Findings suggest that the graphical representation of a learning design provided by the LD tool supports designers to structure a learning design. Data analysis followed the rationale of the research team that developed the Learning Designer towards supporting effective pedagogy adapted to the features of the specific version of Learning Designer used in the research. Quantitative and qualitative data about the participants' perceptions of the design experience using the Learning Designer were collected and analysed. Aiming at contributing empirical evidence to the research agenda of the LD support tools, this paper reports on a study carried out with 35 pre-service teachers utilizing the Learning Designer tool. Despite these efforts LD research and development is still at its infancy whilst there is no clear understanding of teachers' perceptions of these tools or of their features that could appeal most to the teacher community. Learning design (LD) research accounts a diverse collection of technology-based tools aiming at supporting the design process. Despite these efforts LD research and development is still at its infancy (Bennett et al, 2015) with only a few LD tools to have moved beyond being a prototype system in the stage of development to being widely used (Dalziel, 2013). Indicative examples of LD tools focusing on various aspects of the LD process include the ILDE (Integrated Learning Design Environment) (Hernández-Leo et al, 2014), the Learning Designer (Laurillard et al, 2013), the CADMOS (Katsamani and Retalis, 2013), the LDTool (Agostinho, 2011), the CompendiumLD (Brasher et al, 2008), the Cloudworks (Conole and Culver, 2009), the Learning Design Studio (Mor and Mogilevsky, 2013), the WebCollage (Villasclaras-Fernández et al, 2013) and the PeerLAND (Peer Assessment of LeArNing Designs) (Papanikolaou et al, 2016). Thus, the Learning Design (LD) research accounts a diverse collection of technology-based tools/environments aiming at supporting the design process and the creation of online repositories to share design examples and practices.

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