This document discusses challenges in publishing design-based research. It notes that design-based research studies are complex with multiple study cycles and use mixed methods. It recommends clearly documenting the evolution of the design and theory through multiple iterations. The document also addresses challenges like articulating how theoretical conjectures inform the design intervention and how the design and testing/evaluation are aligned. It emphasizes the need to tell the design process story and show how outcomes informed major design moves and results. Finally, it discusses challenges like lack of journal space to fully report on iterative design-based studies.

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