In this week,we emphasize on the design research,combining with media technologies.Before the first lecture,there are several questions related with the theme.Such as how can media technologies be evaluated? What role will prototypes play in research? However,we talked about what is idea,how to select idea for research design and how to construct idea.In philosophy,there are generally two forms of idea in our mind.The one is consist of several mental images of some objects.But there should have some preconditions before the idea occurs.If we cannot perceive the world and the external changes of the world,nothing would happen.From another point of view,the idea should be from our specific experiences which are acquired through other studies to some objects.Because of the deep research or description of these objects,We can easily build up the framework of related knowledge system of these ideas,at the same time,to connect other previous cognition.So these ideas mostly could be described in the great details. It could be seen as the extension of the prototype we already have.
For another type of idea,it will be abstract concepts that do not present as mental images.I think it should be based on certain perspectives of us to some objects or theories.In the academic research,it could be treated as the evaluation or criteria to the methodological or theoretical aspects.In a popular sense, an idea arises in a reflexive, spontaneous manner, even without thinking or serious reflection, for example, when we talk about the idea of a person or a place. A new or original idea can often lead to innovation.
In the second lecture,we discussed the importance of the prototype and knowledge contribution in the design work.In our knowledge system,prototype plays the role to gain the new knowledge easily.On the other hand,it should have the same contribution in the design research.And we talked about the proof of concept prototype,Which could be evaluated with several aspects- finding answers,solving problems and testing in practice. There are other discussions I got in the lecture.Gaining the new knowledge could be regarded as the principle to know the difference between interview and research.I think it really advises and reveals the methods to set the questionaires in our academic research.Go back to the concept prototype,in some way,the research might rely on some evaluations and criteria of the prototype we use.However,for the interview process,we generally emphasize and analyze the phenomenon of the results to get the data we expect ,which should be a part of the design research.
I think it's interesting that you focused on ideas, went more into detail about what ideas are than was done in the first lecture and that you discussed ideas in a general sense as well as how it relates to academic research.
ReplyDeleteAbout the second lecture, I also think that an important part of it was that design in itself is not a knowledge contribution, but when the data gathered during the design process is analysed we get a knowledge contribution.
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks for sharing your thoughts. It is a very interesting reflection you wrote for this theme as it is focusing on the term “idea” and that’s why it is differs from other reflections I’ve read so far. Really liked to read your in-depth thoughts! In the second lecture I especially liked the definition of Anders Lundström that we gather knowledge by pay attention to things.
Thank you for sharing, your reflection post is very interesting, it's quite different from my post, you summarized "two forms of ideas" about how to construct idea, which is I didn't mention in my blog post. And I like the way you construct your reflection with two sections, for each your have your own acquisition. Good job!
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