Action

Action: Meet with Instructors and TAs from Courses Regularly

The course work that is part of the MDes Inclusive Design program creates opportunities to build relationships between myself and the instructors and TAs from each course, within the context …

Action: Find Employment as a Research Assistant

I will be seeking employment as either a TA or an RA for the Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall 2022 semesters, and potentially Winter 2023 also, depending on how I feel …

Action: Find Employment as a Teaching Assistant

I will be seeking employment as either a TA or an RA for the Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall 2022 semesters, and potentially Winter 2023 also, depending on how I feel …

Action: Participate in and Contribute to Perceptual Artifacts Lab

The Perceptual Artifacts Lab is a group of instructors, students and industry partners affiliated with OCAD, led by Peter Coppin. The lab mainly focuses on developing cross-sensory interface design projects …

Action: Mentor Peers and Students on Writing Skills

This is a key action to take in order to maximize my current skill set, however, it goes further in that mentorship on writing skills is a form of education …

Action: Find and Produce Summaries of Readings on Theoretical Design Knowledge

This is an idea for how I might practically go about improving my theoretical design knowledge, but also hit on my need to improve on communication design. It is an …

Action: Practice Skills & Develop Theoretical Knowledge of Data Representation Strategies

I have distinguished developing skills and theoretical knowledge of data representation in particular because of its importance to my current MRP topic. Since I am looking to collaboratively propose new …

Action: Practice Communication Design Skills

All forms of communication of one’s ideas and intentions as a designer are vital, and skills I believe I need to improve on, save for writing skills. In particular, to …

Action: Practice Technical Design Skills

This planned action highlights my identified need to become more technically competent as a designer. Many of these skills are ones that I have been exposed to before, however, I …

Action: Work With Peers to Develop Appropriate Learning Network Approach

The possibility of building a “learning network” is a concept that came out of the Inclusive Design Foundations course this Fall semester, inĀ  specific cohort-led class that I happened to …