Designing citizen science tools for learning: lessons learnt from the iterative development of nQuire [PDF]
This paper reports on a 4-year research and development case study about the design of citizen science tools for inquiry learning. It details the process of iterative pedagogy-led design and evaluation of the nQuire toolkit, a set of web-based and mobile
A Anastopoulou +32 more
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Re-Doing Patient Experience Through Design-Led Research [PDF]
This thesis researches and examines how ‘patient experience’ is understood and approached through practice in healthcare, social science and design. In the UK, there is a considerable effort to access, measure and improve patient experience in the National Health Service (NHS).
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Research on Design-Led EPC Project Management of Offshore Wind Power Project
[Introduction] In order to cope with the huge challenges of the development of offshore wind power industry in the grid parity stage and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the offshore wind power industry, [Method] based on experience from some design-led EPC projects in China, the application of EPC mode in power engineering was ...
YUAN Guokai +4 more
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A Design-led Research Approach to Contextual Evaluation of Socio-psychological Factors in the Development of Telehealth Devices [PDF]
Well-designed medical devices that embrace the socio-psychological needs of patients lead to increased customer acceptance, sustained use, improved safety and cost-effectiveness for both the professional and lay users. This paper proposes a new iterative design-led research approach for collecting and evaluating socio-psychological contextual user ...
Anna Mieczakowski +2 more
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Using mobile RE tools to give end-users their own voice [PDF]
Researchers highlight end-user involvement in system design as an important concept for developing useful and usable solutions. However, end-user involvement in software engineering is still an open-ended topic.
Graf, F., Maiden, N., Seyff, N.
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City of Flows: The Need for Design-Led Research to Urban Metabolism
The design of cities has long ignored the flows that shape the city. Water has been the most visible one, but energy and materials were invisible and/or taken for granted. A little over 50 years ago, Abel Wolman was the first to illuminate the role of water flows in the urban fabric.
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Are we there yet? Insights to support the use of reflective practice methods for explorative practice-led doctoral research into real-world design problems [PDF]
This paper concerns the use of design thinking in practice-led doctoral design research. It examines methodological appropriateness for research through design.
Spencer, Nick, Young, Robert
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis +9 more
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Designing the interface between research, learning and teaching. [PDF]
: This paper’s central argument is that teaching and research need to be reshaped so that they connect in a productive way. This will require actions at a whole range of levels, from the individual teacher to the national system and include the ...
Drew, Linda
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Engineering model for SFRC shear strength based on the MC2010 MCFT approach [PDF]
Recent developments and ongoing research in the field of steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) have led to its implementation into national and international design codes and guidelines.
Matthys, Stijn, Soetens, Tim
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