Design research: A socially responsible approach to instructional technology research in higher education

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-115

  Reeves, Thomas C ^a   Herrington, Jan ^b   Oliver, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

design experiments; design research; development research; instructional technology research; research methods; socially responsible research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874006562     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02961476     Document Type: Article

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