Summary - there are a number of existing models of partnership working which could form the possible basis for an Education Improvement Partnership. This section provides details on the nature and work of Networked Learning Communities.    

The National College for School Leadership's (NCSL) Networked Learning Communities programme, probably the largest programme for learning networks in the world to date, was launched in September 2002. Over 134 school networks took part, involving approximately 25,000 staff and over 500,000 pupils.
 
Networked learning can be said to take place when individuals come together in groups from different environments to engage in development activity informed by the public knowledge base, their own experience and by co-constructing new knowledge together. They learn with one another, from one another and on behalf of others, for the benefit of the schools involved and the wider system.
 
NCSL has drawn the knowledge base from the programme into one website featuring the existing knowledge about, and resources which support, networked learning. You can view their website by clicking on the following link http://networkedlearning.ncsl.org.uk 

Publication Date: May 2005

Last Updated: July 2006