MSPnet: An Electronic Community of Practice Facilitating Communication and Collaboration

Terc Inc, Cambridge MA

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Abstract

This project will establish a web-based, interactive electronic community to build capacity and enrich the knowledge base of the MSP projects and the Learning Community of which they are a part. Specifically, MSPnet will 1) expand MSP projects access to, and ability to share, resources, emerging research, tools, best practices, obstacles and strategies; 2) strengthen geographically dispersed partnerships by enhancing and sustaining dialogue through innovative collaborative tools, events and structures; 3) create a growing archive, for both researchers and practitioners, of the lessons and accomplishments of the MSP program; 4) enhance the public's access to, and knowledge of, the MSP program; 5) conduct research on the impact of on-line formats, functionalities and structures to enhance large scale education reform efforts.