In November, 2009, CoSN lead a US delegation to the Netherlands and Scotland as part of its ongoing efforts to facilitate a global conversation of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ITC) in education. Guided by the fundamental assumption that we can lean from other countries, just as other countries can learn from us, the goals of the delegation were to:

• Determine how strategic investments in ICT by Scotland and the Netherlands are preparing students for success in a global economy;
• Explore innovative uses technology, including Web 2.0 collaborative tools, national learning platforms and other cutting edge applications;
• Discover common challenges in using ICT to transform learning;
• Identify innovative policies and practices in Scotland and the Netherlands that might be replicated in the US; and
• Share our findings with interested groups and individuals.