I think it is important to remember that a masters thesis is part of the educational process. Typically it is started well before the conclusion of class work and research. Many times the problem or project is a vehicle to not only explore what you have learned in graduate school but 'hopefully' solve a problem. But it is still part of the educational process. It is - or should be - a learning process as well. Students need to be able to take risks, bite of a portion of a huge project and to proceed even without assurance of success.
On Friday, December 14, 2007, at 09:35AM, "David Malouf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chris and Jonas' sparked an idea for me in this thread. > >For our work, unless deployed, how do we judge success/failure? I'm >sure this can be translated to other degrees of practice. I mean how >did we know Bilbao was going to be a "success" before it was built. >Most confidently kept their same opinion before (from the model) that >they have after the fact. > >What allows other disciplines to have a more confident set of >judgment that doesn't require the full production of the item in >order for it to be envalued? > >In the case of this cancer community, I mean how does the student >judge whether their notions of community building in this context >will work? Is it comparative to the successes and failures of other >existing communities (related and unrelated)? > >For me this speaks to a strong need to understand the foundations of >our medium so that we can clearly communicate success/failure amongst >each other in the theoretical space. > >So even a partial prototype in my mind only works in the environment >of such foundational analysis and maybe lacking that is why those who >come from areas that have those foundations are drawn towards >completion in order to lay a more accurate judgment. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
