Digital Society · 5 HL extension

DS5.0 — Extended inquiries and interventions

Digital Society · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. DS5.0.1

   The four steps of an extended inquiry

   Extended inquiries align to the inquiry stages and approaches, start from the beginning of the course, and may be standalone or build on an inquiry shared with SL students.

2. DS5.0.2

   Categories of intervention

   Interventions may fall into one or more of four categories. Categories may overlap and inform one another, but each identified intervention must lend itself to sustained investigation involving specific people and/or communities.

3. DS5.0.3

   Evaluation criterion: Equity

   Does the intervention equitably address the needs, claims and interests of specific people and/or communities affected by the challenge? This may involve considerations of fairness, inclusion and reciprocity.

4. DS5.0.4

   Evaluation criterion: Acceptability

   Do specific affected people and/or communities view the intervention as acceptable? This may involve considerations of accountability and transparency for people and communities.

5. DS5.0.5

   Evaluation criterion: Cost

   What are the financial, social, cultural and environmental costs associated with the intervention? Do these costs outweigh the benefits of the intervention?

6. DS5.0.6

   Evaluation criterion: Feasibility

   Is the intervention technically, socially and politically feasible? What are some of the current or emerging barriers to implementing the intervention?

7. DS5.0.7

   Evaluation criterion: Innovation

   Is the intervention innovative in its approach or has this approach been unsuccessfully attempted before? What type of innovation is the intervention, for instance, an incremental, sustaining and/or disruptive innovation?

8. DS5.0.8

   Evaluation criterion: Ethics

   Is the intervention ethically sound? How and who determines the ethical status of the intervention?