Viewing Technology Integration Through A Different Lense than SAMR
MCS PD
Triple E Framework
Nora Beasley and Rebecca Shepherd
Digital Learning Coaches
Montgomery County Schools
You can find everything you need to know about the Triple E Framework at https://www.tripleeframework.com/
This presentation is has been made to give you a systematic introduction to Triple E.
You can find more resources and detailed information at https://www.tripleeframework.com/.
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Why do I need to know about Triple E?
Unlike many other frameworks that teachers use for integrating technology (SAMR, ADDIE, TPACK), Triple E focuses directly on how technology helps students achieve learning goals. Triple E is a practical tool that brings together instructional strategies, learning goals and purposeful tool selection. Most other technology frameworks focus on how the technology substitutes for traditional tools, or if the technology use is creative, but not the ability of the tools to actually leverage learning goals. The Triple E Framework does not dismiss other frameworks, but can help to extend the current models.
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
A = No integration of technology
B = Engagement
C = Enhancement
D = Extension
E = The Sweet Spot
On your own...later
Do you throw out SAMR, TPACK, and other models?
You evaluate the use of technology for learning with the Triple E Framework.
NO
What is the Triple E Framework?
A framework for educators to measure how well technology tools which are integrated into lessons help students to engage in, enhance and extend learning goals.
Watch the video.
(11 min)
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
Montgomery County Schools has adopted two Triple E questions on their Classroom Observation
Walk-Through Tool (for in-person learning).
No More Direct Questions on SAMR
Now Focused on Triple E
2 Questions...Focus on Instruction
#1. Lesson Planning Question
Does the planned technology provide opportunities for students to: (select all that apply)
Engage Learning
Enhance Learning
Extend Learning
Non-Aligned Technology
No observed technology
2 Questions...Focus on Instruction
#2. Instructional Question
Does the observed technology provide opportunities for students to: (select all that apply)
Engage Learning
Enhance Learning
Extend Learning
Non-Aligned Technology
No observed technology
What is looked for in classrooms?
Let’s break it down in the following slides.
Triple E Level 1: Engaged Learning
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
Engage the Learning
Engagement is one component of technology integration. Often by putting a piece of technology in front of the students or in their hands, they become interested or "engaged" in the activity. However, we can look a little more deeply at engagement by considering if the technology is not just capturing the interest of the student, but if it is actually engaging them actively in the content (not just the bells and whistles of the software). It is important to look for "time on task" engagement. In addition, engagement should include social or co-use of the technology tool rather than isolated learning with a tool. Students should be working together through the tool (eg...synchronous collaboration) or with the tool (eg...in pairs or groups with a device). Listed here again are the three questions to ask when measuring for engagement in learning goals through a technology tool.
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
On your own...later
Triple E Level 2:
Enhanced Learning
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
Enhance the Learning
Technology can create opportunities for students to move beyond engagement in content, where the technology may simply be replacing a traditional method of instruction, but it is not actually doing anything different than the traditional method was doing. We call this the "value-added" aspect of technology. Value-added enhancement of learning through technology is when the tool is somehow aiding, assisting, scaffolding learning in a way that could not easily be done with traditional methods. This is the level where learning can become personalized and more relatable to the learner. This is when technology is really starting to change how learning occurs to make it more meaningful to the learner. Listed again are the three questions that should be asked when measuring for enhancement of learning through technology tools.
On your own...later
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
Triple E Level 3:
Entend Learning
Extend the Learning
Educators are always looking for ways to connect student learning to the authentic world. If technology can somehow aid or enhance the ability to create these real-world connections, than learning is being extended outside of the classroom walls and into student's everyday lives. In addition, another piece of extension are non-content related skills (often called "soft skills"). In the digital age, educators are often looking to help their students to start developing grit and P21 skills, that many employers are asking for. The three questions to ask In order to measure if technology tools are extending learning are listed here again.
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
On your own...later
Explore the site:
Triple E Rubrics and Tools - Click & Explore
USE THESE VALUABLE TOOLS
Download and/or Print
Triple E Evaluation Rubric for Educational Applications
Triple E Printable Rubric to assist in evaluating the connection between the technology in a lesson plan and the learning goals of the lesson plan.
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
Best Practices - Are you familiar?
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
More ideas for instructional strategies can be found using the Learner Variability Navigator (under strategies) https://lvp.digitalpromiseglobal.org/
SHOULD I STILL USE THE TRIPLE E FRAMEWORK FOR REMOTE LEARNING?
CLICK THE BLUE LINK BELOW FOR A VIDEO EXAMPLE BY THE DEVELOPER, LIZ KOLB, ON HOW TO APPLY THE TRIPLE E RUBRIC FOR REMOTE (AND FACE-TO-FACE) LEARNING.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TRAINING VIDEO! (10 min)
YES! You should still use the Triple E Framework for remote learning
Discussion-Click HERE to Respond
After watching Dr. Liz Kolb demonstrate use of the Triple E Framework in the video on the previous slide, do you feel more confident in your understanding and use of the Framework? Can you see this working for all types of instruction: face-to-face, remote, and hybrid? What, if any, drawbacks do you see in using this Framework?
3. Rate the lesson using the online Rubric HERE
(or you can use a paper copy)
4. Compare your lesson evaluation results with
the results on the next slide.
EXAMPLE #1 - Using Old Tech to Meet Triple E's
In this teaching case, a 5th grade ELA teacher is using some basic
technology (PowerPoint and Laptop) in an incredibly effective way. The
teacher has a learning goal of helping students better understand how to
visualize when reading. To do so, she took an article and removed the images,
put the images in a PowerPoint, and added a few other maps that were mentioned in the story. She pulled up the PowerPoint at key moments as the students and teacher discussed what the thought the imagery would look like. It's a very simple use of tech, but incredibly effective.
EXAMPLE #1 - Using Old Tech to Meet Triple E's
RUBRIC RESULTS
Triple E Scoring
Key Instructional Strategies Used: Discussion in small team, guided instruction with the PowerPoint, predicting, questioning.
11/18: A Strong Connection between the learning goals and PPT used.
3. Rate the lesson using the online Rubric HERE
(or you can use a paper copy)
4. Compare your lesson evaluation results with
the results on the next slide.
Example #2 - Using Google Drive and Docs to
Collaborate on Research Writing
Learning Goal: Creating a 5 paragraph essay to defend an argument about
genetically modified foods.Tech Tool: iPad with Internet and Google Docs/Drive
Triple E Evaluation:
Engagement: 5/6
Students are working in pairs both with the technology and through the technology (co-engagement). They are writing and editing together in Google Docs. Google Docs does not have any "bells or whistles or games", thus the students are able to focus on the content. While the Internet can be distracting, the teacher should use instructional moves to keep them on-task with the learning goal.
Enhancement: 4/6
The Google Docs allows students to work and edit together in real time (and the teacher can also weigh in). While the Internet resources allows the students to gather the necessary research they need for their argument. It would be more difficult to do this assignment without the Internet.
Extension: 4/6
By using the Internet and finding authentic resources and authoritative sites, the students are able to learn how to put together an argument based on fact. The students are also learning how to use online collaborative tools to build a cohesive argument. It is connected to a real world concept, which may or may not interest the students (this was not shared in the lesson).
Total: 13/18...a strong connection between the technology and the learning goals.
Example #3 - Water Conversation Project
Learning Goal: Students will create public service announcements
on the water crisis in Africa and the importance of water conservation.
Technology Tool(s): Garageband, Skype, Internet
In this lesson, upper elementary students are learning about the
water crisis in Africa, by video chatting with experts. Then they
will choose a topic related to the water crisis, research about it on the Internet (in teams) and then create a public service announcement podcast that will be played on a local radio station.
3. Rate the lesson using the online Rubric HERE
(or you can use a paper copy)
4. Compare your lesson evaluation results with
the results on the next slide.
Example #3 - Water Conversation Project
RUBRIC RESULTS
The lesson meets all three levels of the Triple E Framework..
More Application
Click the link above to access two more lesson examples and use the Triple E Framework to score the them. Compare your scoring to the ones provided. Explore the Triple E Blog for more lessons.
Find Lesson Examples and
Resources on the Triple E Blog
Click HERE
This blog is updated monthly with examples of lessons that include one or more of the three components of the Triple E Framework.
Triple E Professional Learning Network
Explore/Join on your own.
Click HERE to access the TripleEPLN.
In the TripleEPLN K-16 educators come together to share and discuss evaluations of their lesson plans that integrate technology! Registration is 100% free and open to all educators. At the heart of the TripleEPLN is the TripleE Rubric, a tool, based on the Triple E Framework, for educators to use to evaluate how significantly the technology affects student learning goals.
Educators are invited to register, evaluate their own lessons, share their lessons, and discuss ways to improve the lessons based on the Triple E Framework.
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
SOURCES
Kolb, L. (2019). Triple E Framework. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/
Staff, E., & *, N. (2019, November 05). The Triple E Framework for More Effective Technology Integration in Adult Education. Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://edtech.worlded.org/the-triple-e-framework-for-more-effective-technology-integration-in-adult-education/
Triple E Network. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2020, from https://tripleepln.org/