Proposing an Innovative Design Based Evaluation Model for Smart Sustainable Learning Technologies

The proposed evaluation model has been created from the principles of adopting a Design Based Research (DBR) approach. The DBR process has been reviewed in terms of its current limitations and then extended into a new paradigm and academic epistemology. The proposed framework explains the nature of all design-based phenomena and provides an epistemological postulate for a Design Based Evaluation research design and methodology. In creating this model the authors have considered various theories and research methods and methodologies e.g. Activity Theory, Actor Network Theory, Grounded Theory, Collaborative Protocol Analysis, Evaluation of Self-reflection. This synthesis of ‘theories’ has provided a structure in the otherwise unelaborated empty shell of DBR. Using the proposed Design Based Evaluation (DBE) Model it is possible to introduce and evaluate new learning technology innovations and at the same time explore its potential and make improvements for long-term implementation and sustainability. The authors in this article suggest that continuous improvement of technologies and support systems are needed in order to move forwards and not to lag behind, thereby ensuring a future of smart sustainable learning technologies.

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