Identity is the learning outcome that changes everything. There is process to attain identity everywhere. Even the simplest experiences can turn children into functioning adults. "Are you a big boy or a baby?" (Notice parents have no ethical qualms about shaping identity with or without the learner's conscious will to do so.) We teach identity … Continue reading Designing Instruction for Identity
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Design Tensions
I am writing this blog post after a failed online search for a clear, concise, yet sufficient explanation of design tensions in instructional design. Deborah Tater's 2007 definition is here, but it's a fair bit longer than mine. Of course, her's is also said more elegantly. Design tensions are relationships between design components or features … Continue reading Design Tensions
Design Research, Design-based research, Design & Development Research and Research on or about Design
I learned the differences among these different research types while I was an Assistant Editor at IJDL. Yesterday, I received an invitation to join the advisory board of the International Journal of Designs for Learning (IJDL). IJDL started in 2010 with the purpose to fill a very specific niche in scholarship in instructional design, Design … Continue reading Design Research, Design-based research, Design & Development Research and Research on or about Design
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