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A Room with a View [and] Cultural Analysis and What Designers Need To Know--A Case of Sometimes Too Much, Sometimes Too Little, and Always Too Late [and] Synthesizing Diverse Perspectives [and] Make Room for Ethnography in Design!
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Bowker, Geoffrey C.; Dillon, Andrew; Rosson, Mary Beth; Simonsen, Jesper; Kensing, Finn – Journal of Computer Documentation, 1998
Four articles respond to the Bader and Nyce position that it is unlikely cultural analysis will become a routine tool for information systems developers with these arguments: ethnographic work can aid software development; the problem lies with inappropriate application of social science methods; the problem is technique, not fundamentals; and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Designers
Comprehensive Information Systems for Local School Improvement:A Reality-Test in Secondary Schools. Systemic Evaluation Project.
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California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1984
This monograph contains four position papers and two conference papers from the Systemic Evaluation Project (fiscal year, 1984) on the methodological issues associated with applying a comprehensive information system in a secondary school setting. These papers represent work in progress at a suburban Los Angeles high school field test of systemic…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Managed Instruction, Data Processing, Educational Environment