Networked Community Showcase

Overview 1

The Doug Engelbart Institute is delighted to showcase these networked communities which are practicing most or all of the five accelerators for Bootstrapping Brilliance, or something very close to it. These are excellent case examples of networked improvement communities, or "NICs", a term coined by Doug Engelbart to emphasize the importance of collectively addressing significant challenges and opportunities. 1a

We are pleased to announce that our case at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the brainchild of Dr. Gardner Campbell, was profiled in a feature article by the Internet Hall of Fame: Internet Pioneer's Greatest Contribution May Not Be Technological.

Community Spotlight 2

Virginia Commonwealth University Bootstrapping Brilliance in the "Thought Vectors" Initiative and cMOOC [ learn more ]	Three Case Examples What do change.org, nuclear proliferation, and marine biology have in common? [ learn more ]	Lemelson-MIT Program InvenTeams and the Inventor's Pathway [ learn more ]
Uganda Rural Develop­ment Training Programme Bootstrapping commu­nity development through leadership training for girls [ learn more ]	Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching A Center for Networked Improvement [ learn more ]	New Media Consortium Bootstrapping Innova­tion in service of member uni­ver­si­ties, colleges, museums, ... [ learn more ]

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) 3

  Led by Dr. Gardner Campbell, Dean of University College, Associate Professor of English.

• Case Example: Announcing Summer MOOC and Engelbart Scholar Award at VCU and MOOC site thoughtvectors.net. See also Engelbart Scholars tour with Doug Engelbart Institute.


• Watch Gardner Campbell in Bootstrapping the Future
  Gardner Campbell presents Networked Inquiry as General Education - highlights how one networked initiative applied Engelbart's strategic thinking to collectively design and conduct an experimental, scaleable, connectivist MOOC called Thought Vectors at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Presented at the 2018 Engelbart Symposium, panel discussion. [see event site]


• Watch Gardner et.al. present the launch of their cMOOC
  Gardner Campbell and team presented the launch of their cMOOC at the 2014 New Media Consortium Conference, going into greater depth on the vision, strategy, implementation, and launch of their initiative at VCU. Christina Engelbart (@07:01) related this initiative as a case example of a networked improvement community, and one of our inaugural undergraduate Engelbart Scholar Award recipients. [see abstract]


• Feature Article: Internet Pioneer's Greatest Contribution May Not Be Technological
  


• Related Articles: Virginia Commonwealth University –"Thought Vectors in Concept Space", Connectivist MOOC helps students embrace digital media.

Uganda Rural Development Training Programme (URDT) 4

  Case study prepared by Patricia Seybold, Founder and CEO Patricia Seybold Group, Author: Outside Innovation and The Customer Revolution

• Case Study: How these rural initiatives in Uganda are already meeting the Engelbart Challenge - a case example of how one innovative residential school for girls in Uganda has already been practicing such accelerators to best practice. Read their story, watch their videos.
  
  
• Related Articles by Patricia Seybold: Innovation in Education: School Children Improve Their Families' Livelihoods; Doug Engelbart's Design for High Performance Innovative Organizations; Bootstrapping Innovation - Leveraging the Collective IQ to Achieve Powerful Results.

Lemelson-MIT Program 5

  Led by Dr. Stephanie Couch, Executive Director.

• Case Example: The Lemelson MIT Program celebrates outstanding mid-career and college student inventors, and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention, while developing their hands-on skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through two grants initiatives for grades 6-12.


• Watch Stephanie Couch in Bootstrapping the Future
  Stephanie Couch presents Strategies for Advancing Education in the U.S. Inspired by the Doug Engelbart Institute - presenting a networked initiative forging new paradigms for inspiring and supporting young people in STEM and invention education. Presented at the 2018 Engelbart Symposium, panel discussion. [see event site]


• Watch two short videos on Lemelson-MIT initiatives
  These videos briefly highlight the Lemelson-MIT approach to invention education, including (@00:01) the Inventor's Pathway, and (@05:15) the InvenTeams initiative. More on their YouTube Channel.


• Feature Article: MIT Hosts High School Inventors from across the U.S. to Showcase Solutions to Community and Global Challenges
  


• Related Articles: High school teams receive 2019-20 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant for invention projects; Can Anyone Be an Inventor? Why MIT’s Invention Education Officer Says Yes. More on InvenTeams.

Three Case Examples 6

  Panel discussion moderated by Paul Saffo, Forecaster.

• Case Examples: What do change.org, nuclear civics, and marine biology have in common? Their approach to tackling global issues – collaborative, networked, iterative, walking their talk, co-evolving, compassionate, continuously improving.
  Panelists:
  (1) Erika Gregory, Managing Director of NSquare – "powering a network of innovators committed to ending the nuclear threat through unlikely partnerships, breakthrough ideas, world-changing projects;"
  (2) Ben Rattray, Founder and CEO of Change.org – "On Change.org, people everywhere are starting campaigns, mobilizing supporters, and working with decision makers to drive solutions;" and,
  (3) Erika Woolsey, Marine Biologist, Ocean Design Teaching Fellow, Stanford University, National Geographic Explorer, Founder of The Hydrous – " an international community of scientists, divers, designers, filmmakers, technologists, educators, and concerned citizens who love the ocean and want to share it to protect it." through expeditions, technology, ocean education.
  Imagine if the visionary leaders of these and other innovative networked initiatives could strategize together about the challenges ahead, strategies, best practices, lessons learned...


• Watch them in Solving Today's Great Problems? Lessons From Engelbart's Demo @50
  Panel Discussion (60min) "Can Engelbart’s tech­niques for accelera­ting change solve today’s great problems?" Paul Saffo moderates this panel discussion of case examples with Erika Gregory (NSquare), Ben Rattray (Change.org), Erika Woolsey (National Geographic Explorer). [see event site]


• Feature Article: What Would Doug Engelbart Do?” Ask Organizers of a Silicon Valley Event
  

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 7

  Led by Tony Bryk, President

• Case Example: See Carnegie Foundations's Center for Networked Improvement and Principles of Improvement
  


• Related Articles by Tony Bryk: Getting Ideas into Action: Building Networked Improvement Communities in Education, and Improvement Research Carried Out Through Networked Communities

New Media Consortium 8

  Led by Dr. Larry Johnson, then Chief Executive Officer.[ The NMC was since acquired by Educause]

• Case Study: NMC: Bootstrapping Innovation the Doug Engelbart Way - a case example of how one innovative community-based organization has put these strategic principles to best practice; read their story, study their chart, watch their presentation.


• Related Publications at NMC: The NMC Horizon Project analyzes emergent technologies for its international community of learning institutions, publishing results in a variety of Horizon Reports - for example the Higher Education Edition, K-12 Edition, Museum Edition, Library Edition,Scandinavian Schools, ...