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What is Research Software

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Enhancing the Role of ICT in Doctoral Research Processes
A computer-based application that converts inputs into outputs to support the user in one or more research tasks.
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Knowledge Visualization for Research Design: The Case of the Idea Puzzle Software at the University of Auckland
Ricardo Morais (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal) and Ian Brailsford (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7065-3.ch003
Abstract
This chapter presents a case of information and communication technology use in doctoral research processes. In particular, it presents the use of the Idea Puzzle software as a knowledge visualization tool for research design at the University of Auckland. The chapter begins with a review of previous contributions on knowledge visualization and research design. It then presents the Idea Puzzle software and its application at the University of Auckland. In addition, the chapter discusses the results of a large-scale survey conducted on the Idea Puzzle software in 71 higher education institutions as well as its first usability testing at the University of Auckland. The chapter concludes that the Idea Puzzle software stimulates visual integrative thinking for coherent research design in the light of Philosophy of Science.
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