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Participatory design as a three-phase user-involvement approach to instructional re/design

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Evidence · 2 claims (1 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

Participatory design, imported from fields such as cognitive ergonomics and health promotion, aims to ensure active participation of users in design decisions that affect them. The article states that a participatory design process consists of three phases: "analysis", "design", and "implementation" — participants first analyze the current situation and its shortcomings, then generate ideas for re/design, and finally devise an implementation plan. In this study the approach was adapted for secondary students co-designing their courses with their teacher.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Participants analyze the current situation and assess its shortcomings taking their own needs and desires into account before designing changes

Constraints

  • The article notes participatory design in school contexts is fairly new and that it found hardly any prior classroom studies of its effects

Target Learners

  • 10th-grade pre-university secondary students

Learning Goals

  • Improving the fit of instruction to students' perceptions and desires
  • Improving congruence between teachers' and students' interpretations of instruction

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Karin D. Könings, Saskia Brand-Gruwel, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer. (2010). Participatory instructional redesign by students and teachers in secondary education: effects on perceptions of instruction. Instructional Science (2011) 39:737–762. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-010-9152-3
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type design
id participatory-design-three-phases
title Participatory design as a three-phase user-involvement approach to instructional re/design
description Participatory design, imported from fields such as cognitive ergonomics and health promotion, aims to ensure active participation of users in design decisions that affect them.
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