Abstract
The emergent design-based research (DBR) paradigm is often criticized for having
unclear methodologies for warranting claims. This paper proposes a mechanism - the
Design Principles Database, which can augment claims made via DBR studies, by
enabling researchers to systematically connect these claims to a network of other
DBR studies. The potential of the Design Principles Database to support DBR is
illustrated by analysis of a particular DBR study focused on peer-evaluation. The
analysis shows three phases in which the Design Principles Database supported the
researchers in the process of conducting the peer-evaluation study. In the first phase,
the researchers articulated design principles based on a literature review and
contributed these principles to the database. In the second stage, they designed a peerevaluation
activity based on these principles, enacted and revised the peer-evaluation
activity in a three-iteration study. In the third phase, they incorporated the lessons
they learned through these iterations back to the database. The analysis of this process
indicates that the Design Principles Database can contribute to the development of
theory on one hand, and to design practice on the other
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