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During week 8 we read and learned about critical mass and threshold. My reflection of this week's discussion is posted below.

Critical mass becomes virtually unstoppable at 10-20% adoption when most innovators and early adopters are using the innovation because “early adopters of noninteractive innovations have a sequential interdependence effect on later adopters” (Rogers, 2003, p. 344). The early adopters are opinion leaders of the new innovations. As they use the innovation and communicate this use to others, the desire to obtain the innovation increases until it reaches critical mass.

As a future leader and decision maker in educational technology, I will use this knowledge to encourage the use of productive innovations in education and dissuade nonproductive innovations. After this course, I have that it is important to develop the uses of a new innovation before one is used in education. An innovation cannot be thought of as a “cure all” but as a tool to enhance the educational process.

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition. Free Press, original edition.

Below is my updated presentation which includes Critical Mass and Change Agents.

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