Research Article
Designing for learning and empowerment: how designbased research can impact education and practice
@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.5-9-2017.153062, author={L. Jonsson}, title={Designing for learning and empowerment: how designbased research can impact education and practice}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies}, volume={4}, number={11}, publisher={EAI}, journal_a={CT}, year={2017}, month={4}, keywords={Design-based research, designing for learning, higher education, special education, learning disabilities, empowerment, visual and digital interview methods.}, doi={10.4108/eai.5-9-2017.153062} }
- L. Jonsson
Year: 2017
Designing for learning and empowerment: how designbased research can impact education and practice
CT
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-9-2017.153062
Abstract
This paper proposes design-based research as a teaching approach to enhance the learning environment of university college students and as a potential tool for empowerment in practice. The paper depicts how students, professors, professional educationalists, and people with learning disabilities worked together to develop five new visual and digital methods for interviewing in special education. Thereby enhancing students’ competences, knowledge and proficiency in innovation and research as well as designing a solution aiding people with learning disabilities to communicate with peers and professionals.
Copyright © 2017 L. Jönsson, licensed to EAI. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.