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Diffusion and Innovation of Technology in Education

Dr. Moller, InstructorJanuary 20, 2011

MOBILE LEARNING STORYBOARD

Innovators and Early Adopters

Students serve as early innovators Early adopters would be the students

and teachers familiar with the technology

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Strategy Used to Convince the Innovators and Early Adopters to Adopt the Innovation

Simply provide them the opportunity, instruction, and the equipment needed to complete the assigned tasks

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Laggards

Older educators Board of Trustees Administrators Low socio-economic status students

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Strategy Used to Convince the Laggards to Adopt the Innovation

Familiarity Providing training on its varied uses across

many disciplines

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Perceived Attributes Most Effective for Helping Mobile Learning Move Toward Mass Adoption

Relative advantage – the new innovation must be perceived better than the one previously used (Rogers, 2003)

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Compatibility – the students and teachers must perceive the innovation as conducive to the current values and needs of the educational system (school) (Rogers, 2003)

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Trialability (extent to which the innovation can be used on a limited basis) will solve the concern of complexity (how difficult the innovation is to use) (Rogers, 2003)

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References

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

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