Tony Hall - Design Based Research | EPET Brown Bag January 9, 2017

Tony Hall, Lecturer in Educational Technology, School of Education, National University of Ireland, Galway

“Of Design Features and Fortuities: Examining the Potential, Scope and Limitations of Design-Based Research in Educational Technology”

Tony Hall is Lecturer in Educational Technology and a design-based researcher in the School of Education, National University of Ireland, Galway. In his talk, Tony will explore the potential and limitations of design-based research (DBR) as a change-driven, solution-orient

ed research methodology for educational technology in different educational contexts and settings, elective and formal, including museums, schools and higher education. Tony was formerly a secondary school teacher of physical education, English and ICT, and a school ICT coordinator. With Drs Michael Hogan and John Breslin at the NUI Galway, Tony jointly leads the Q-Tales Project to design and develop educational eBooks, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation. Tony is also the Co-Principal Investigator at the NUI Galway for the REX (Research Expertise Exchange) Project, funded by Ireland's National Forum, to design and develop an online portal to support the integration of educational academic research and teacher professional practice. For further information on Tony's research and teaching interests, please visit: http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/education/tonyhall/.