Herselman, Martha EBotha, Adèle2016-01-262016-01-262015-09Herselman, M and Botha, A. 2015. Evaluating an Artifact in Design Science Research. In:SAICSIT 2015 Conference, Stias Wallenberg Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 28 - 30 September 2015978-1-4503-3683-3http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2815806http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8380SAICSIT 2015 Conference, Stias Wallenberg Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 28 - 30 September 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website.In this paper, we describe the iterative evaluation of an artifact developed through the application of Design Science Research (DSR) methodology in a resource constrained environment. In the DSR process the aspect of evaluation is often done insouciantly. There are multiple reasons for this, one being the dearth in available practice based examples. The purpose of this paper is then to contribute to a broader understanding of evaluation as part of the DSR process through the presentation of the practical application of evaluation activities based on program theory in the DSR process of Peffers et al. The evaluation and iterative improvement of the Teacher Professional Development Course as part of the ICT for Rural Education is presented as the artifact which was evaluated. This example from practice can contribute towards an enhanced understanding of the evaluation of DSR artifacts and the contribution of program theory during both the ex ante and ex post part of the development.enDesign Science Research MethodologyDSRMDevelopment evaluationResource constrained environmentTeacher professional developmentArtifactsOpen InnovationSustainable developmentConference PresentationHerselman, M. E., & Botha, A. (2015). Evaluating an artifact in design science research. ACM Digital Library. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8380Herselman, Martha E, and Adèle Botha. "Evaluating an artifact in design science research." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8380Herselman ME, Botha A, Evaluating an artifact in design science research; ACM Digital Library; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8380 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Herselman, Martha E AU - Botha, Adèle AB - In this paper, we describe the iterative evaluation of an artifact developed through the application of Design Science Research (DSR) methodology in a resource constrained environment. In the DSR process the aspect of evaluation is often done insouciantly. There are multiple reasons for this, one being the dearth in available practice based examples. The purpose of this paper is then to contribute to a broader understanding of evaluation as part of the DSR process through the presentation of the practical application of evaluation activities based on program theory in the DSR process of Peffers et al. The evaluation and iterative improvement of the Teacher Professional Development Course as part of the ICT for Rural Education is presented as the artifact which was evaluated. This example from practice can contribute towards an enhanced understanding of the evaluation of DSR artifacts and the contribution of program theory during both the ex ante and ex post part of the development. DA - 2015-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Design Science Research Methodology KW - DSRM KW - Development evaluation KW - Resource constrained environment KW - Teacher professional development KW - Artifacts KW - Open Innovation KW - Sustainable development LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 978-1-4503-3683-3 T1 - Evaluating an artifact in design science research TI - Evaluating an artifact in design science research UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8380 ER -