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Design Research Unit: Dr. Will Kurlinkus

The document describes Design Method 1: Future Workshop, which is a method used to envision future solutions. It involves 5 phases: 1) identifying the issue, 2) critiquing the present situation, 3) generating ideas and dreams for the future without limitations, 4) analyzing ideas for feasibility and overcoming barriers, and 5) following up to monitor progress and determine if further workshops are needed. The document then discusses problems with the English major, including making it more career-focused and improving recruitment, course content, and building community. It asks what the perfect English major would be and what plans of action could be taken, and suggests cultural probes and IDEO methods cards as potential research approaches.

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Design Research Unit: Dr. Will Kurlinkus

The document describes Design Method 1: Future Workshop, which is a method used to envision future solutions. It involves 5 phases: 1) identifying the issue, 2) critiquing the present situation, 3) generating ideas and dreams for the future without limitations, 4) analyzing ideas for feasibility and overcoming barriers, and 5) following up to monitor progress and determine if further workshops are needed. The document then discusses problems with the English major, including making it more career-focused and improving recruitment, course content, and building community. It asks what the perfect English major would be and what plans of action could be taken, and suggests cultural probes and IDEO methods cards as potential research approaches.

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Design

Research Unit
Day 2.
Dr. Will Kurlinkus
Design Method 1: Future
Workshop
1. The preparatory phase where the issue that will be
considered is identified and the structure and details of
sessions are arranged.
2. The critique phase involves clarification of the issue and
articulation of negative experiences in the present
situation.
3. The fantasy stage where participants verbalise their desires,
dreams, fantasies and views about the future in a free idea
generation session. The participants are asked to forget all
the limitations and obstacles of the present reality.
4. The implementation stage that involves: analysis of the
feasibility of ideas and solutions generated in the fantasy
phase; recognition of limits and barriers for implementation
and discovering how the barriers can be overcome.
5. The follow-up phase where the plan of action that
emerged from the workshop is monitored to check on
progress and assess the need for further workshops or
actions.
What problem/problems are
we trying to solve?
Make the English major cool, again.
Jobs
What jobs do alumni get?
How to show people they get them?
Learning how to get jobs.
Learning how to publish assignments.
Partnering with employers?
Internships?
Community
Where are the gatherings? Community of students and professors?
Recruitment
How do we get others (high schoolers, parents, administration, lost
majors) to join?
Course Content
Scheduling
Contemporary lit
Make sure things count towards a degree sheet.
What Is the Perfect English
Major?
What Are Our Plans of
Action?
Design Research Methods
CulturalProbes?
What ElseIDEO
Methods Cards
Who Are Your Stakeholders
For Each Activity?

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