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<strong>Network</strong>s, knowledge and innovation<br />
author or pr<strong>of</strong>essional reviewers, as well as other Amazon customers.<br />
You are also told whether customers found these reviews helpful.<br />
Second, Amazon tells you which other books a purchaser <strong>of</strong> the target<br />
book has also bought. Displayed before you is an elaborate set <strong>of</strong><br />
factual information and evaluations to help you make a more<br />
informed decision about book-buying.<br />
Epinions.com <strong>of</strong>fers a similar service. It will search millions <strong>of</strong><br />
products and services – such as books, movies, cars, restaurants,<br />
computers, sports and travel – and tell you where to obtain the lowest<br />
price for them and which stores are most trusted by customers.<br />
Products and services are reviewed and rated by customers, and these<br />
are available to all other customers. Customers rate reviewers for the<br />
quality <strong>of</strong> their reviews, and reviewers whose judgements are trusted<br />
by their peers are designated top reviewers. You are also told which<br />
other reviewers the top reviewers most trust. You become a top<br />
reviewer only if you have earned such a reputation for your advice to<br />
other customers.<br />
An innovation and best practice network for teachers might have a<br />
similar infrastructure. The quality <strong>of</strong> an innovation and validity <strong>of</strong> a<br />
claim to good or best practice could be rated by those who had tried<br />
to transfer it, as well as by ‘experts’ such as researchers or Ofsted.<br />
Indeed, the trustworthiness <strong>of</strong> the judges would also be rated by<br />
practitioners, for this would be particularly important in relation to<br />
judgements or claims about high leverage and ease <strong>of</strong> transferability.<br />
For academic researchers to have to earn their reputation for<br />
trustworthiness would be a gain for both them and for teachers. The<br />
system would also need to give information on the location <strong>of</strong><br />
the nearest helper-practitioner or consultant, since accessibility<br />
and opportunities for a face-to-face meeting as well as coaching<br />
and mentoring are vital. The NWP might be the kind <strong>of</strong> project to<br />
gain from such a development borrowed from ICT in the business<br />
world.<br />
Conclusion<br />
Ann Lieberman has been at the forefront <strong>of</strong> developments in teachers’<br />
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