Adaptation
Implies that innovations and educational technologies or EdTech should be suitably adapted to learning eco-system, programme design and institutional system, for optimal performance and best outcomes.
Standardisation
Involves determining clearly the purpose that innovations and technologies serve, the objectives they meet; and supporting their uses with evidence for best and standard practices. It also involves the use of innovations and EdTech in alignment with sound educational and learning principles.
Integration
Involves creating a place for the use of educational innovations and technologies within the immediate teaching or training ecosystem; and aligning their use with other components of the educational system for optimal performance. Key considerations include system thinking and synergy.
Compliance
Emphasises alignment with institutional policies, regulations and practices as well as relevant regulatory requirements [if applicable]. Evidence of compliance with institutional standards, programme requirements and regulations of relevant bodies should be addressed.
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- This includes a regular subscription, which is annual. It affords individuals access to the ASIC Tool with its accompanying matrices and other resources for optimal use.
- It provides access to forum as well. Individuals can download ASIC research tools but cannot share access and tools with multiple users for the purpose of group use or research.
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- Advanced access includes all regular access benefits, including access to all ASIC tools for individuals, group-based use and research purpose.
- Note that the user must cite the original ASIC sources appropriately.
- Advanced access also includes forum membership with opportunities to post.
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- Premium access includes all features and benefits under regular and advanced access package with opportunity to provide access to large groups [1 – 100] users for large-group-use and research purposes.
- It includes a dashboard that enables the account holder control access for other in-group users.
- Advanced access also includes forum membership with opportunities to post.
Frequently Asked Questions
ASIC is an acronym constituting the four tenets- Adaptation, Standardisation, Integration and Compliance which represent the four key considerations for optimally deploying innovations and educational technologies for medical education or higher education.
ASIC is designed to guide the process of EdTech/innovation use for educational purposes and the process of leading change through innovation either by an individual, group or an entire organization.
ASIC addresses problems of heterogeneities in EdTech types and use, misalignments in adaptation, lack of standardisation, poor EdTech integration leading to incongruence between programmes outcomes and methods of EdTech use, disruptions of educational and professional cultures due to lack of compliance with standards and regulations as well as neo-Luddism tendencies that characterise technological advancements.
ASIC is designed, first for educators, but also for the programme and institutional leaders, programmes designers, EdTech developers, policymakers, regulators and other stakeholders in the educational space to scientifically measure the impacts or prospects of using innovation or EdTech in a classroom, programme, institution or organization. The use of the same set of criteria makes it a universally applicable tool.
The ASIC app is the digital version of the worksheet. This implies that they both serve the same purpose and would give similar results. The digital versions that include a web-hosted app, Android and IOS Apps come with ease of use, a generation of digitally signed results with a barcode which is equally archived in a database for future reference. The paper version on the other hand can be printed, used and kept in files or physical archives, however, only by the user.
Yes. An individual educator can use ASIC to determine the educational value or impact of their innovation/EdTech or the potential of an innovation/EdTech to be introduced.
Yes. A group or team can use ASIC to determine the educational value or impact of their innovation/EdTech or the potential of an innovation/EdTech to be introduced.
ASIC can help to examine the strengths and weaknesses of an innovation/EdTech that you are about to adopt or introduce. It can also guide methods and process-related changes to optimise the Edtech of your choice for optimal impacts. ASIC can be used to evaluate the potential impact of your innovation or EdTech and compare this with the original intentions as well as the real inherent value of the EdTech. Consequently, an evidence-based decision can be made on changes in practices, methods etc.
In principle, ASIC provides a framework for implementing change through innovation. As such, the tenets can be applied to ‘framework’ a change programme by defining the nature of a change agenda and measuring its prospects with the ASIC tool. In fact, the process of using ASIC has been dubbed ‘frameworking’ which helps to drive a change agenda in an evidence-based manner.
Innovation is a great tool to lead change in the current era. ASIC tenets can be used in designing, strategising, implementing and sustaining change. It considers the 4Ps that are associated with change i.e. processes, principles, people, and the product or outcome.
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EdTech is nowadays integral to higher education. It is increasingly becoming impractical to deliver higher ed education and training without adequate use of EdTech and innovations. This further explains why they must be put to optimal use.
Yes. ASIC was formulated based on principles of developing an innovation, in alignment with scientific and educational theories and principles. ASIC has been presented to the community of practice in the form of scholarly publications following significant intellectual critique. It has been used with evidence of success in practical terms.
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