The LoU Chart: operational definitions of the eight levels across seven categories of user knowledge and activity¶

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Description¶

The LoU Chart (Figure 2) displays operational definitions of the eight Levels of Use. Each level is defined across seven categories: "Knowledge, Acquiring Information, Sharing, Assessing, Planning, Status Reporting, and Performing", which "provide a wide range of behaviors that can be specified for individuals". Decision points A through F further delimit differences between the levels, e.g., Decision Point C "Begins first use of the innovation."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Raters use the chart's category-by-level definitions and decision points to assign levels from interview information

Constraints¶

• Knowledge is defined as cognitive knowledge related to using the innovation, not feelings or attitudes

Target Learners¶

• teachers and faculty using educational innovations

Target Learning Goals¶

• classifying an individual's innovation use behavior into a level

Affordances¶

• Levels Of Use Innovation Eight Level Framework

Claims¶

Related Elements¶

• The Levels of Use Interview: a 20-minute focused branching interview assigning a LoU level to any individual

Examples¶

• Use LoU data to monitor implementation, plan staff development, select research samples, and evaluate programs

Key Sources¶

• Loucks, Susan F. (1977). Levels of Use of the Innovation: The Conceptualization and Measurement of a Variable Useful for Assessing Innovation Implementation by Individuals. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED137947