Naidoo, RGerber, AVan der Merwe, A2013-03-252013-03-252012-10Naidoo, R, Gerber, A and Van der Merwe, A. 2012. An exploratory survey of design science research amongst South African computing scholars. In: SA Institute for Computer Scientists and IT (SAICSIT) 2012, Centurion, Pretoria, 1-3 October 2012978-1-4503-1308-7http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2389836.2389876&coll=DL&dl=ACMhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/6620SA Institute for Computer Scientists and IT (SAICSIT) 2012, Centurion, Pretoria, 1-3 October 2012. Published in ACM Digital library.The debate ensues as to whether the traditional focus of computing research on theory development and verification and therefore has adequate immediate practical relevance. Despite increasing claims of the potential of design science research (DSR) to enhance the utility of the IT artifact and consequently practical relevance of research, many computing researchers seem to be reticent to accept this paradigm as a legitimate form of scholarly research. DSR is a relatively new paradigm in computing and little is known about its uptake in South Africa. In this paper, we investigate the opinions about DSR among South African computing scholars. Findings from a survey of 53 respondents indicate low adoption rates. The paper also investigates some of the key barriers preventing the uptake of DSR. The paper concludes with some implications as well as suggestions for building a local DSR community.enSouth African computing scholarsComputing researchDesign science researchDSRConference PresentationNaidoo, R., Gerber, A., & Van der Merwe, A. (2012). An exploratory survey of design science research amongst South African computing scholars. ACM Digital libary. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6620Naidoo, R, A Gerber, and A Van der Merwe. "An exploratory survey of design science research amongst South African computing scholars." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6620Naidoo R, Gerber A, Van der Merwe A, An exploratory survey of design science research amongst South African computing scholars; ACM Digital libary; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6620 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Naidoo, R AU - Gerber, A AU - Van der Merwe, A AB - The debate ensues as to whether the traditional focus of computing research on theory development and verification and therefore has adequate immediate practical relevance. Despite increasing claims of the potential of design science research (DSR) to enhance the utility of the IT artifact and consequently practical relevance of research, many computing researchers seem to be reticent to accept this paradigm as a legitimate form of scholarly research. DSR is a relatively new paradigm in computing and little is known about its uptake in South Africa. In this paper, we investigate the opinions about DSR among South African computing scholars. Findings from a survey of 53 respondents indicate low adoption rates. The paper also investigates some of the key barriers preventing the uptake of DSR. The paper concludes with some implications as well as suggestions for building a local DSR community. DA - 2012-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - South African computing scholars KW - Computing research KW - Design science research KW - DSR LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 978-1-4503-1308-7 T1 - An exploratory survey of design science research amongst South African computing scholars TI - An exploratory survey of design science research amongst South African computing scholars UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6620 ER -