A Principled Design Approach

This chapter presents a principled design approachPrincipled design approach, which includes three key stages: theoretical foundationsTheoretical foundation, guiding principles, and design specificationsDesign specification. Theoretical foundations provide strong theoretical support for the design of a learning environmentLearning environment”. Guiding principlesGuiding principle are the guidelines or blueprints for the design of the learning environment in a specific contextContext”. They provide a bridging connection between the abstract theories and concrete design ideas. Design specificationsDesign specification are the detailed design ideas about the learning environmentTheoretical foundation. They includeGuiding principle pedagogical, socialDesign specification, and technicalLearning theory design aspects, whichLearning sciences are presented in Chaps. 3 , 4 , and 5 .