8.27.2008

THESIS : Finding a Researchable Question

Round #1: Today we had to present 7-8 "researchable" questions to Meredith. We had to generate these questions with the connections we made from our lists that we developed over the summer; content interests, ways of working, and future goals. I won't share all of my questions or my lists, but here is a general list of my interests:

inclusive approach to the design of communication, affective computing, how intelligence is measured, different minds, emotions, sensory information, individual negotiations of meaning, cognition, expert/novice, relationships, receiving information, storytelling, forming new behaviors, interaction, empowerment, navigation through physical space, navigation through cyberspace, maps, people, understanding, knowledge, trust, influence, concept.

My first pass at a researchable question was too vague, my next step is to get specific. Here is the question/direction I am heading:

How can theories of way finding inform the design
of online information structures?

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