Design Based Research Re-imagined: A CHAT Formative Intervention for Expansive Learning in a Graduate Level Reading Group

We write the following case on the design of our graduate student reading group that was formed as a result of our desire to build the necessary foundation for applying CHAT literature and learning theories in our work. The Cultural Historical Activity Theory reading group (“CHATchat”) was specifically created and designed with the intention of providing a common language and set of shared constructs which members could use as a jumping board...