Identifying design principles for learning design tools: the case of edCrumble

Abstract

Despite the existing variety of learning design tools, there is a gap in their understanding and adoption by the educators in their everyday practices. Sharing is one of the main pillars of learning design but sometimes it is not a sufficient reason to convince teachers to adopt the habit of documenting their practices so they can be shared. This study presents the design principles of ed- Crumble, an online learning design platform that allow teachers the creation and sharing of blended learning designs with the support of data analytics. The design principles have been learned and extracted from a participatory design process with teachers during the conceptualization and ongoing development of the tool. Several workshops including interviews were carried out as part of a design-based research iteration process. Later analysis has been done to extract and highlight those design principles aiming informing the development of learning design tools towards better learning design adoption.