Announcements:

*** September 2016 Project & Research Paper Handin DETAILS ***

Module Specification:

DES-811 Module Spec.

DES-811 Module Handout (Research Paper):

Module Handout (Research Paper)

Example Journal Submission Guidelines:

Guide for Authors [article formatting] (Journal of Design Studies, Elsevier)

Journal Submission Guidelines (Journal of Design Studies, Elsevier)

Author Information Pack [all info./insts. in one place] (Journal of Design Studies, Elsevier)

View FREE Sample Issue (Journal of Design Studies, Elsevier)

More example Research Papers:

Example M.Des. Research paper (Anna Wherrett)

Example M.Des. Research paper (Una Gallagher)

Example M.Des. Research paper (Donna Quinn)

Example Research paper (SmartKom)

Things-you-need-to-know:

GREAT BOOK: ``How to solve it'' -- George Polya

ANOTHER GREAT BOOK: ``The elements of style'' -- William Strunk and E.B. White

ANOTHER GREAT BOOK: ``Eats, shoots and leaves'' -- Lynne Truss

Referencing (Parenthetical / Harvard)

Referencing (Harvard Style)

Referencing (Harvard Generator)

Paul's example references in Harvard style

Writing plain English

Technical paper writing Hints e.g. Computer Science

Simon Peyton Jones from Microsoft Research, Cambridge discusses "How to write a great research paper".

How to give a good talk

Plagiarism (Student Handbook)

Plagiarism (Coursework Handin sheet -- Penalties)

Useful software:

On-line surveys (Survey Monkey)

Camtasia

Useful links:

Khan Academy educational videos

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) -- Ideas worth spreading -- educational videos

Project Assessment:

Assessor Mark Sheet

Assessor Agreed Mark Sheet

RELATED:

M.Des. Design for Creative Practice Course

My students' projects page

The Imagineering Quarter

National Institute of Design (India)

Coursework Cover Sheet:

Coursework Cover Sheet

Lecturer:

Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt