@article{Pongratz_Birken_2015, title={Praktikanz as a Target Dimension in Applied Research}, volume={16}, url={https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2348}, DOI={10.17169/fqs-16.3.2348}, abstractNote={<p>Applied research is confronted with a twofold challenge: the necessity  to develop innovative procedures, applications, and products, and the need to implement these in practice. In this context, research on the acceptance of technology and participation-oriented approaches primarily concentrate on the user’s acceptance of the usability of the system and on the openness of the organizational framework towards innovations. In reference to a project, in which we developed digital learning and digital knowledge systems, we suggest a complementary target dimension, the <em>Praktikanz</em> ["making something practicable"] of such systems. This entails taking into account the compatibility of innovations and established routines and practices in the respective field of application. Doing that, we plead for a stronger focus on the practicability of innovations in applied sciences and for considering that as the arena where the feasibility of innovative procedures, applications, and products needs to be proven.</p><p>URN: <a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150396">http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150396</a></p>}, number={3}, journal={Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research}, author={Pongratz, Hans and Birken, Thomas}, year={2015}, month={Jul.} }