Making the processes of designing explicit within an information
technology environment Stein, S. J., Docherty, Michael, &
Hannam, R (2003) Making the processes of designing explicit
within an information technology environment. International
Journal of Technology and Design Education, 13(2), pp. 145-170.
In this paper, technology is described as involving processes
whereby resources are utilised to satisfy human needs or to take
advantage of opportunities, to develop practical solutions to
problems. This study, set within one type of technology context,
information technology, investigated how, through a one semester
undergraduate university course, elements of technological
processes were made explicit to students. While it was
acknowledged in the development and implementation of this
course that students needed to learn technical skills,
technological skills and knowledge, including design, were seen
as vital also, to enable students to think about information
technology from a perspective that was not co