String Instrument
Instrument and workshop guide
This tool assists your team in the theoretical and practical implementation of an educational change project, using a string as a metaphor.
Video: String Instrument
The explanation of the String Instrument by researcher and lecturer Linda van Ooijen-van der Linden.
The String Instrument presents a metaphor of implementation during an educational change project. This can help your team consider the theoretical (the plan, often linear) and actual implementation (non-linear) during your project, keeping a consistency between them.
The theoretical implementation concerns the plan devised in advance and is often linear, whereas the actual implementation is usually non-linear.
Discuss research in your team
The Higher Education, Research and Innovation (HERI) research grouphas developed tools and workshops to discuss the integration of research and education with your team. This can help to determine what changes are needed or how results can be measured.
Strategy Mapping - Get an overview of the strategies for connecting research and education.
Landscape Overview - get an overview of the relevant factors affecting your change project.
View all the other instruments here.