Training+Needs+of+Instructors

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, EXAMINE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERRENTS THAT MAY IMPACT WILLINGNESS OF TEACHERS TO ADAPT/ADOPT TO NEW TECH.

This is one of my favorite arguments for easing in technology in a supportive way when it comes to working with reluctant teachers. Hall first introduced this principle in the 1970s and it has been re-visited several times. I believe the collective work of Hall and Hord is used in the primary textbook for IS 551.

Concerns-Based Adoption Model (Hall & Hord, 1987): Any innovation, particularly one related to technology potentially creates four phases, for a teacher or administrator: "information concerns", "personal concerns", "management concerns", and "consequence concerns". [|Change in Schools: Facilitating the Process]