2-page 3 pages essay delivered by 13 11 November.
This document presents your intention of thesis and the statement you want to make.
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- Answers to ALL those questions:
- What is the topic/issue/phenomenon/opportunity that you aim to investigate?
- What are your assumptions about it?
- Why is it important to look into it? ?
- What aspects/angles have NOT been covered by prior projects that addressed this topic? In what way your proposal is creative and original?
- What are the 1 or 2 questions that would be crucial to answer by the end of your thesis? (be as specific as possible)
- What methods would you use to check your assumptions, answer the questions, prove your hypothesis, evaluate your findings? (no name-drop, explain how you would use a particular method for a particular purpose)
- How will you involve participants and stakeholders? (humans, non-humans, agencies, systems, companies, etc...)
- What makes you a suitable investigator? (skills, situation, personal context, etc)
- What difference would you make compared to prior projects who addressed this topic? (what can you propose that have never been addressed before about this topic)
- How do you make it creative and original?
- What contributions do you hope to make? (to the field of interaction design, to your participants, to your peers, to the type of outcome you aim for, etc)
- What difference would you make compared to prior projects who addressed this topic? (what can you propose that have never been addressed before about this topic) - Bibliography