ABSTRACT
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 educational research in general. Doubts about educational technology research primarily stem from decades of an arguably flawed research agenda that has been both pseudoscientific and socially irresponsible. It is proposed that progress in improving teaching and learning through technology may be accomplished using design research as an alternative model of inquiry. Design research protocols require intensive and long-term collaboration involving researchers and practitioners. It integrates the development of solutions to practical problems in learning environments with the identification of reusable design principles. Examples of design research endeavors in educational technology are described here. The chapter ends with a call for the educational technology research community to adopt design research methods more widely.
