The Triple E Framework
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It is no surprise that technology plays a huge role in our
daily lives. However, how does it affect
children’s ability to learn and stay engaged in school? New technology tools or software comes out every
day promising to change the way we learn forever. This is seldom true, but as educators, we need
to be able to wheat through all the different tools coming out daily in order
to identify the ones that will truly blend seamlessly with our instruction
methods, lessons, but more importantly, improve the chances of our children
achieving the learning goals.
This is where Triple-E comes into play. Triple E is a framework
that measures how technology in a lesson is actually helping students reach
their learning goals. Many other frameworks out there also attempt to aid
educators in analyzing whether or not new technology tools will actually help
in the classroom but Triple-E is the only one that focuses on learning goals. Professor
Liz Kolb developed it in 2011 at the University of Michigan, after decades of
research. The framework is based on three components; engage, enhance and extend.
The engagement component determines if the technology not only peeks the interest
of the student but also engages them intellectually. The enhancement component analyzes the added
value of the tool, and how it helps learning in a way that could not be done
without the tool. Finally, the extend
component looks at whether or not the tool is helping students connect learning
experience to the real world.
Of course, I wanted to put this framework into practice to
see how it works, so I used it to evaluate one of my lessons and here's what I came up with:
Learning Goal:
Students will be able to understand the numerical value of
paper and coins.
Technology tool:
iPad
Amazing Coins App
The following image shows questions used to determine how the tool is doing for each component:
The following image shows questions used to determine how the tool is doing for each component:
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| Image Source: Triple E Framework Website |
After answering the questions in the rubric to evaluate the
technology tool’s effect on the learning goals, here are the total points per
component.
Engagement: 6
Enhancement: 4
Extension: 3
Based on the 13 total points we can conclude that the
technology tool is meeting all three components of the framework, which
indicates that the tool is performing well with my learning goals. It’s helping
students stay on task and engaged, while enhancing their understanding of the
goal in a way that would not be possible without the tool, and extending their
learning outside the classroom.
Check out the resources below to learn more
about using Triple E Framework.
Thanks for your reflection, Lucia. It would have been great to see an explanation as to how you rationalized your score. Not being familiar with the app, it's hard to me to understand. For example, you gave yourself the lowest score in the extension category. Was this because the app didn't do a good job of connecting to real world applications for the students? I'm not sure if Liz Kolb would say that just using an app meeting the criteria of the model but it was great to read that your students were engaged and learned in this way.
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ReplyDeleteWhen looking at all these technology evaluations, I found it very interesting to see where I fall. Why do you think you scored the lowest in the extension portion? When implementing technology I find myself in the comfortable levels of using the cloud or collaborating but not always pulling the lesson to its full technological potential. With this framework the extension seem to be the connections to the overall learning, if I understood it correctly. How might you be able to add extensions to lessons? It is exciting to see where we fall and how we can improve upon our practice. There is so much still to learn, I find myself scared to try extremely new things in fear of failure or running out of time. I also believe that if I wasn't so scared, there would be a great reward in the achievement of my students.
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