EDU 655 Week 6 - Discussion 2

  

Ashford 7: - Week 6 - Discussion 2

 

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

 

     

Disruptive   Innovation

Harvard Business School Professor, Clayton Christensen and colleagues have studied the market effects of innovation and the process of innovative practices. This work led to his study and publication in 2008 of Disrupting Class and why technology has not created a revolution in our public school system. His hypothesis is that companies and institutions have great difficulty innovating because of the power of their current market share to protect the status quo, or are unable to adapt to changing technology.
 

The growth in online technology is his primary example of the disruptive forces that occur when non customers will settle for less than perfect technologies. And through this shift in market share, the technology is improved and overcomes the existing technologies. Apple Computer and Sony are prime examples of how the green screen computers given to the non customer, the family and school markets and Apple’s development into the industry standard. The result is that large main frame manufacturers, such IDAC and IBM no longer exist or compete in their original markets.
 

Will the current classroom suffer the same fate as the IDAC and IBM main frame? Explain what will cause this shift that will transform them or what will stop the shift and cause things to remain the same.

Ashford 7: - Week 6 - Discussion 2

Disruptive Innovation

  

Harvard Business School Professor, Clayton Christensen and colleagues have   studied the market effects of innovation and the process of innovative   practices. This work led to his study and publication in 2008 of Disrupting   Class and why technology has not created a revolution in our public school   system. His hypothesis is that companies and institutions have great   difficulty innovating because of the power of their current market share to   protect the status quo, or are unable to adapt to changing technology.
 

  The growth in online technology is his primary example of the disruptive   forces that occur when non customers will settle for less than perfect   technologies. And through this shift in market share, the technology is   improved and overcomes the existing technologies. Apple Computer and Sony are   prime examples of how the green screen computers given to the non customer,   the family and school markets and Apple’s development into the industry   standard. The result is that large main frame manufacturers, such IDAC and   IBM no longer exist or compete in their original markets.
 

  Will the current classroom suffer the same fate as the IDAC and IBM main   frame? Explain what will cause this shift that will transform them or what   will stop the shift and cause things to remain the same.