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This page is your gateway to the CHANGE Council's asynchronous discussions. Threaded discussions are currently provided via ALTEC's "21st Century Chautauqua" site. Chautauqua is organized into "tents" focusing on a particular discussion topic. CHANGE is currently operating these tents:
per se, is a general discussion carrying this description: "Educational change often focuses on implementing a single innovation, like computers--overlooking the system of components and stakeholders comprising an educational institution. Systemic Change combines theories of change and complex systems, to create coordinated efforts addressing these issues."
Survey Synthesis: Measuring Conditions Related to Educational Technology Reforms is a discussion associated with Dr. Jason Ravitz's articles in Change Connections, 7(1). Ravitz's "double feature" includes "Beyond Professional Development: Synthesizing Results from National Studies" and "A Tool for Assessing Conditions that Support Educational Technology Reforms Among U.S. Teachers in Grades 4-12."
Understanding Systemic Change in Education is a discussion associated with Dr. Ted Frick's article in Change Connections, 7(1). Frick's paper reprises an outstanding introduction to systemic change from a sophisticated theoretical perspective incorporating set, information, digraph, and general systems theory.
In addition to these discussions, the CHANGE Council also operates a mailing list for its members. From this page, you can…
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