T1Y2 : Week 5 Academic reseach tips and trick through Griffith library and online meeting with supervisor !
7539QCA Design research method and Master of design project I
Let’s get back to class in week 5
First part of this week is “the research proposal” which contains a primary research such as
a summary of the subjects and aims
a justification of the research
an overview of the context and related literature
a summary of the anticipated research design, methods and inherent ethical issues
the anticipated timescale
a preparation for Master of design thesis in year 2 has introduce by Naomi in 5 minutes before class while we’re waiting for other classmates. She suggests to have a look on academic writing especially for Griffith University such as “referencing” which require to use APA7.
Example :
Yawson, G. E., 2018. The socio-economic benefits and impact study on application of drones,Sensor technology and intelligence systems in commercial-scale agricultural establishment in Africa. 6(2). p. 18–36. International journal of agriculture and economic development.
After all, Naomi introduce us to a librarian expertise at Griffith library. His name is Max. During this class it is like a “library tools tutorial”. There are so many tips and tricks to searching on Griffith library platform such as using a bullet keywords, hotkeys, etc. He suggest to referencing as an academic writing
Finally, we finished class with a question
Master of design project !
Keep doing a research for prototyping, after i got a online survey respond from 42 people by focus group on people who age over 25 who was born in generation millennials and above by the reason of they have an urban lifestyle.
Then i analyse those data into my research, here is an presumption
- an extreme activitiy for elderly people : swimming
- Lifestyle of target user : Urban lifestyle
- Expectation : Social participation
- Additional : If there any activity to support income, they would love to
In addition, i found some good article about “when does someone get old?” which could refer to a social awareness about elderly society.
Imagination what if yourself become elderly person what problem are you going to face with, what else do you need at that moment. So now it’s time to make a consideration of being elderly person.
The same thing CASE STUDIES
