tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567280061121079989.post2531115919058949336..comments2010-03-20T00:58:08.491-07:00Comments on ENE 695: Design Cognition & Learning: Week 7 - Analyzing designRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373514990201720652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567280061121079989.post-78394783477754287862008-10-08T07:48:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:48:00.000-07:00This week's reading provided a good overview and g...This week's reading provided a good overview and general insights to the usefulness and criticisms of four prominent design study methodologies. I really liked how the methodologies were presented as complementary pairs that answered the research question dependent on the restrictions/situations the design activity was situated or wished to evaluate. <BR/><BR/>The unique aspect of the four methodologies (protocol analysis, content analysis, process isolation and situated studies) are how contrived the problem or design environment has to be to assess an individual's understanding of a portion of the design process. In reality, the use of all methodologies, bridging the various cognitive theories and apporaches of the different methodologies, is required for a larger picture conversation.little-T truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028865849152578059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567280061121079989.post-7855047968250497782008-10-06T20:30:00.000-07:002008-10-06T20:30:00.000-07:00Analysing protocols is really not an interesting j...Analysing protocols is really not an interesting job as I imagined:(<BR/>At first I was reading word by word and finally I thought what I was tring to do is to pick up key words,like "I need", "I assume", "that means","I like""looking back"......celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502366521503312491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567280061121079989.post-53066746440085080432008-10-06T19:00:00.000-07:002008-10-06T19:00:00.000-07:00This week's reading makes me understand why there ...This week's reading makes me understand why there are different strategies for studying design.<BR/>Besides think-aloud protocols, I remember I have read several papers using content analysis if my judgment and memory are right:)<BR/>I will say that researchers have to carefully choose a strategy to study design ,based on their particular purpose or motivation since each way has its own faults and merits.celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502366521503312491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567280061121079989.post-76801526413354138932008-10-06T14:33:00.000-07:002008-10-06T14:33:00.000-07:00I also found this week’s reading quite informative...I also found this week’s reading quite informative. I like how the authors present the methods and provide explanations and descriptions along with some of the common criticisms. It is also good that they recognize the overlaps among the strategies, noting that many (or most) studies do not “fit neatly into any one of the four strategies covered” (31). The authors also note, however, that some end up using a mix of strategies when they have also have a mix of goals. This was a good point because I thought it tied back well to some of our previous discussions about how it is difficult to place design knowledge, design problems, etc. into distinct categories. <BR/><BR/>As stated in the previous post, I agree that this article addressed several questions about some of the articles that we read in the past weeks. And tying back to replicating the design process, I found the discussions about situated studies in design especially interesting because the focus is on both the design activities and the social, cultural, and material context. While some researchers may try to put the design process in as realistic a context as possible, there are always some limitations with studying humans, their thought processes, and their interactions with others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937998040480339803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567280061121079989.post-49142965411615132312008-10-06T10:34:00.000-07:002008-10-06T10:34:00.000-07:00I loved this week's ONE reading! It was something...I loved this week's ONE reading! It was something that helped clarify a good many things I had been questioning about the methodologies behind some of the research processes used in papers we have been reading. <BR/>The first theme I liked about the paper was how the limitations of each method are directly related to how well the method mimics *real* design. What's funny to me is how situated studies, which are virtual replications of the design process-in-action, still have faults that are related to making the design simulation "real" enough. <BR/>Whether or not the lack of reality comes from an inability to fully comprehend the motives of those being studied, or whether it stems from a myopic and too artificial treatment of the design process, each method has its limitation(s).§adieLovingtonNibblesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940248287039127227noreply@blogger.com