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Effective Practices for Emerging Technology Adoption

Karen VignareShari McCurdy Smith

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Effective Practices

• FAILURE? YES!• RRP (Riskier Requires Parameters )• Define • Find a process • Stop, Look, Listen (Evaluate)

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Gartner: STREET

• Scope• Track • Rank• Evaluate• Evangelize• Transfer

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Mission?

Students

Town

Research

Online

Community

Policy & GovernmentBlended

Service

Alumni

Employees

Business

Taxpayers

Management

Example Parameters

• Cost Effectiveness—Cost plotted against perceived benefit

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High CostUnclear Benefit

High CostHigh Benefit

Low CostLow Benefit

Low CostHigh BenefitCost

Benefit

Example Parameters• Instructional Improvement Scale—

Perceived improvement in student success over Cost to adopt– High Cost to Adopt; High Student

Improvement—Starfish– High Cost to Adopt: Low Student Improvement

LMS– Low cost to adopt; High Student Improvement

Concept Mapping Web 2.0– Low cost to adopt; Unclear Student

Improvement-Ning—what is it adding?

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Example Parameters

• Innovation Scale—is being innovative an important characteristic?

• Value of Innovative Culture?• Cost of Innovative Culture?

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Technology to Support Learning

• http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6160&page=194

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Summary

• Emerging Technologies are here to stay and will continue to provide impact

• Find an Effective Process for evaluation (consider mission, costs, effectiveness, scalability, etc.)

• Find grants to support activities when money is unavailable

• Have fun!Emerging Technologies

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