Design methodology

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Definition

• Design methodology tells what methodology to use in order to build things.

See also:

• Design science for an overview

Design methodologies

This section needs to be written. For the moment follow links below

Artifacts and design rules

• Design languages, i.e. the tools used to describe artifacts, e.g. educational modelling languages.
• design rules, i.e. one kind of output

Related subjects and fields

• Instructional design methods
• In software engineering: Human-computer interaction, User-centered design
• In education and educational technology: design-based research

Relevant other disciplines

• Ethnography
• Activity theory, in particular the change laboratory method
• Cognitive load theory

Humor

• Asshole driven development (actually includes some interesting patterns of bad practice that readers seem to have experienced).

Links

• Design A series of design templates that will help to design system. From Tigris.org, Open Source Software Engineering Tools.

References

• Pertti Järvinen: On Research Methods. Tampere: Opinpajan Kirja, ISBN 952-99233-1-7 .
  • Note: This seems to be the only useful (general) methdology book related to design-oriented research. Very dense reading, but worth to buy, directly from here (no other place sells it): http://www.uta.fi/taju ... a small and friendly university bookshop (tested by me).

• For other references, follow the links (e.g. design-based research and design science.