The Role of Supporting Technologies in a Mixed Methods Research Design

Autor/inn/en	Dagnino, Francesca-M.; Dimitriadis, Yannis; Pozzi, Francesca; Rubia-Avi, Bartolomé; Asensio-Pérez, Juan-I.
Titel	The Role of Supporting Technologies in a Mixed Methods Research Design
Quelle	In: Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 28 (2020) 65, S.53-62 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dagnino, Francesca-M.) ORCID (Dimitriadis, Yannis) ORCID (Pozzi, Francesca) ORCID (Rubia-Avi, Bartolomé) ORCID (Asensio-Pérez, Juan-I.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1134-3478
Schlagwörter	Mixed Methods Research; Educational Research; Technology Uses in Education; Influence of Technology; Research Problems; Research Design; Literature Reviews; Case Studies; Delphi Technique; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Forschungskritik; Forschungsdesign; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Delphi-Methode; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	Nowadays, technologies play a key role in educational research processes, especially in the context of complex designs or integrative perspectives (qualitative and quantitative). Affordances provided by new tools and technological devices are constantly impacting the way educational research is carried out. Consequently, this growing importance (and dependence on) technology for educational research calls for a deeper reflection, not only about its clear benefits, but also about its potential drawbacks and limitations. This paper explores this tension in a specific mixed-methods research design aimed at understanding the barriers preventing the adoption of Learning Design (LD) tools/methods, a significant problem in the research field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). Different actors (teachers and researchers) were involved in the research design, which included a systematic literature review, a Delphi study and a case study. Such an articulated design required the adoption of technologies to support the process in all its phases. The paper describes the main methodological implications of the employed technologies in the research. The conclusions of the paper highlight that while technologies definitely support a higher level of complexity and articulation of the research design, they might also lead to superficial or biased results. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01