DESIGN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Assignment 4 (Research Reflection Report & Presentation)

31/03/2022 - 21/04/2022 (Week 01 - Week 04)
ALICIA TENG YI LING / 0345159 / BDCM
DESIGN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
ASSIGNMENT 4 / Research Reflection Report & Presentation

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LECTURE

Lectures 1-2 were documented in Design Research Methodology: Assignment 01

Lectures 3-5 were documented in Design Research Methodology: Assignment 02

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INSTRUCTIONS

 

In this assignment, we were tasked to write a reflection report about the experiences both positive and negative, challenges we faced and justifications for decisions we made throughout the assignments this semester. Additionally, we are also required to create a presentation slide with a maximum of 20 slides about our research, including the proposal stage, critical review stage and data collection and analysis stage, then record a maximum of 5 minutes of us presenting these slides. 

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Week 13

 

Fig 1.1 Draft 1 of Reflective Report

In this week, I started a rough draft of my reflective report based off of my previous assignments and my weekly progression sheet. I quickly realised that I was depending too much on words from my other assignments and did my best to cut that out. 

Week 15

In this week, I embedded my previous assignments using hyperlinks to avoid overcrowding the document so I can focus more on my reflective report. I tried to be as careful with my language and grammar so there will hopefully be less mistakes compared to the critical review.

Final Research Reflection Report and Recorded Presentation 

Fig 2.1 Final Research Reflection Report

(please download the PDF file to be able to use the jump links)

Fig 2.2 Final Presentation Slides

Fig 2.3 Final Recorded Presentation

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FEEDBACK

 

Week 13

Dr. Hayati showed a few examples of the research reflection report, where the student hides the compilation of previous assignments in a hyperlink, and some screenshot the significant ones to be displayed and please remember not to use reverse white text in your slides.

Week 15

The reflection report should point out the experiences both negative and positive, the challenges you faced throughout the research process and the justification about your design choices and why this research was a success. Ensure that the presentation video is within the 5 minutes time limit and audio is clear, please share only the most remarkable data. Make sure the slides are aesthetically appealing and the design reflects your topic of research. 

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REFLECTION

The research presentation was both an interesting experience and process for me. The presentation went a lot more smoothly than the written reflective report due to my own indecisiveness with my writing. I am reusing the same template as my assignment one, I updated some areas to match the current content for this assignment. It was really hard trying to keep everything I wanted to say and considered key aspects under five minutes but I managed it by deciding to focus more on my key literature and my data analysis.

The main challenge for this assignment was again the writing aspect. I will say that I did not expect the assignments in this module to be like this at all initially. It was a lot of stress and pressure and I'm honestly worried for my dissertation now but I gained a lot of experience. I learnt a lot about critical thinking and analysis. I'm proud that I managed to power through a module that focuses on my literal greatest weakness and managed to submit everything on time and to the best standard I could. 

All in all, I believe that my research objectives and questions were successful. I hope that I can continue to improve the skills this module taught me to the point where one day it doesn't stress me out at all and feels like a passive ability.