Do We Have a Consensus on Design Research (DR)?

This entry is inspired by Educational Design Research Conference, March 26-27, 2010, in Athens, GA.

Possible ideas for journal article (possibly Educational Research):

Title: Do We Have a Consensus on Design Research (DR)?

1. Consensus on DEFINITION:

• instructional design perspective
• evaluation perspective
• research perspective

2. Consensus on RESEARCH APPROACH:

• descriptive
• experimental
• comparative

3. Consensus on RESEARCH FOCUS:

• Improve design
• Evaluate program
• contribute to research