I would just like to say, great idea DBR team to do a Padlet! I used this a lot in teacher's college and in my classrooms and the students love it. I have included my post on Padlet and also below. 

Design-Based research is an approach that utilizes and supports issues in education and processing theories as well as practices by explaining outcomes of pedagogy and focusing on developing a learning environment that will in turn support these particular outcomes (Kennedy-Clark, 2015, p.109). Something that I discovered as a benefit to design-based research was how it is practical, collaborative, and adaptable. All these concepts are very important and influential to both 21st century learners and teachers as well. I think this is research I would truly benefit from. However, one of the drawbacks I did notice is that it does take quite an extensive period of time to complete. This is because, re-design can occur, as well as revision and refinement. This will slow down the process of completing and finding the final outcomes from the research. Also, although having collaboration be a key part of this research, maintain that partnership with the practitioners might be a challenge (Kennedy-Clark, 2015, p.112).   

I personally think that every type of research has its benefits and drawbacks. I would say that the benefits still outweigh the drawbacks in DBR, and it is definitely an approach I would take in my future educational research. 

I look forward to learning more about DBR this week! 

Sophia 

Kennedy-Clark, S. (2015). Research by design: Design-based research and the higher degree research student. Journal of Learning Design, 8(3), 108-122. (PDF below).  

Here is an image I found online.

Limitations: Kennedy (2015) states that:

“design-based research and the criteria presented in this paper is that HDR students often lack the resources to conduct large scale research studies and consequently focus on micro studies which may be more manageable and achievable…the crucial determinant in a solo or team research study is that the individual or team has the expertise and skills to develop the initial design, undertake the experiment and undertake a systematic and retrospective analysis of the data” (p. 120)

Kennedy also states that “one of the issues that can arise in design-based research by a solo investigator is the occurrence of conflicting researcher roles…” (p. 118).

Reeves (2011) mentions that the “research is rarely used because it requires levels of synthesis, generalization, and theory construction beyond the level of most researchers” (p. 59).

See chart showing design based research. Retrieved from Kennedy (2015, p. 112).