Learning educational research methods through collaborative research: The PhICER initiative

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 78, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-42

  Berglund, Anders ^a,c   Box, Ilona ^b   Eckerdal, Anna ^a   Lister, Raymond ^b   Pears, Arnold ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

computing education research; phenomenography; PhICER

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; COMPUTING EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; PHICER; UNIVERSITY LEVELS;

RESEARCH;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84869131460     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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