Design for Scalability: A Case Study of the River City Curriculum

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Title

Design for Scalability: A Case Study of the River City Curriculum

Abstract/Description

One-size-fits-all educational innovations do not work because they ignore contextual factors that determine an intervention’s efficacy in a particular local situation. This paper presents a framework on how to design educational innovations for scalability through enhancing their adaptability for effective usage in a wide variety of settings. The River City multi-user virtual environment (MUVE), a technology-based curriculum designed to enhance engagement and learning in middle school science, is presented as a case study. To date over 250 teachers and 15,000 students throughout the United States and Canada have participated in the River City curriculum. Designers creating and evolving interventions can use this scaling framework to help them increase effectiveness, sustainability, and spread.

Author/creator

Clarke, Jody

Dede, Chris

Date

2009

In publication

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volume

18

Issue

4

Pages

353-365

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Keywords

scale

science inquiry

virtual environments

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en No

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

1573-1839

DOI

10.1007/s10956-009-9156-4

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (Springer Link)

Citation

Clarke, J., & Dede, C. (2009). Design for Scalability: A Case Study of the River City Curriculum. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 18(4), 353–365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-009-9156-4

Cited in

Defining Shared Principles of Improvement Research in Education

Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

Abbreviation

J Sci Educ Technol

Item sets

Handbook Chapter 12 Citations

OB Citations - Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

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