Technology design as educational research: Interweaving imagination, inquiry & impact

We maintain that research has an important role in the future of educational technology because the problems of designing for learning are distinct from the problems of designing for corporate productivity which dominate the mainstream industry. But to be successful, the mission for research must expand to include equal emphasis on imagination, inquiry, and impact. New models of the research projects that include technology design are needed that draw upon the idealistic potential of technology, but engage with the practical problems of educational reform in a rapidly changing society.

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Research Areas

Learning Environments
Technology Development

Keywords

research methods
software
Technology Design
toolkits

Citation

Roschelle, J., & Jackiw, N. (2000). Technology design as educational research: Interweaving imagination, inquiry & impact. In A. Kelly & R. Lesh (Eds.), Research design in mathematics & science education (pp. 777-797). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

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