What I know so far about the CBAM

Feb 1

What I know so far about the CBAM

As I have been reading and learning about the CBAM, I thought now would be a great time to list, in plain language, all the things that I have learned and come to know so far about the Concerns Based Adoption Model.  I am doing this in point form in order to make it easier to read and understand.  At this point I have found the sheer volume of information regarding the CBAM to be staggering.  Indeed, a person could do a complete Post graduate degree on the topic of the CBAM. 

Concerns Based Adoption Model

• A conceptual framework to define and articulate teacher’s feelings surrounding a certain educational innovation. 
• Based on the fact that change is a process not an event.
• First conceived in the late 1960s based on the work of Frances Fuller.  Refined and developed by Hall, Loucks, Hord et al.
• Can be applied to any educational innovation. 
• Particularly relevant to the field of educational technology.
• Based on “diagnostic dimensions”
• Diagnostic dimensions are Stages of Concern (SoC), Levels of Use (LoU) and Innovation configuration (IC)
• Has been applied and tested empirically.
• Not much research on it since the late 80s.
• Other researchers have used the CBAM and modified it to suit their needs.  IE Newhouse.

Stages of Concern

• Starts at stage 0 awareness and moves up to stage 7 Refocusing.
• Deals with the affective part of change.
• Concerns that a teacher feels will affect how the innovation is implemented.
• Important for CF to recognize feelings of concern.
• Assessed using a straightforward question.
• Teachers respond to the question in complete sentences.
• A trained analyst analyzes the answers. 

Levels of Use

http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/cbam.htm

• Refers to what extent a teacher is making use of an innovation.
• Refers to observable behaviours rather than feelings surrounding an innovation. 
• Made up of 7 levels.
• Can be applied to any educational innovation.

Innovation Configuration

• Refers to ideal use of an innovation by an adopter.
• Ideal use as envisioned by the developer.

Change Facilitator Style

• Refers to styles of leadership.
• The leader greatly impacts the adoption level and stages of concern of the users.
• Three styles are identified. Manager, Initiator, Responder.