1. Publish, Don’t Perish:
Design Research
Brenda Bannan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Learning Technologies

2. 1) Situated in Real Educational Contexts
Anderson, T. & Shattuck, J. (2012). Design-based research: A decade of progress in education research.
Education Researcher 41, 16-25

3. 2) Design and Testing of Intervention

4. 3) Using Mixed Methods
 6.5 hours of classroom interaction
videorecordings.
 108 episodes involving both gestures and
geological observation were analyzed.

5. 4) Involving Multiple Interventions

6. 5) Partnerships: Researchers & Practitioners
Interview Being Conducted Behind Interviewer and Participant
Large Sign (for shade)

7. 6) Evolution of Design Principles

8. 7) Demonstrate Practical Impact

9. Models - Design Research

10. Design Research Model
References found: http://db.tt/CDPmtRx9

11. Challenges - Design Research
1) Complexity of studies, real world, participatory
2) Multiple study cycles
3) Mixed methods - empirical and applied
4) Contributions to methodology, theory & practice
5) Aligning theoretical conjectures with design intervention
6) Aligning design intervention with
testing/assessment/evaluation
7) Design narrative or process reporting
8) Multiple iterations and design process
9) Data-driven design decision-making
10) Contributions to theory/practice/policy
11) Design principles
12) Journal space
13) Chunking design research study efforts

12. Challenges in Publishing - Design Research
1) Clarity in the complexity
• Argumentative grammar - logic (Kelly, 2004)
• Logical connection
• Research questions
• Theoretical conjectures
• Outcomes
• Revisions
2) Multiple study cycles
• Use design research model - advanced organizer
• Report clearly phases/cycles/iterations
• Document evolution of design and theory
3) Mixed methods - empirical and applied
• Relationship of phase-question-results-iteration-theory
4) Results
• Contributions to theory, practice/design & methodology

13. Challenges in Publishing - Design Research
5) Articulating theoretical conjectures with design intervention
• Graphical representation
• Alignment of theory and initial design
• Design cycles
6) Aligning design with testing/assessment/evaluation
• Graphical-Table representation
• Learning conjectures
• Design features
• Testing/assessment/evaluation
• Articulating learning targets or goals
• How do we know the design is accomplishing this?
7) Design Narrative
• In addition to just telling the design process story
• What were major design moves?
• Based on what outcomes?
• Results - also design principles for others to employ

16. Challenges in Publishing - Design Research
1) Article analysis design-based research
• Ormel, Pareja Roblin, McKenney, Voogt & Pieters (2012)
• 172 articles
• 154 articles - “…lacked explicit discussion of how research
contributed to the design of instructional solutions”
• 18 remaining articles
• “…little attention is devoted to elaborating how designs are
informed by literature, project data or practitioner
knowledge.”
2) Journal space
• Huge issue for DBR studies - multiple iterations/study cycles
• “Scientific journal articles that carefully articulate how
empirical findings contribute to theory-building may not focus
on, or have the space available to report on the research–
practice connection as well.”
3) Chunking design research study efforts
• By phase, by study but at what point in overall effort?
• True theory to practice connection- beyond publishing