A New Taxonomy for Educational Software Based on Business Models
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Kevin Kalinowski, Jason Huett, University of North Texas, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Orlando, Florida, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-58-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
Existing educational software taxonomies typically categorize software by their near-endless potential uses in a variety of educational settings. This grouping leads to overly complicated and unusable classification systems. This article proposes a new taxonomy based on the software's intended function as defined by the software developers and common business practices. The end result is a simple and highly usable taxonomy that can be readily applied to a public repository of educational software titles.
Citation
Kalinowski, K. & Huett, J. (2006). A New Taxonomy for Educational Software Based on Business Models. In C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2006--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2278-2280). Orlando, Florida, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/22409/.
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