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Why a NIC?

This 2015 blog post introduces the distinctive features of Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) and identifies some of their advantages for accelerating learning about high-leverage educational problems.

Why a NIC?

August 18, 2015 | By Paul LeMahieu

Humans have been organizing themselves into collectives for social, political, and commercial enterprise for a very long time. Long before there were learning communities in schools or social networks on the Internet, there were tribes organizing our actions.

What is new is the attention to networking as a scientific strategy to extend human capabilities in pursuit of shared interests. Also new are understandings.… read the full post here.

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