Collaborative Innovation

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Evidence · 10 claims (10 for) · 2 studies (2 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 10 claims rest on one study

Description

White's Collaborative Innovation framework organizes collaborative work through four Practice Tenets and two Impact Tenets, with associated phases, protocols, and activities.

Components

• Six core tenets of Collaborative Innovation, organized as Practice and Impact tenets: The model is anchored in six core tenets that "define how the work is carried out and what it is designed to achieve." They are "organized into two categories: Practice Tenets, which guide how the work is done, and Impact Tenets, which define what success looks like." Practice tenets are Collective Ownership, Student Voice and Leadership, Context Expertise and Proximity, and Continuity of Commitment; Impact tenets are Reimagine Progress and Build Capacity. The tenets ground the model's phases, protocols, and activities. (Latia P. White (2026))

Claims

• Deeper co-leadership emerges when staff support lets partners progressively take on responsibility, but recedes when staff carry the process [+M]
• Knowledge alone did not ensure meaningful participation; it became influential when clearly communicated and built into programming [+M]
• Collaborative Innovation tenets varied in visibility: collective ownership and context expertise were most evidenced, reimagining progress least [+W]
• Dispositions such as openness and shared responsibility are shaped by conditions, not fixed individual traits [+W]
• Staff reflections identify partner skills, knowledge, and dispositions that support full participation in Collaborative Innovation [+W]
• Participation supports were most effective when deliberately matched to the specific constraints participants faced [+W]
• Time constraints, limited capacity, funder expectations, and communication gaps were the most consistent barriers to participation, offset by recurring structures, relational trust, actionable data, and networked channels [+W]
• Partners in participatory evaluation demonstrated capacities in data engagement, contextual and pedagogical knowledge, and openness and improvement-oriented dispositions [+W]
• Relational trust built through prior rigorous evaluation was a precondition for introducing participatory approaches [+W]
• Evaluator staff capacities centered on creating conditions for participation rather than technical control [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• Latia P. White, Ed. D. (2026). Beyond Participation: The Capacities That Shape Engagement in Collaborative Innovation. Digital Promise, Center for Learner Pathway Innovations. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/e933ec0e-f153-4046-842b-61b696b00ba2
• White, L. P., Gaviria, G. A., & Frausto, A. (2026). Participatory evaluation: The capacities that shape engagement. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/314

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title	Collaborative Innovation
description	White's Collaborative Innovation framework organizes collaborative work through four Practice Tenets and two Impact Tenets, with associated phases, protocols, and activities.
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