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to scale these concepts, expand their interactivity, and interleave knowledge from
a variety of disciplines to engage a wider spectrum of interest in the living lab
phenomena, while intentionally bridging between distinct communities of practice,
throughout the globe?
9.1 Scale
When considering issues of scale, it is apparent that a successful deployment of the
Process Wheels, Adventure Cards, and/or the Living Lab Web App is dependent on
time and resources required to make the devices and use them. The Process Wheels
and Adventure Cards could be made available as a shared resource by the use of
universal, “fill-in-the-blank” templates that can be customized for a given institution.
Thus, one next step in scaling this idea would be to offer universal templates to other
colleges and universities as a shared resource and to study their use, modification,
and potential for adoption over time.
The opportunities for sharing the Living Lab Web App platform are more complicated. For instance, this tool has already required about $250,000 in external design
and development funding.
9 There were also additional costs (time and materials)
associated with those involved with the development/approval/testing process during the past year. The customized locator map (a vector graphic tailored to include
iconic buildings and landmarks on a given campus) required an additional 230 h
of design work to create from scratch. Working together with national or global
partners, it may be possible to co-create a version of the Web App that shares existing infrastructure, communication, and organizational strategies that could reduce
development costs further.
Another next step could be offering the data platform, utilized by both the LAC
and Web App tools, as a shared resource, or co-creation opportunity for partner
colleges and universities, potentially saving significant development costs. A pilot
experiment might involve intake of data from selected living lab projects, interested schools, and/or a crafting of a customized Global Adventure Card for regional,
national, or international users. Future research could examine how the LAC concept translates across geographical boundaries and how the co-creation process may
inform communication strategies at scale of the campus, city, and globe.
9 The Learning Adventure Card Concept was leveraged to obtain over $250,000 in design and
development work conducted by a team of data specialists at Intersystems Corporation, an industryleading vendor for database management, rapid application development and integration, and healthcare information, and the Web App Tool was featured at the 2017 Global Summit event in Palm
Dessert, California.
P. J. Wolff, III
to scale these concepts, expand their interactivity, and interleave knowledge from
a variety of disciplines to engage a wider spectrum of interest in the living lab
phenomena, while intentionally bridging between distinct communities of practice,
throughout the globe?
9.1 Scale
When considering issues of scale, it is apparent that a successful deployment of the
Process Wheels, Adventure Cards, and/or the Living Lab Web App is dependent on
time and resources required to make the devices and use them. The Process Wheels
and Adventure Cards could be made available as a shared resource by the use of
universal, “fill-in-the-blank” templates that can be customized for a given institution.
Thus, one next step in scaling this idea would be to offer universal templates to other
colleges and universities as a shared resource and to study their use, modification,
and potential for adoption over time.
The opportunities for sharing the Living Lab Web App platform are more complicated. For instance, this tool has already required about $250,000 in external design
and development funding.
9 There were also additional costs (time and materials)
associated with those involved with the development/approval/testing process during the past year. The customized locator map (a vector graphic tailored to include
iconic buildings and landmarks on a given campus) required an additional 230 h
of design work to create from scratch. Working together with national or global
partners, it may be possible to co-create a version of the Web App that shares existing infrastructure, communication, and organizational strategies that could reduce
development costs further.
Another next step could be offering the data platform, utilized by both the LAC
and Web App tools, as a shared resource, or co-creation opportunity for partner
colleges and universities, potentially saving significant development costs. A pilot
experiment might involve intake of data from selected living lab projects, interested schools, and/or a crafting of a customized Global Adventure Card for regional,
national, or international users. Future research could examine how the LAC concept translates across geographical boundaries and how the co-creation process may
inform communication strategies at scale of the campus, city, and globe.
9 The Learning Adventure Card Concept was leveraged to obtain over $250,000 in design and
development work conducted by a team of data specialists at Intersystems Corporation, an industryleading vendor for database management, rapid application development and integration, and healthcare information, and the Web App Tool was featured at the 2017 Global Summit event in Palm
Dessert, California.