Abstract DESIGN RESEARCH has grown in importance since it was first conceptualized in
the early 90s, but it has not been adopted for research in instructional technology in higher …

The effectiveness of the field known as educational technology in fundamentally enhancing
teaching and learning has increasingly been called into question, as has the efficacy of …

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The role of educational technologies in improving educational practices and outcomes has
been criticized as over-hyped and insignificant. With few exceptions, the state of education …

Authentic learning is a pedagogical approach that situates learning tasks in the context of
future use. Over the last two decades, authentic learning designs have captured the …

At first glance, design-based research may appear to be such a long-term and intensive
approach to educational inquiry that doctoral students, most of whom expect to complete their Ph…

… contrasted Pasteur’s pragmatic research approach with that of the basic science goals of
Danish physicist, Niels Bohr, and the applied research aims of the American inventor, Thomas A…

The use of authentic activities within online learning environments has been shown to have
many benefits for learners in online units and courses. There has been renewed interest in …

Part of the groundbreaking Connecting with e-Learning series, A Guide to Authentic e-Learning
provides effective, working examples to engage learners with authentic tasks in online …

Interaction is an essential ingredient in any learning process. However, every interaction
does not lead to increased learning. When interaction has a direct influence on learners' …