Design Based Implementation Research

Co-Design Tools

Co-design refers to a process by which practitioners and researchers come together to either adapt or create and test new curriculum materials, museum exhibits, programs, or technology tools. Typically, co-design teams must invent new formats for working together, because outside the co-design context, the more usual division of labor involves researchers “designing” while practitioners “test” and “implement.” There is no one way to engage in co-design, but a hallmark of co-design is that practitioners' expertise and input is valued and sought throughout the research and development process.

The resources in this bundle include research and practical tools for organizing co-design.

  • Poster, Text

    Using Co-Design to Test and Refine a Model for Three-Dimensional Science Curriculum that Connects to Students’ Interests and Experiences

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  • Paper, Slides, Web Link

    Infrastructuring As a Practice for Promoting Transformation and Equity in Design-Based Implementation Research

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  • Practical Tool

    Cause and Effect Analysis (Fishbone Diagrams)

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    http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_03.htm
  • Paper Paywall

    The envisioning cards: A toolkit for catalyzing humanistic and technical imaginations

    In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1145-1148).

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  • Paper

    Taxonomy of participatory design practices: A brief practitioner's guide

    Communications of the ACM, 36(4), 26-28.

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    Personas, participatory design, and product development: An infrastructure for engagement

    In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference (pp. 144-161). Palo Alto, CA: IEEE.

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  • Web Link

    Value Sensitive Design laboratory at the University of Washington

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    http://www.vsdesign.org
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    d.school Institute of Design at Stanford

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    http://dschool.stanford.edu
  • Practical Tool

    Envisioning Cards

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    http://www.envisioningcards.com
  • Practical Tool

    Change Laboratory Methods

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    http://www.helsinki.fi/cradle/Change%20laboratory.html
  • Practical Tool

    Method Cards for IDEO

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    http://www.ideo.com/work/method-cards/
  • Poster, Text

    Design Pattern for Developing and Using Models Handout

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    HANDOUT_Developing_and_Using_Models_Design_Pattern.pdf
  • Poster, Text

    Developing Assessments of Science Proficiency: Recommendations from the NRC (2014) Report

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    Penuel_McLaren_CSSS_Assessment_R.pdf