Assignment 3: Desing probe

Task


The task for assignment 3 was to "Improve learning experience in lecture theaters". Students worked in groups and selected any user study methods.

Approach

Our group of four divided split in half and each subgroup chose a user study method.

User study methods:

• Ethnography
• Laddering

My subgroup did laddering. We asked four different students at NUS what they felt the positives and negatives are with respect to lecture theatres. We then continuesly asked "why" until a root reason was reached.

Result

Both the ethnography and laddering approach reached similar design points. The points heavily relied on the overal design of the lecture theatre; corrections were identified that could improve students learning experience. Some of these points include:

• circular lecture theatre design
• better control of temperature
• make classes smaller and interactive
• design for laptop use