Theme 5: Design research (after)

Lecture 1 with Eva-Lotta Sallnäs: It was a very interesting lecture and useful because I hadn’t quite understood how the setting of the research “A haptic tool for group work about geometrical concepts engaging blind and sighted pupils” was done. In the lecture I got it explained how exactly the tactile was used and worked by the students. Another good point she talked about was the differences between quantitative and qualitative researches and how these two sometimes can slide over to the other research method. They are sometimes not that clear from the beginning that one can categorize which research method it is.    

Lecture 2 with Haibo Li: Haibo’s lecture about how to define a problem was also very interesting and gave new inputs about research. This felt very connected to the master thesis that we are going to do soon. One important thing he said was that defining a problem is a part of how to solve the problem. It requires time to define the problem to make it a good question so that it is easier to know how to try to solve the problem and answer the question. He also talked about the use of math and how statistics can be part of the proof of concept, ideas, prototypes and how communication can affect a lot in many situations. Especially as an entrepreneur, the right communication is very useful and can really make a difference between selling something and not.