Cyber-Social Research: Emerging Paradigms for Interventionist Education Research in the Postdigital Era

Anastasia O. Tzirides, Akash K. Saini, Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Duane Searsmith

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Abstract

This chapter explores the processes of research-informed educational intervention and change at a time when much teaching and learning is pervasively mediated by digital tools and environments. Drawing on theories and practices of design research and agile research, we propose a model that we term 'cyber-social research'. For this, we draw inspiration from 'agile' software development processes, adapting these to interventionist projects designed for education reform in the postdigital era. We outline a theory of agile research and present a case study of an educational intervention that uses agile, cyber-social research methods. For this, we describe a project that designs and evaluates the effectiveness of an innovative, browser-based concept mapping and peer review tool. This example demonstrates the significance of cyber-social research methods that harness the affordances of the digital, integrating agile and design research principles for learning in the postdigital age.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationConstructing Postdigital Research
Subtitle of host publicationMethod and Emancipation
EditorsPetar Jandrić, Alison MacKenzie, Jeremy Knox
PublisherSpringer
Pages85-102
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9783031354113
ISBN (Print)9783031354106, 9783031354137
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023

Publication series

NamePostdigital Science and Education
ISSN (Print)2662-5326
ISSN (Electronic)2662-5334

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