This weeks theme was Design research. We had two lectures; the first with Eva Lotta Sallnäs and the other with Haibo Li. To prepare myself for this week I read three papers. Two of the texts were given by Sallnäs and they were A Haptic Tool for Group Work on Geometrical Concepts Engaging Blind and Sighted Pupils and Auditory feedback in haptic collaborative interfaces. I also read Turn Your Mobile Into the Ball: Rendering Live Football Game Using Vibration given by Li.
I did value the lectures since it provided a better understanding and clarified parts of this weeks theme. I thought the texts that was given to us students to read this week were really fun and interesting to read since it was a typical media technology topic. Sallnäs lecture focused on haptic research where she shared her own experience within the topic. I thought it was interesting to her about her experiments within haptic research. She also mentioned shortly collaborative setting, qualitative/quantitative and subjective/objective methods. It would be interesting to hear more about the week theme during her lecture. Li’s lecture was interesting and fun since he showed us students great examples and put the weeks terms in a new context. He basically talked about how to re-state a problem, proof of concept, prototype and elevator pitch. As previous weeks I did learn quiet a lot. This week I will bring along from Sallnäs lecture the basics of communication; dialogue structure, gestures, facial, gaze and body position. I will also keep in mind the great example given by Li on how to communicate an idea, the elevator pitch.
I agree with you that this weeks papers that we read were more of a typical media technology paper, and I thought that Haibos lecture were the most interesting of the two. Mainly because he talked about the general use and process of design research and referring to his own research as examples, while Eva-Lotta mainly talked about her specific research.
SvaraRaderaHi,
SvaraRaderaI liked your reflection and your brief resume about both seminars. I think Sallnä’s lecture is too much focused on her research. But, at least in the beginning she mentions a few things about collaborative research. I agree with you in this seminar I get more knowledge about the importance of kinesthesis, gesture, and body movement in communication.
However, I think the second seminar conducted by Haibo Li is more general and interesting. Furthermore, I really interested when he said that most people usually trying to improve their problem definition instead of focus on the actual solution. And some of us sometimes stuck in this condition, so in the seminar he gives us advice to try to take a step back and look again what the real problem is with a different point of view. Overall, he gives brief explanation how to develop an idea from the importance of defining a problem and solution, until how to communicate your idea to corporation.
Hey Jenny!
SvaraRaderaGreat reflection you have written! :) I agree with on that the literature was within the media technology section though both Eva-Lotta and Haibo are working within this section. Somehow, it felt more relevant and understandable to read these articles due to that. Though she talked mostly about her own studies I think together with Haibo's lecture they complemented each other well so you got both the more basic knowledge in reseach design which you then could apply to Eva-Lotta's lecture. Great!
/Hannah