a product has specifically been
envisioned.
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Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Semantics: Design Research and User Research
I often see (and use) the terms
[cross-post, cross reply] :)
In my experience in educational research, design research is generally the
practice of designing a curriculum or another type of designed intervention
and seeing how this new practice or artifact changes the environment and the
practices that people engage in. In
On Mar 29, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Rob Tannen wrote:
So according to my definitions, User Research is really a type of
Design Research, and not all Design Research is User Research.
Is there any consensus on this (loaded question)?
This is how I've always used the terms, although in academic
I often see (and use) the terms Design Research and User Research
interchangeably, although I believe they are overlapping, but different.
-Design Research: This is the broader term. It can refer to the study of
design itself (meta-research, if you will). It can also refer to research done
Hi Rob,
I was wondering when someone would bring this up...but what of those
of us that do usability studies and in the next breath tackle
questions like What is the meaning of clean air? I find true
differences, except in persons actually doing the research, so
difficult to define!
Thanks for
