Thank you Alun,
The ORID framework seems to be something that I can use to develop my
material. I would aim for having the note-taking tool take on the role of
the 'facilitator' part of an ORID session.
regards,
Soumitra
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Alun Price <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Hi Soumitra
>
> For simple and effective techniques I tend to fall back on the ORID and
> SWOT questioning frameworks. They can both be used in a number of
> situations. ORID; Observation (what do you see, what are the details),
> Insights (how does it affect you, make you feel), Reflection (what do you
> think it means etc.), Decision (what will you do next). works well in
> framing sets of questions about a situation or a design that you're testing.
>
> Alun
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> From: "Soumitra" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, 25 July, 2011 10:59:07 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing /
> Hong Kong / Urumqi
> Subject: Note-taking tools for Design Research
>
> Dear PhD-Design list members,
>
> I am about to teach a short 'Research for Design' course to undergrad
> students at a professional design education institute (not a university).
> This will probably be the first and only such course that they will follow
> in their UG program. I want to make it simple for them to effectively apply
> some techniques like observation and interviewing for their future
> projects.
> So far, my experience has been that the students are able to look at and
> hear many things within a situation, but have difficulty in seeing and
> listening to stimuli (focus and interpret) and transform them into insights
> for design. Personally, looking at my own process, I think notetaking forms
> a critical part of the research activity and it would be effective to focus
> on developing/collecting some tools that would help the students
> systematically take notes of their observations and interviews with the
> intention of extracting insights from them.
>
> I thought of note-taking methods with corresponding templates that I have
> seen earlier that are used by practitioners to prescribe and guide an ideal
> note-taing process. Some of these are:
>
> 1. Cornell Notes
> 2. 6-up and 1-up templates from AdaptivePath? (
>
> http://www.boxuk.com/blog/using-sketchboards-to-design-great-user-interfaces
> )
> [not exactly note-taking, but similar]
> 3. The notepads used by McKinsey and BCG that have a grid on one side and a
> powerpoint slide on the other... (haven't been able to locate a link to a
> picture)
>
> Can you point me to some more examples and/or share some of your own
> expreriences and tools?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Soumitra
>
>
> --
> Soumitra Bhat, MSc.
> Director - UserINNOV Design Co.
> www.userinnov.com
>
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