. Community-oriented networking that links the involvement of training providers and enterprises to a more overarching approach to develop a ‘learning community’. The process of community-building can link different measures to improve workplace learning to each other and promote synergy between these measures