reading journal

Module 0-

Innovation and Change in Today's Evolving Classroom

Gura, M. (2018). The edtech advocate’s guide to leading change in schools. ISTE. Gura's (2018) EdTech Advocate's Guide, Accessible Thru UWG Library's Ebook Central (25 min)

○ Read the Introduction (pp. 3-5) and Chapter 1: Digital Transformation in Education (pp. 7-14)

■ Chapter Topics: How Classrooms Continue to Evolve

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Molenda, M. (2013). Innovation. In R.C. Richey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of terminology for educational communications and technology (pp. 152-153). Springer. (3 min)

○ Read Michael Molenda's Definition of Innovation (2013) (.PDF).

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Ley, K. (2013a). Change. In R.C. Richey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of terminology for educational communications and technology (pp. 27-28). Springer. (5 min)

○ Read Kathryn Ley's Definition of Change (2013). (.PDF).

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Ley, K. (2013b). Change models. In R.C. Richey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of terminology for educational communications and technology (pp. 29-30). Springer. (10 min)

○ Read Kathryn Ley's Definition of Change Models (2013). (.pdf).

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Davidson-Shivers, G.V. (2013). Organizational change. In R.C. Richey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of terminology for educational communications and technology (pp. 234-236). Springer. (10 min)

○ Read Gayle Davidson-Shivers' (2013) Definition of Organizational Change (.PDF).

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Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of innovations (4th ed.). The Free Press. (30 min)

○ Read Rogers (1995) Chapter 1: The Elements of Diffusion (.pdf) (pp. 1-10 through the "Nondiffusion of the Dvorak Keyboard")

■ Accessibility Note: The publisher provides Chapter 1 online in an accessible format. To access it, see the Accessible Version of Rogers' (1995) Chapter 1 from Publisher's Website (click "Excerpt" to access)

■ Version Note: In this course, you will see references to the 4th edition and the 5th edition of the book Diffusion of Innovations, by Rogers (1995) and Rogers (2003). These are in essence the same work, with minor changes between editions.

MODULE 1 READINGS-

A. Learner-centered Instruction and Paradigm Change

Gura, M. (2018). The edtech advocate’s guide to leading change in schools. Portland, Oregon: ISTE. Gura (2018)'s EdTech Advocate's Guide, Accessible Thru UWG Library's Ebook Central (45 min)

○ Read Chapter 2: The New Classroom, pp. 15-33 ■ Chapter Topics: Digital Learning Environment Resources, Features, and

Devices; Removing Barriers to Meaningful Technology Integration

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Reigeluth, C.M., & Duffy, F.M. (2014). Paradigm change in education: Introduction to the special issue. Educational Technology, 54(3), 3-6. (15 min) (UWG Library Access)

○ Reigeluth and Duffy's Paradigm Change in Education (2014) (.pdf) ■ Reading Note 1: Read pp. 3-5 (until section titled "In this Issue") for an

overview of "paradigm change." ■ Reading Note 2: Alternatively, we have provided this reading in an

accessible format: Accessible Version of Reigeluth & Duffy's (2014) Article on Paradigm Change in Education (.docx)

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Reigeluth, C.M. (2014). The learner-centered paradigm of education: Roles for technology. Educational Technology, 54(3), 18-21. (20 min) (UWG Library Access)

○ Reigeluth's Learner-centered Paradigm (2014) (.pdf) ■ Reading Note: Alternatively, we have provided this reading in an

accessible format: Accessible Version of Reigeluth's (2014) Article on the Learner-centered Paradigm of Instruction (.docx)

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Lee, D. (2022, April 21). Interview with Dr. Reigeluth on personalized learning. YouTube. (Lee's YouTube Interview) (11 min)

○ View this video of Dr. Reigeluth discussing the innovation of personalized learning in education.

Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of innovations (4th ed.). The Free Press. (21 min)

○ Read Rogers (1995) Chapter 1: The Elements of Diffusion (.pdf) (pp. 11-17 until you get to the section titled "2. Communication Channels").

■ In this segment, we'll cover the concepts of innovation, information, uncertainty, characteristics/attributes of innovations (e.g., relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability).

○ Alternatively, the the publisher provides Chapter 1 online in an accessible format. To access it, see the Accessible Version of Rogers' (1995) Chapter 1 from Publisher's Website (click "Excerpt" to access)

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A. Change Models: Ely's Conditions, ISTE's Essential Conditions, & More

Ellsworth, J.B. (2000). Surviving Change: A survey of educational change models. Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. (Ellsworth chapter on ERIC) [Chapter 4: pp. 59-72] (35 min)

○ Read pp. 59-72 of Ellsworth's (2000) Chapter Summarizing Ely's Conditions of Change, a change model.

■ Alternatively, use this Accessible Version of pp. 59-72 of Ellsworth's (2000) Chapter Summarizing Ely's Conditions of Change.

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ISTE (2023). Essential conditions for effective tech use in schools. (Link to Essential Conditions) (16 min)

○ Read about ISTE's (2023) Essential Conditions for Effective Technology Use in Schools.

■ Over the years, ISTE continues to refine this model, so don't be surprised if you see different versions on the web. As of 2023, ISTE's Essential Conditions contains seven elements for "leveraging technology to support learning" (ISTE, 2023): Shared Vision, Implementation Planning, Equitable Access, Prepared Educators, Skilled and Sufficient Technical Support, High Quality Learning Activities and Content, and Ongoing Evaluation.

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B. Aligning Change Efforts to Existing Plans: National, Local It's important that we align any change efforts to existing plans and priorities. Currently, the highest-level plan we have to guide public education is the U.S. Department of Education's National Technology Plan (Office of Educational Technology, 2024).

Office of Educational Technology (2024, January). A call to action for closing the digital access, design, and use divides: 2024 National Educational Technology Plan. U.S. Department of Education. (Link to National Ed Tech Plan) (30 min, variable)

○ Browse the National Technology Plan (website) for a big-picture vision of how technology may be used to improve teaching and learning in schools and other learning institutions. (Click the "download" button to open.)

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MODULE 3-

Innovation-Decision Process, Adopter Categories, Opinion Leadership, and the Change Agent

Gura, M. (2018). The edtech advocate’s guide to leading change in schools. ISTE. Gura (2018)'s EdTech Advocate's Guide, Accessible Thru UWG Library's Ebook Central (1 hour)

○ Read Chapter 3: Digital Transformation Tools and Frameworks (pp. 35-41). ■ Chapter Topics: Microsoft’s Education Transformation Framework; Intel's

Education Transformation Technology Adoption Blueprint; Using the SAMR Model to Guide Digital Transformation; Using the TPACK Framework; Using a Digital Transformation / Technology Adoption Model

○ Read Chapter 4: The Digital Change Agent (pp. 42-52) ■ Chapter Topics: Digital Change Agents, Leadership, Coaching, Teacher

Leaders

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Rare (2015, April 2). Diffusion of innovations theory: The adoption curve. (Rare YouTube Video).

○ Viewing YouTube Video on The Adoption Curve (3:33) for an introduction to the adopter categories of innovator, early adopter, early majority, late majority, and laggards. (This is a 'warmup' for the next reading).

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Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of innovations (4th ed.). The Free Press. (45 min)

○ Reading Rogers (1995) Chapter 1: The Elements of Diffusion (.pdf) (pp. 17-31); and read about Rogers (1995) Notes on Adopter Categories (.pdf).

■ In this segment, we'll cover the concepts of adopter categories, opinion leadership, change agents, and innovation-decision process.

■ For alternative access, the publisher provides Chapter 1 online in an accessible format. To access it, see the Accessible Version of Rogers' (1995) Chapter 1 from Publisher's Website (click "Excerpt" to access)

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Battilana, J., & Casciaro, T. (2013). The network secrets of great change agents. Harvard Business Review, 91(7–8), 62. Battilana & Casciaro's (2013) Network Secrets, Accessible Thru UWG Library (30 min)

○ Read Battilana & Casciaro's (2013) Network Secrets of Great Change Agents (.PDF). If you prefer, you can access directly through the UWG databases through the link above in the citation.

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