Design-Based Research as Intelligent Experimentation: Towards Systematising the Conceptualisation, Development and Evaluation of Digital Learning in Schools

Educational narrative inquiry through design-based research: designing digital storytelling to make alternative knowledge visible and actionable

“…Derived from and shaped significantly by Bruner's ontology of narrative, we developed the R-NEST framework to guide our design work. Such a systematic approach is typical in design-based research where the design process starts with an initial framework, which normatively emerges through a synthesis of four principal activities: (1) the biographical interests and motivation of the researchers; (2) the identified research gaps and questions; (3) theorisation drawing on key concepts and principles; and (4) review of extant, relevant literature in the field (Hall et al 2017).…”