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Design Principles for E-Learning that Support Integration Work: A Case of Action Design Research

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Extending the Boundaries of Design Science Theory and Practice (DESRIST 2019)

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Design principles are prescriptive knowledge that offers theory-based guidelines for Design Science Research in Information Systems. This paper introduces and proposes a set of design principles for e-learning that support integration work. The design principles are proposed based on two cycles of Action Design Research. The cycles were conducted in the organizational setting of stakeholders and end-users known as integration workers, which are responsible for supporting the integration process of newly arrived immigrants of society. Overall, the contributions of this paper are (1) e-learning technologies that support integration work, (2) prescriptive knowledge in form of design principles for designing e-learning technologies that support integration work, and (3) an explicit case of Action Design Research that demonstrates the process of shaping and re-shaping design principles through two different cycles.

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Haj-Bolouri, A. (2019). Design Principles for E-Learning that Support Integration Work: A Case of Action Design Research. In: Tulu, B., Djamasbi, S., Leroy, G. (eds) Extending the Boundaries of Design Science Theory and Practice. DESRIST 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11491. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19504-5_20

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