The Role of Design in Research: The Integrative Learning Design Framework

A general model is proposed for design research in education that emphasizes the stage sensitivity of research questions, data and methods, and the need for researchers to design artifacts, processes, and analyses at earlier stages in their research that can then be profitably used in later stages.

Abstract

In this article, a general model is proposed for design research in education that grows out of the author’s research and work in related design fields. The model emphasizes the stage sensitivity of (a) research questions, (b) data and methods, and (c) the need for researchers to design artifacts, processes, and analyses at earlier stages in their research that can then be profitably used (perhaps by different researchers) in later stages.