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How to Make Innovations Stick
EDU BA030

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Description

*Only Offered for Online Ed.M. Students* The world is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change thanks to technology. Education—schools, companies, systems—must adapt rapidly, but our current tools and structures are failing students and society. 

This course offers tested theories and frameworks grounded in real-world case studies to help you understand the current landscape and take an active role in reshaping education. Whether you are a (future) founder, a learning designer, a policymaker, or an administrator, this course will equip you to analyze different organizations/companies/country systems and push for change at various levels of impact—from the system to the classroom. The theories we study will also explain why some innovations succeed while others fail.

Each class, we learn about a theory, such as disruptive innovation, and ground it in the work of real organizations and education companies from around the world. Students will use these frameworks to understand system dynamics, identify opportunities for change, and design solutions that are both effective and sustainable. 
 

School Graduate School of Education
Credits 2
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Department Education
Course Component Regular Course
Instruction Mode Online
Subject Education
Grading Basis HGSE Student Option (Letter Graded, Sat/Unsat)
Course Requirements Must be an online EdM student
Learning Goals Mastery of a set of innovation theories and application to education; Ability to analyze context and plot actions to maximize odds of an innovation's success as well as understand why past efforts to innovate have failed; Ability to launch successful innovations in education
Career Focus <p>Innovation and systems change at the level of policymaker, school leader, or entrepreneur/investor</p>