Convergence

Convergence of intention is often a group-based activity in XLP. Since XLP is often conducted in a group-based environment, where it involves many participants, the intention for learning something is almost always different given that everyone comes from different backgrounds and have their own private interest areas. However, learning a new thing together is an experience that requires accumulating and compilation of prior and ongoing experience. Therefore, all participants must identify certain commonality in their learning trajectory, otherwise, no tangible knowledge content can be retained.

The most common approach to enable convergence is to ensure that all learning take place using a single data repository. In case of practicing XLP, an instsance of Project Knowledge Container(PKC) should be serving the entire team from the challenge design stage, and the mission execution stage. This instance of PKC will then be a data space to capture and assess the formative and summative learning results.