image Over the past semester I have been conducting my own research into how university students study, and whether they are satisfied with their own methods or not. Initially, it took me a while to think of what topic to do, but I decided to go with the concept of studying as it is something … Continue reading Reflection
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Week 9 Progress Blog
image This week I am focusing on increasing the number of responses on my surveys as I realised that I need to increase my sample size. So far, I have gained a decent amount of data on my research topic, which has been very insightful in terms of how university students study. To increase engagement, … Continue reading Week 9 Progress Blog
Week 6 Progress Post
image As we move into week 6, I thought I’d try a different way to keep engaged with the subject – my first progress post. Last week was spent working on Task 2 (i.e. a lot of research on how to make a Gantt chart, and then ultimately deciding that I’d just use a timeline … Continue reading Week 6 Progress Post
Research Proposal
University Students & Studying image At the end of every semester, as exams near, there is a sense of panic in the air as university students begin to realise it is that time of the year again – time to start studying. Studying is a large part of life as a university student (University of … Continue reading Research Proposal
DA: context essay
My digital artefact, La Vie Etc., is a one stop shop for advice on subjects that would typically affect females in university (aged approximately 18-25). My partner for this project, Kira and I decided on such a project as we wanted to create something that’s relatable to our demographic that we would have liked to … Continue reading DA: context essay
DA: making
our home page The final step: making. Although we had already made our website, La Vie Etc., via website builder Wix, the creating has not stopped. The website creation, even with the tedious process of figuring out the mechanics of Wix, seemed to be the easiest part. Again, as Kira and I are very visual … Continue reading DA: making
DA: prototyping
Kira and I have been working on our digital artefact from August to October and we are extremely happy with our progress so far. Moving away from the ideating phase of our project, we began to envision how we wanted to mould our website, La Vie Etc., through various prototyping methods. We were able to … Continue reading DA: prototyping
Project Beta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77kRKcwCDU&feature=youtu.be Kira and I knew that we wanted to get started on planning and editing our project early, and we are extremely happy with our progress so far. As we mention in the video, we began with paper prototyping to get any ideas we had in our heads on paper, which we learnt how to … Continue reading Project Beta
Iggy Azalea – Fancy (2014)
Iggy Azalea There are many elements that define and create different cultures, and music is definitely a large cultural factor for many groups around the world. However, such cultural practices can be adopted inappropriately, which leads to problems. The music industry if often filled with instances of cultural appropriation, but a good example to dig … Continue reading Iggy Azalea – Fancy (2014)
DA: ideating
“Digital Artefact? What the hell is that?” was probably the first few questions on everyone’s mind upon reading our subject outline – which was exactly Kira and I’s initial thoughts once hearing what this subject would entail. However, we were quick to learn that just coming up with the idea for our DA was all … Continue reading DA: ideating
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