Visualization of Actor Network for Complex Data Analysis in Design-Based Research

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: Research Methodologies for Collaboration in the Learning Sciences

Abstract

The present study explores how the visualization of an actor-network enables researchers to understand mediating processes better by investigating relationships and effects among elements and entities other than human-actor accounts. In particular, the study presents how visualization may facilitate an understanding of the dynamics and structures of an ecological classroom and thus provide insightful reflections for conducting design-based research (DBR). In doing so, the study explores the possibility that object-oriented thinking guided by actor-network theory (ANT) may allow researchers to understand what data means when the initial design/theoretical conjecture does not seem work.

Author

• Suna Ryu, Korea National University of Education