The Big Bang electronic transformation in distance education ultimately worked¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? The electronic transformation of the London Stock Exchange, called the Big Bang, worked despite initial fears it would explode. → Assaf 2021

Evidence¶

Assaf 2021¶

Assaf, N. (2021). Instructional interface's blueprint for guiding instructional-technological interactions' research: the Big Bang shift in K-12. Education Tech Research Dev 69, 207–211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09885-z

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Quoted from Hawkridge (1995) as cited in the article's opening, describing the overnight switch from paper to computers at the London Stock Exchange. The article uses this as an analogy for educational technology transformation.

"In fact, the Big Bang worked"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The current educational moment is analogous to the London Stock Exchange's Big Bang — related
• Teachers know far more about their students than an investor knows about a stock, including data not typically in statistical models — related
• Assaf argues the pandemic shift to digital is a mindset shift, not only a technology shift, modeled via an instructional interface analogy — related