Leadership in networked learning communities: defining the terrain

Abstract

This article describes results related to leadership that emerged from a series of studies commissioned by the Networked Learning Group of the National College of School Leadership to draw on the experiences of the Networked Learning Communities (NLC) Programme, with a view to informing the work of other groups and agencies in England and beyond who are incorporating networking into their educational change efforts. The focus of the evaluation was not on the effects of the NLC Programme as a separate entity. Instead, the focus was on identifying promising features and processes being implemented in NLCs and NLC schools and ascertaining the importance of these features to the success of educational networks generally.