Sustainability is a dimension and requirement of scalability¶

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

Subclaims¶

q1 i? An innovation must first be sustained in a context before it can be scaled, so sustainability is a requirement of scalability. → Howard 2021

Evidence¶

Howard 2021¶

Howard, S. K., Schrum, L., Voogt, J., & Sligte, H. (2021). Designing research to inform sustainability and scalability of digital technology innovations. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09913-y

q1 · i? · qualitative · r2

Conceptual argument in the article, drawing on Coburn (2003) and Kampylis et al. (2013), who treat sustainability and scalability as closely related constructs drawing on the same change strategies. No empirical data are reported for this claim.

"Innovations that are not sustained, either not adopted at all or not enduring in practice, are unlikely to be scalable or scaled. Therefore, they argue that sustainability is actually a dimension and requirement of scalability."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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