ABSTRACT
This chapter describes about the need for more collaboration between the two closely related fields of educational technology and the learning sciences to advance the school reform agenda and promote greater equity by providing students with the tools for knowledge-building and engaged learning. "Pasteur's Quadrant" highlights the potential for "use-inspired basic research", and provides a possible solution to the traditional "either-or" dilemma of basic or applied research. Understanding the real-world context for the research is important, however, and researchers must appreciate the recent real-world innovation waves that have shaped the stress-filled agenda for schools throughout the United States. Meaningful partnerships between researchers and practitioners are enhanced through design-based research. The work of the Center for Technology and School Change demonstrates the potential for using principles from the learning sciences to inform the use of technology, as well as the possibility of collaborating with schools through professional development, using design-based research.
