International Center for Applied Neogogy
ICAN equips educators, institutions, and organizations to lead learning in the age of artificial intelligence, grounded in the Neogogy framework and committed to forming whole persons in mind, heart, and spirit.
The complete framework for education in the age of artificial intelligence, introducing the seven principles of Neogogy and the role of the educator as wisdom collaborator. Written for teachers, professors, administrators, instructional designers, technologists, and parents.
Paperback and Hardcover, 2025.
The companion volume focused entirely on higher education, making the case for why the Neogogy framework is needed. Designed to be read in an evening and discussed for a semester, with Reflect and Reimagine questions closing every chapter, ideal for faculty learning communities, leadership cabinets, board retreats, and student seminars.
Companion to Neogogy: Learning at the Speed of Mind. Published 2026.
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ICAN is the academic center. Life College International is our parent institution. Neogogy.ai and the Formation Compass extend our work to practitioners worldwide.
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The public home of Neogogy, the educational framework by Dr. Alin Vrancila for learning in the age of artificial intelligence.
A 15 minute self assessment that maps your formation across the seven capacities of Neogogy.
The Framework
Derived from the Greek neo, meaning new, and gogy, meaning to lead or guide, Neogogy is a new way of guiding learning for an age in which artificial intelligence is not merely a tool, but a partner in cognition.
Neogogy moves beyond pedagogy, the teaching of children, and beyond andragogy and heutagogy, the models built for adult and self-determined learning. It is a framework designed for a moment in which human and machine cognition meet at the desk, the seminar table, and the laboratory bench.
At its center is a conviction: education must move beyond the transfer of information toward the cultivation of wisdom, imagination, and meaning. Where machines have taken up the storage and retrieval of facts, human formation returns to its proper work of judgment, character, and understanding.
Neogogy is both a research program and a practical framework. It equips educators to design learning environments in which intelligent systems amplify, rather than displace, the irreplaceable presence of the human teacher.
The Seven Principles
Neogogy is organized around seven principles that together describe what learning should look like when human minds work alongside machines that think.
Adaptive learning paths that adjust to individual needs and pace.
Weaving AI meaningfully into the whole learning experience.
Learning as partnership among learners, educators, and intelligent systems.
Relentless focus on demonstrated learning outcomes.
High quality, human centered education accessible to all.
Optimizing time, attention, and resources for learning that matters.
Working with AI thoughtfully, ethically, and with discernment.
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The Framework in depth
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Alin Vrancila, Ph.D.
Founder, Neogogy Framework
Dr. Alin Vrancila is the founder of the Neogogy framework and President of Life College International. A former university provost and chief academic officer, his doctoral research examined artificial intelligence in higher education. He has spoken at academic and medical institutions across four continents on the future of learning in the age of intelligent systems.
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