A method to the madness?
A method to the madness? Developing SMAD (Soft Methodology for AcademicDevelopment) describes a series of methodological experiments aimed at developing a methodology that could be one of many alternative ways to structure a project of academic development. It is tentatively called SMAD, is inspired by SSM (Soft Systems Methodology) and relies heavily on the use of rich pictures, mostly as a way to encourage and structure debate among various stakeholders, persons or groups, in a project.
The report is edited by assistant professor Laurence Habib, Centre for Educational Research and Development (Pedagogisk utviklingssenter), and is published as HiO-report 2008 no 20. For ordering, use OUC´s netshop. Price: NOK 140.