Other useful read: https://slo.nl/publish/pages/2904/educational-design-research-part-a.pdf Snapshot from the intro: …The purpose of this chapter is to provide an introduction to educational design research as a research design appropriate to develop research-based solutions to complex problems in educational practice or to develop or validate theories about learning processes, learning environments and the like. This twofold purpose will be reflected in the definition of design research discussed later in this chapter. However, regardless of the purpose, design research encompasses the systematic study of designing, developing and evaluating educational interventions1 - such as programs, learning processes, learning environments, teaching-learning materials, products and systems. The need for a research design that addresses problems in educational practice has been argued by researchers in various ‘corners’ of the domain of education because of an apparent lack of relevance of much e...