DEPD 2340 — Primary Research and Ethics for Design
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DEPD 2340
Primary Research and Ethics for Design
Students will be introduced to the concepts and practices related to primary research. They will explore and implement strategies for literature review, data analysis, and synthesis. They will frame a design problem as a research question and identify and apply appropriate research methods. Students will differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data, and the most common methods for data collection, storage, and participant anonymity in accordance to the Research Ethics Board (REB) standards. Students will be introduced to the implementation of ethics in research, and discuss and reflect what moral values and principles are to be considered acknowledging the multiple worldviews and diversity in society. They will use various techniques for exploring, representing, and testing design ideas with a co-design and/or participatory design approach. They will present their findings and conclusions in the form of presentations, posters and research papers.
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