Matthew Schmidt on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013)
Channel: DesignBasedResearch
Date: 2014-02-08

This video interview was recorded at the 2013 Design-based Research at the Crossroads Conference in Athens, GA (http://dbrxroads.coe.uga.edu/). The following questions were asked:

1.) What are you doing currently with design-based research
2.) Where is DBR currently, and where do we go from here, and
3.) What advice do you have for burgeoning design-based researchers.

In the video, Matt makes the following points:

1. Identity building is needed in terms of what constitutes design-based research. Studies are often iterative, but lack theory component.
2. Design-based research is still being refined as a methodology, particularly in the area of generalizability. This in itself is a research problem that poses an exciting challenge for academics and an opportunity for burgeoning scholars to influence the advancement of the field through their contributions.
2. Advice to doctoral students: find a project and people who are supportive of doing design-based research as early as possible.

Matthew Schmidt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii. He is a proponent of Design-based Research and in his own experience has found it to be an instructive methodology that teaches researchers how to meaningfully mix qualitative and quantitative approaches in research design. Dr. Schmidt is currently involved in three projects focused on iPad integration in teacher development, 3D virtual learning environments for students at the University of Hawaii, and increasing employment opportunities for people with autism. Learn more about Matt here: https://sites.google.com/site/matthewmschmidtshomepage/

Interviewer: James Laffey