Presentation

Innovation Forum

Design research as a methodological proposal for

working on the relationship between innovation and research

November 23 2007

• Tensions between design and research

• From instructional design to design of learning environments

• Characteristics of design research

ANALYSIS

IMPLEMENTATION

ASSESSMENT

DESIGN

DEVELOPMENT

Instructional design, design of learning environments

• The theory of affordances – Gibson (1977), relationship between object properties

and user characteristics that allows for a given interaction between actor and object.

– Kirschner (2003, 2004): • Technology: usability.

• Social: ease of carrying out activities, promotion of interaction, perception of action, etc.

• Educational: actual correspondence with educational model used.

From instructional design to design of learning environments

• Ann Brown (1992)

Limitations of experimental designs.

Research-action, reflection on the practice.

Design research (educational design).

Characteristics

• Actual context• Identification of variables• Not replicable, generation of implementation

guidelines (scenario)• Co-participation of design and analysis• Complementary methodology (triangulation)• Improved scientific knowledge and practice• Constant review of the design

Characteristics

Research questions

Method ResultsAnalysis and conclusions

Antecedents

Development of solutions

Assessment of solutions

Analysis and conclusions

Analysis of the problem

SCENARIO 1 SCENARIO 2

SCENARIO 3 SCENARIO 4

Basic communication tool

Communication toolLevel-1 management

Communication toolLevel-3 management

Communication toolLevel-4 management

CSCL

International Society of the Learning Sciences

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Design Research Society

Bereiter, C. “Design Research for Sustained Innovation.” Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society 9 no. 3 (2002): 321-327.

http://ikit.org/fulltext/2002Design_Research.pdf (PDF: 28kB)

Reeves, Thomas C. “Enhancing the Worth of Instructional Technology Research through ‘Design Experiments’ and Other Development Research

Strategies.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. 2000.

http://it.coe.uga.edu/~treeves/AERA2000Reeves.pdf (PDF: 48kB)

Innovation Forum

November 23 2007

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