Improving the chances of getting your IT curriculum innovation successfully adopted by the application of an ecological approach to innovation

Informing Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2004, Pages 87-103

  Tatnall, Arthur ^a   Davey, Bill ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Ecosystems; Environmental interactions diagram; IS curriculum innovation theories; IT curriculum innovation; Socio technical factors; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544362033     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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