Design Research Methodology - Project 4: Research Report and Presentation

 23/6/2022 - 10/7/2022 (Week 13 - Week 15)

Sasilvia Cheong Pei Hoong / 0345031 / Bachelors of Design in Creative Media
Design Research Methodology
Project 4 - Research Report and Presentation

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LECTURES

WEEK 12 - Presentation

Contents

5 minutes presentation, keep slides in point forms. Slides design and verbal (video) are part of the assessment. Relevant visuals can be included in the design.

• Research Problem, Research Objectives, Research Questions
• Key Literature
• Research Methods
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Research Problem: One or two lines to inform of your research problem (Problem statement is too long so it is not suitable to be included here).
• Research Objective(s): Number your objectives
• Research Question(s): Number your questions

Key Literature

• Select top 3 that are most significant from your list in Critical Review.
• Include full bibliography for each literature. Provide a one-line summary for each one, followed by its main strengths in point form.

Research Methods

• Describe in point form, the chosen method/s you selected for your study (Do not define like how you did for Assignment 3).
• Provide a brief justification for each method.

Data Collection and Analysis

• Summarize the data that you had collected for each method.
• Provide an overall data analysis for each method.

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INSTRUCTIONS

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Week 12-15

Final Project Brief

Fig. 1.1  Final Project Brief

Final

Fig. 2.1 Weekly Progress Reflection Sheet

Fig. 2.2 Final Research Report

Fig. 2.3 Final Recorded Presentation Slides

Fig. 2.4 Final Recorded Presentation

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FEEDBACK

Week 13 (23/6/2022) - 

Specific Feedback:

There are a few examples of the research reflection report, where they hide the compilation in a hyperlink, some screen-captured the significant ones to be shown, it's your call. Make use of what toy wrote in the weekly reflection as well.

Week 14 (30/6/2022) - 

No class

Week 15 (7/7/2022) - 

Specific Feedback:

Bare in mind when you put everything single thing in the document, you do not want people to get lost between the reflection and content of what has been submitted. A suggestion is to, instead of dumping in, make sure it is graphical images on a shaded background, not a running text like the reflection. Avoid too much reverse white text.

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REFLECTIONS

Experiences

At the beginning of this project, I initially thought we had to just compile the slides and write our reflections for each one of the projects we have done. But I was so wrong, a week after Dr. Hayati showed us examples of our senior's work where they included a hyperlink of their compilation and then wrote short reflections for parts that they found significant. I was extremely exhausted that I had to change most of my research reflection since I compiled every single thing into my document which we were not supposed to do. But I was glad that I had my weekly reflection progression sheet where I wrote what I did every single week, It made my life so much easier. 

Observation

What I have observed is that keeping track of what I did every week and writing every single detail out in the weekly progression sheet is somewhat like blogging and it helped me so much in this project. 

Findings

I found that reading and writing is a skill that is vital for this module, without it life is miserable. I used to be great at writing but never reading but after graduating from secondary school I just gave up on it completely. I always prefer looking at visuals and short lines of words it's way more understandable that way. The only thing that made the whole progress bearable for me is that I was able to choose my own topic which is character design in anime which is something I love and hold dearly. I will try my best to improve my writing and reading skills, especially for the dissertation which is coming next semester, I just hope that I can survive it.