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What Leaders say about Iterative Design

I recently worked with some education leaders to design some educational technology projects that were organized around educational design research. Some of their reflections after we finished give us insight into the workflow of leaders. Rachel (one of the leaders) made observations of the differences between the planning that was commonly expected to be followed Read More

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On the Value of Theories

While analyzing some interview data in the last year or so, my colleague and I discovered our coding was remarkably consistent with Roger’s (2003) theory of the diffusion of innovations. For me, this illustrated exactly why we spend time and energy conducting research, consuming research, and returning to the research when we are unsure of Read More

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On Design and Research

There are deep connections and similarities between design and research. Both activities progress through problem setting (understanding the context and nature of the problem), problem framing (to understand possible solutions) and problem solving (taking actions to reach logistic goals). Both design and research find participants understanding phenomena, which affects decisions and actions that are evaluated Read More

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What Gould Wrote about Data

Biologist Stephen Jay Gould was well-known for his insightful essays. In my teens and early twenties, he influenced my thinking as an undergraduate science education major. As I reread his works these years after his death and on the other end of my career, they seem as timely and insightful as they did back then. Read More

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Why Educational Design Research

A previous post described educational design research, a method for designing and understanding interventions: Educational Design Research: An Emerging Planning Tool In this post, I continue developing the rationale for using this method. Compared to other planning methods and other methods of gathering data and evidence, educational design research may be perceived as necessitating greater Read More

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Data Sources for Understanding #edtech

If we hope to make technology an easy-to-use and useful educational technology that is also secure and reliable, school and technology leaders must gather data to understand the information and instructional technology (I&IT) in schools: Users’ perspectives—There is a rich body of research that supports the conclusion that perceived ease of use and usefulness is Read More

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Updating UTAUT Instrument

Technology acceptance is an idea that has recurred in this blog, and with good reason. I have used it as a guiding principle in the design of instructional technology for more than a decade. Specific posts where it is featured are: #edtech for #edleaders: Measuring Technology Acceptance The Application of Technology Acceptance to Educational Design Read More