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=REFLECTION RESEARCH PLAN - TO IMPROVE FINAL RESEARCH PAPER=

"Sheridan College Personas" DUE: Feb 9, 2010
ROUGH - BEFORE

**Ideas for Plan of Action**

 * plan of understanding what different parts of the school pertain to which students e.g. main library, food court, bar accomodating to the students who are studying certain fields of industry, we need to unite them where getting lost in a school wont be an issue
 * Is the places in the school accessible? available to all ages of students
 * mapping out school and all functionalities included. maybe divide up programs and wings that are highly populated according to fields of study to the mapping of everything, better visual aid to see what needs changing or evolvement
 * keep focus on the main point of school and figure out what draws or would draw people to it more (e.g. more chairs, more vending machines, better study concentrated atmosphere)

JUDY'S PAPER JUDY's ADDITIONAL PERSONAL NOTES
 * LEGEND:**
 * ANGELA **

CONCERNS/MARKINGS (as per Angela) :

"ANIMATION CENTER" - is this what the space is called?

- Hallways connect spaces and destinations (include images for reference)

"The A Wing of Sheridan College is an active small space" - how small? - it is NOT for student rest, but for interaction *

- put an image of the map before the images and highlight the corridor - SPACE not AREA - categorize and organize qualitative/quantitative findings - separate how people occupy the space and their behaviours

- unpredictable space - how? describe - because it doesn't distinguish the typical hallway, seems to have two functions - describe the "unexpected" use of space - Describe any sort of assumptions, as to why you arrived to that conclusion, or inference - more details on the personas: STAFF, STUDENTS (illustration, interior design, hungry students), GENERAL TRAFFIC OF PEOPLE,

WORKS CITED:

"Design Meets Research:Design meets Research 2009" by Millman, Debbie, and Mike Bainbridge "Thoughtless Acts? Observations on Intuitive Design" by: Suri, Jane Fulton and Ideo "A Designer's Research Manual:Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients And." - Visocky O'Grady, Jenn,and Ken O'Grady

Nicole Nyholt's Paper:

Angela's Edits:


 * How is the hall hidden?
 * be more specific when talking about the necessities of successful design.
 * How can personas be combined?
 * How can we tell they are artistic and creative?
 * How do we know professors are wise and intelligent?
 * How do we know they are happy to be eating?
 * Be specific about times of day
 * define desired criteria
 * define live and dead space
 * Why is the library and learning commons intimidating
 * why are people shy in focus groups?
 * intergrate other research tactics within personas in more detail.
 * NEED MORE RESOURCES

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