Monday 10 December 2012

OUGD405 - Studio session: Research

10 interesting facts about my topic (labradors)...

  • There are a lot of labradors who have saved lifes
  • Branding - Barbour
  • Originate from Canada
  • Lots of artwork and adverts linked to labradors
  • Websites on labrador charities
  • Guide dogs
  • Gun dogs
  • Looked at clever dogs - driving cars
  • Andrew puppy
  • Famous labradors belonging to celebrities

 We had to identify which of our interesting points were facts and which were opinions within the class...
  • 70/90 facts and 20/90 opinions out of the whole class
As a group, we identified the methods which we used to collect our information :

  • Reading Books
  • Watching Videos
  • Talking to people
  • Looking at images
  • Searching the internet
  • Emailed the subject

What source material did we gather from this research?
  • Videos of labradors
  • Images from the Shining
  • Quotes
  • Statistics about apples

As an entire group...

  • Quotes
  • Dates
  • Printed images
  • Scanned images
  • Blogged images
  • Interviews
  • Articles
  • Photocopies
  • Practical Experiments
  • Practical Observations
  • Screen Shots
  • Observational Notes
  • Written quotes
  • Clips
  • Emails
  • Audio

Things that affect the way we research...

  • Reliability of sources
  • Geographical Restraints
  • Legal Restraints
  • Limited Time
  • Too much time
  • Insufficient funds/Costs
  • Dead People/Past Events
  • Lack of motivation
  • Lack of interest
  • Outside limitations
  • Co-operation
  • Lack of prior knowledge

How to address these limitations...

  • Budgeting
  • Find out people who have been there
  • Send emails to people who have been there
  • Appropriate travel
  • Google maps - visual source
  • Time management
  • Priorities
  • Schedule
  • Planning
  • Confidence

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