In the Maker Learning @ Home cohort, feedback loops with cohort members redefined the initiative's outputs and goals¶

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q1 i? Through a feedback loop with cohort members, the Digital Promise team shifted from project-specific guides to a field-wide project guide, and an additional output, a professional learning guide, emerged. → maker-case

Evidence¶

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Baker, A., Weisgrau, J., & Brister Philyaw, K. (2022, May). Feedback loops: Mapping transformative interactions in education innovation. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/155

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Case study of the Maker Learning @ Home cohort, an amplifier structure in which six educators from four organizations took part in a six-month professional learning experience, and Digital Promise provided each organization $5,000 for its maker project; cohort members held user, designer, and translator roles. The realignment of goals is the authors' account of the loop in action.

"Through engaging in a feedback loop with cohort members, the Digital Promise team was able to reflect on and consider the direction of the project, as well as define a new output and goal–a project guide that was more widely applicable to the field."

Discussion¶

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