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Design-based research and technology-enhanced learning environments

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During the past decade, design-based research has demonstrated its potential as a methodology suitable to both research and design of technology-enhanced learning environments (TELEs). In this paper, we define and identify characteristics of design-based research, describe the importance of design-based research for the development of TELEs, propose principles for implementing design-based research with TELEs, and discuss future challenges of using this methodology.

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    Feng Wang (doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instrcutional Technology and a graduate research assistant) & Michael J. Hannafin (Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instrcutional Technology and Director)

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Wang, F., Hannafin, M.J. Design-based research and technology-enhanced learning environments. ETR&D 53, 5–23 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504682

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