Relative Advantage

In my opinion, the notion of “Relative Advantage” with respect to improving technology implementation methods would address two things: (1) how effective a new technology is or has the potential to be as compared to the existing technology; and (2) how the new technology can be effectively implemented so that the user will benefit from the improvement.

I think that in a large classroom, many individuals could benefit from a more individualized technology that would allow for participation without necessarily having to “put themselves out there.” (I believe that there is a new technology out there that addresses this issue. I don’t know what it is called, however, it allows for each student to hold a hand-held device and each student can respond to the teacher’s question silently and individually).

From the student perspective, the student will have the opportunity to be more involved in the class by responding without the fear of not having the right answer and vocalizing this in front of a classroom full of their peers.

From the teacher’s perspective, this would increase classroom participation and allow for identification as to the skill and knowledge levels of the individual students.