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Susan McKenney is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and psychology. Their research predominantly focuses on education and developmental and educational psychology, with additional work spanning social psychology, artificial intelligence, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics of McKenney's work comprise innovative teaching and learning methods, teacher education and leadership studies, science education and pedagogy, motivation and self-concept in sports, online and blended learning, reflective practices in education, and design education and practice.

McKenney's publication record includes several recent papers such as:

  • Educational design research: Portraying, conducting, and enhancing productive scholarship (2020) in Medical Education
  • Teacher Video Coaching, From Design Features to Student Impacts: A Systematic Literature Review (2021) in Review of Educational Research
  • Designer considerations and processes in developing school-based citizen-science curricula for environmental education (2021) in Journal of Biological Education
  • Uniting epistemological perspectives to support contextualized knowledge development (2020) in Educational Technology Research and Development
  • The crucial role of theoretical scholarship for learning design and technology (2020) in Educational Technology Research and Development

In terms of frequent publication venues, McKenney has contributed multiple works to Educational Technology Research and Development, Proceedings., Instructional Science, Research in Science & Technological Education, and the Journal of the Learning Sciences.

Throughout their career, McKenney has collaborated often with several coauthors, including Sara van der Linden, Pantelis M. Papadopoulos, Talitha C. Visser, Birgit Pepin, and Debra Bernstein.

Best Publications

  • Conducting Educational Design Research

    Susan E. McKenney;Thomas C. Reeves

  • Educational design research

    Susan McKenney;Thomas C. Reeves

  • Introducing educational design research

    Jan van den Akker;Susan McKenney;N.M. Nieveen;Koeno Gravemeijer

  • Design-based research and doctoral students: Guidelines for preparing a dissertation proposal

    Janice A. Herrington;Susan McKenney;Thomas C. Reeves;Ron Oliver

  • An introduction to educational design research

    Susan McKenney;Harini Raval;Thomas Reeves

  • Collaborative design as a form of professional development

    Joke Voogt;Therese Laferrière;Alain Breuleux;Rebecca C. Itow

  • Teacher Learning in Collaborative Curriculum Design.

    J. Voogt;H.B. Westbroek;A. Handelzalts;A. Walraven

  • Design research from a curriculum perspective

    Susan Mckenney;Nienke Nieveen;Jan Van Den Akker

  • TPACK in teacher education: are we preparing teachers to use technology for early literacy?

    Joke Voogt;Susan McKenney

  • Systematic Review of Design-Based Research Progress: Is a Little Knowledge a Dangerous Thing?

    Susan McKenney;Susan McKenney;Thomas C. Reeves

  • Educational design research: the value of variety

    Nienke Nieveen;Susan Mckenney;Jan Van Den Akker

  • Teacher design knowledge for technology enhanced learning: an ecological framework for investigating assets and needs

    Susan McKenney;Susan McKenney;Yael Kali;Lina Markauskaite;Joke Voogt;Joke Voogt

  • Educational design research: Portraying, conducting, and enhancing productive scholarship.

    Susan McKenney;Thomas C. Reeves

  • Teachers as Designers of Technology Enhanced Learning.

    Yael Kali;Susan McKenney;Susan McKenney;Susan McKenney;Ornit Sagy

  • Conducting educational design research

    J. Herrington;S. McKenney;T.C. Reeves

  • Publishing and perishing: The critical importance of educational design research

    Thomas C. Reeves;Susan McKenney;Jan Herrington

  • Quality criteria for design research: Evidence and commitments

    Jan Van den Akker;Koeno Gravemeijer;Susan McKenney;Nienke Nieveen

  • Technology and young children: How 4-7 year olds perceive their own use of computers

    Susan McKenney;Joke Voogt

  • Computer-based support for science education materials developers in Africa : exploring potentials

    Susan Emily McKenney

  • Understanding decision making in teachers' curriculum design approaches

    Ferry Boschman;Susan McKenney;Susan McKenney;Joke Voogt;Joke Voogt

  • Collaborative design as a form of professional development

    Joke Voogt;Therese Laferriere;Alain Breuleux;Rebecca C. Itow

Frequent Co-Authors

Joke Voogt
Joke Voogt University of Amsterdam
Thomas C. Reeves
Thomas C. Reeves University of Georgia
Christian D. Schunn
Christian D. Schunn University of Pittsburgh
Jo Tondeur
Jo Tondeur Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jan Herrington
Jan Herrington Murdoch University
David P. Bernstein
David P. Bernstein Maastricht University
Brian J. Reiser
Brian J. Reiser Northwestern University
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Maastricht University
Paul A. Kirschner
Paul A. Kirschner Open University in the Netherlands
Jan H. van Driel
Jan H. van Driel University of Melbourne

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