73.059 - Toward an Operationalizable Model of Scaling Information and Communications Technology–Enabled Learning Innovations

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Sustaining and scaling technology-enabled pedagogies in classrooms is hampered by the complex nature of school systems, as documented in the educational reform literature. This symposium aims to explore what may serve as the key elements in an “operationalizable” model to provide context sensitive guidance for the design, implementation, and progressive scalability of ICT-enabled learning innovations. The key elements and model are based on multilevel comparative analyses of several design-based innovation projects from three countries involving transformative uses of ICT that are of some scale and have been carried out for more than five years. Using an ecologically inspired framework, the analyses focus on identifying the infrastructures and mechanisms for interaction within and across levels and their impact on scalability.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning

Chair

• Nancy Law, The University of Hong Kong

Papers

• Scalability at the Level of Learning Technology: Case Studies of Two Virtual Environment-Based Curricula - Christopher J. Dede, Harvard University; Shari J. Metcalf, Harvard University

• Precarious School-Level Scalability Amid Network-Level Resilience - Nancy Law, The University of Hong Kong; Johnny Yuen, University of Hong Kong; Yeung Lee, The University of Hong Kong

• Scalability at the System Level Through a Shared Problem and Partnership Across Levels - Therese Laferriere, Laval University; Alain Breuleux, McGill University

Discussant

• William R. Penuel, University of Colorado - Boulder