Educational design research blends scientific investigation with the systematic development
and implementation of solutions to educational challenges. Empirical inquiry is conducted in …

How to facilitate learning by novices (students) on their road to expertise has attracted the
attention of a vast number of researchers in cognitive and educational psychology as well in …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an introduction to educational design research as a
research design appropriate to develop research-based solutions to complex problems in …

In recent years, virtual reality has become prevalent in many educational settings. In this
study, virtual reality-based behavioral skills training (VR-BST) approach is proposed to teach …

In the general introduction of this book, two possible purposes of educational design
research were identified leading to a distinction between development studies and …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

The science curriculum is a focus of repeated reform in many countries. However, the
enactment of such reforms within schools rarely reflects the intended outcomes of curriculum …

Educational design research is a genre of research in which the iterative development of
solutions to practical and complex educational problems provides the setting for scientific …

The quality of how technology is addressed in teacher education programmes is conditional
for how student teachers apply technology in secondary schools after their graduation. Two …

Despite the fact that teaching is increasingly referred to as a design science, teacher
education programs devote relatively little time to developing expertise in the design of …