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Comments for Theme 1 (11)

1. http://securepathofscience.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_14.html?showComment=1445864186925#c1086061219112673092

Hi! Your reflection is well structured and easy to follow. It is interesting to know that you read Kant’s work in both German and English version, which makes me curious if there are significant differences in two languages with your understanding. Besides, you made a good point of view on God’s point of view. As you said, this metaphor does help us explain and understand our ‘limited’ knowledge, since ‘untainted observations’ are impossible to achieve. I think this will also lead us to think about ‘subjectivity’ and ‘objectivity’ for our future studies. Thanks for sharing your inspiring thoughts. Good job!

2. http://rchcc.blogspot.se/2015/09/reflection-of-theme1.html?showComment=1445865904268#c5012600485274659949

Hi Chenchen!

Your interesting reflection show us a picture of your study journey for theme 1. It is good to know that you changed your mind of philosophy through this course, as well as received some valuable concepts or ideas for your future studies. In your reflection, I particular like the quotes "perception without conception is blind, conception without perception is empty". Same as you, I also find this sentence very important to our understanding and future research. I think the meaning is quite similar to another famous quote from Confucius that ‘To learn without thinking is blindness, to think without learning is idleness.’

3. http://happyblogger7.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1learning-summary.html?showComment=1445870021125#c1518567468774572856

Hi! Your reflection is really very interesting! I like what you did to prepare and conclude the theme topic. Same as you, I also looked into transcendental idealism, so it would be great if you share more thoughts on what you think of it. Your example discussion on ‘our world’ is great, and I agree with your opinion. As we only have limited cognition and unable to get the god’s point of view, it seems doomed that ‘our world is always or only can be our world’. Sometimes our thinking and understanding is very personal based, even we think we could share and understand each other from time to time. However, this also reminds me of a quote from other’s blog and I would like to share with you that “Our world is a shared experience Fractured by individual perspectives.”

4. http://oscarlimback.blogspot.se/2015/09/after-thelecture-and-seminary-last-week.html?showComment=1445870651306

Hi Oscar!

I like the way you structured your reflections. Instead of just summarizing the important concepts from class or book, it can be observed that you also try to make connection between these abstract theories or concepts with our studied subject and research. This is a very good habit for thinking and studying. I also agree with Kant on his idea of the God’s point of view, as well your further thoughts on objectivity issue in research. Moreover, your additional reading materials are very useful and helpful to get a better understanding of the theme. It is good to know that ‘a priori is one definition of deductive reasoning were you have a theory and applies it on a hypothesis and then makes an observation. A posterior on the other hand could be a definition of inductive reasoning were you makes an observation or in other ways gather data, and then finds out if it works in theory, because it is a way of empirical knowledge.’ Thanks so much for your efforts and sharing. Very good job!

5. http://paullinderoth.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_14.html?showComment=1445871256539

Hi Paul!

I agree with you that philosophical concepts are often complex and confusing, but your well-structured reflections help me a lot to improve my understanding of the key concepts for this theme. Thank you for your insightful thoughts and sharing. In particular for your wonderful reflection on the comparison of ‘a priori’ and ‘a posteriori’. The key points you made are very helpful to me that ‘a priori also known as analytic judgement and a posteriori also known as Synthetic judgment’, and ‘if you through deductive reasoning or method can get a priori and if you can through inductive reasoning or method can get a posteriori’. Both of them make sense to help further understanding. In addition, I am grateful you present your opinion on ‘objective knowledge’. Since we all agreed on pure knowledge is only available from God’s point of view, I was wondering then how to clarify our objectivity when doing research properly? Your logical thoughts provide a good answer to me. Thank you for sharing. Well done! 

6. http://tamfmtol.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1-post-theory-of-knowledge-and.html?showComment=1442845993040#c8662756377529229766

Hi,

Thanks for sharing your reflections and experience. They are very interesting and helpful. I have a similar journey with you for the reading and understanding, while your explanation about 'priori knowledge' is much clearer that "they are something we do not know that we know". It is much easier to understand and discuss with others. Well done!

7. http://ixxzw.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_10.html?showComment=1445865281664#c3999636103157670150

Hi!

I can’t agree with you more that philosophy is not an easy subject, but I think you made a great summary on the key concepts for this theme. Such as ‘A Priori is an analytic judgment of things in the world without looking into the world’, and ‘Knowledge should be critical investigated through methodological process’ as well as you suggested that we should climb down from the objective view of the world, and structure our experiences through category and forms of space and time. Further, the discussion from your group is also very interesting and tightly related to the theme. Similar questions popped in my head too when I studied the 12 categories. Personally I think the 12 categories here are quite basic but its function is more important for its value. In my opinion, I will leave the question quite open and assume there would be other ones, but this kind of assumption is very hard to prove. Anyway, good job on your reflection. Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts!

8. http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_12.html?showComment=1442846356721#c4923713701379645479

Hi Denise, I agree a lot with others about your blogs. Your reflections are very clear and show us your study journey with theme 1. In particular, I like your discussions on the concept of “God’s point of view”. I think it is also a good way to help understanding 'priori knowledge'. Thanks for your sharing. It's very helpful to me.

9. http://theorymethodmediatech.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme1theory-of-knowledge-and-theory-of.html?showComment=1445866560834#c3956056026642920897

Hi Jing!

It is an interesting question proposed in your group discussion that ‘what is the meaning of synthetic a priori judgement?’ However, I don’t really get what you mean by "a priori means naturalism such as mathematic formulas" in your reflection. I guess it is not a wrong statement, but it would be better if you could illustrate ‘priori’ in a bigger picture, or give more evidence to support your opinion. Still, it is a very good and inspiring thinking to try define the term ‘priori’. Thanks for your sharing. Good job on your reflection and keep it up!

10. http://u1vfukfo.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-1-post-posting-theory-of.html?showComment=1445871724994#c7638433317723707227

Well done on your reflections! You make a good explanation on the ‘word in itself’ and ‘God’s point of view’. I have no doubt with your opinion, but I am curious to know with this perspective how will you think the objectivity issue in research, which might be a practical question for our future research.

In addition, I share same thinking with you on the 12 categories from Kant. I agree with you that they are quite basic, and your conclusion is a good entry point to think them from today’s perspective that ‘These categories are a priori, in relation to what they make possible.’ 

11. Additional Comments https://agrik.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/kant-vs-plato-2/

A good reflection starts with an interesting and inspiring quote. “Our world is a shared experience Fractured by individual perspectives.” I like the sentence and thanks for your sharing. In your reflection, I found the three issues you pointed out are very useful and helpful for us to understand the theme, which are open-ended philosophical discussions, no ultimate universal ‘truth’, and we see the world though perception. It is important to keep them in mind. In addition, I agree with you that ‘Kant was not right all the time’. In fact, I think no one was always right, or maybe there is no right can be always right. (This sounds a little bit silly, but I hope you get what I mean.) Similar to lacking of the god’s point of view, I think knowledge shares same limit just as us. That may be another reason for why a priori and a posteriori knowledge exists. But again you make good argument that ‘no knowledge can exist independent of previous knowledge’ and “Knowledge requires knowledge.” This is definitely a logical thinking and makes a great connection with previous discussions. Thanks for your interesting share. Well done!

Comments for Theme 2 (10)

1. denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-22.html?showComment=1443442298433&m=1#c770439733617043796

Hi Denise. Your reflections on theme 2 is clear and easy to follow. I enjoy reading your blogs and agree a lot with your words. It is true that some terms are quite hard to understand by oneself, so your share is very helpful to me. In particular for your discussion on the term Nominalism that everything is unique. Also, I like that you are making example to help understanding, such as Apple and Fascism. They help a lot for better understanding. Good job! Look forward to your future posts.

2. http://oscarlimback.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-after.html?showComment=1443442952185&m=1

Very impressive on your blog. Your reflection is so well organized and summarized. You do touch on many key concepts and also give clear explanation on your reflection. I enjoy reading your writing a lot. And your reflection provisions my understanding. Thanks for sharing. Yes, like other said, plz keep it up!

3. http://tamfmtol.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-post-critical-media-studies.html?showComment=1443443578058&m=1#c1176442861661234490

Hi, well written reflection on theme 2. I like the way you summarize and organize, particularly for all the underlines you make to highlight the key concepts. This makes your reflection easier to follow and understand. On the other hand, it is good to know that you discussed the relationship between mass media and enlightenment and Adorno and Horkeimer’s view. It is very interesting as well as inspiring to make connection between the abstract terms and our main topic. Thanks for your sharing. Well done!

4. http://theorymethodmediatech.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-after.html?showComment=1443452611468&m=1#c6105308113836900813

Thanks for your posts as well as your comments. I enjoy reading your reflection and find your discussion on "aura" very interesting. You mentioned that 'The definition of aura is equal with unique.' It is very interesting explanation. I partly agree with you that "aura for art objects is only existed in its original version, reproduction cannot be the same as original one because of lacking one unique element." It is a good way to help understanding aura with unique, but i think aura cannot be entirely equal with unique. Maybe it is the aura makes it unique. What do you think? Again, nice job on your reflection!

5. http://rchcc.blogspot.se/2015/09/reflection-of-theme2.html?showComment=1445808630170#c2395589110720914785

Hi Chenchen, 

I think you have learned a lot from theme 2 as you summarized all the key concepts of the theme. It is interesting to approach 'Nominalism' compared with 'Realism'. It is a very good way to study the abstract concept. Also, your reflection is interesting to me and help enhance my understanding of Nominalism. However, I don't think Nominalism is 'negative'. Maybe we can just see it as a metaphysical view in philosophy. Anyway, good job on summary! Thanks for your sharing.

6. https://agrik.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/theme-2-post-seminar/#comment-45

Hi Agri!

Very impressive reflection! Instead of just making a summary for the theme topic, I think you actually presents your study journey in your reflection. Very interesting and inspiring. I particularly like the discussions you make on the analogy of the cave. Thanks to your detailed explanation, I feel easy to follow your guide and to think more about the topic. It is such a pity that I could not have the chance to discuss this interesting topic with you in person. I am now looking forward to hearing more from you in our future studies. Good job!

7. http://paullinderoth.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-after.html?showComment=1445816476761

Hi Paul!

Such a fruitful reflection. You did a wonderful job on leading the readers follow your discovery journey. The history is so well organized and makes perfect sense to our theme. Not to mention the other two example you mentioned are also useful and helpful for a better understanding these key concepts. I particular like the discussions you made on German Fascism and American Consumerism. They are very interesting topics. And the further question you proposed is another good example to make a link between these fancy and abstract terms with our studied subject media technology. It is a very good try to think 'How dangerous can media technology be if it comes in the wrong hands, for exempla Nazi Germen.' especially considering our current evolving media landscape. Very impressive on your insightful thoughts. Good job! Thanks for sharing.

8. http://u1vfukfo.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-post-posting-critical-media.html?showComment=1445817714271#c215857926883351933

So nice and professional reflection! This post illustrates your well understanding of this theme, which has been widely discussed with details. Both the Italics and underlines are great and helpful to follow your ideas. I like your blog and agree with you very much. It is very good to know that investigating something within its born context though the cultural and historical lens.a more completed picture and a more reasonable sense can be achieved. This is a very good way to approach and understand some critical theories with a history. As paradigm shifts, our understanding could be developed as well. However, putting our feet into the right shoes can always help us get a better understanding of what it really is. Thanks for sharing your insightful and interesting reflections. Well done!

9. http://securepathofscience.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies.html?showComment=1445818734474#c7724133631135646216

What an impressive reflection you make to entail the key concepts for this term. It is nice to see that you not only mention that 'it is essential to know what background the authors have to be able to fully grasp the meaning of their words' but also you did introduce lots of the background information for each scholar to lead us find the answers. Nice try! In addition, I also like the connection you made between the theories with our subject. I think the questions you proposed such as 'how media technology can be misused?' and the examples you discussed on superstructure and substructure are still interesting topics today. Regarding the new technology developing recently, e.g. 3D or 4D movies, will the media technology again change the way we see or perceive things? Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. I enjoy reading your post a lot. Well done!

10. http://ixxzw.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-2-after-seminar.html?showComment=1445819331393#c3137295979010066348

I agree with you that historical background of the authors did explain a lot of things for the texts. It is interesting to link the art with mass as well as money. I think in many case research questions can be formulated accordingly from this perspective. Also, your seminar discussion on ‘aura’ is very inspiring and different. It is a good entry point to think why Benjamin made his point of view on ‘aura’. I think this may result in the reproduction. When he discovered the media reproduction phenomenon, it would be a reasonable thinking to find out what is changed. In my opinion, ‘aura’ is a useful term to explain the difference between the original one and the copies. However, I am wondering how to properly define the ‘aura’ with current movie or media industries?

Comments for Theme 3 (10)

1. http://lard-have-mercy.blogspot.se/2015/09/post-theme-3-research-and-theory.html?showComment=1444058386849#c7205705910140291441

Hi Isabella, it is an enjoyable experience for reading your reflections. It's very clear and easy to understand as well as follow your idea. Thanks for saying about your thinking about the question 'what is man?'. I have exactly the same curiosity about it. I guess it might be a practice for us to experience how to think or formulate a theory? It is just my guess, but yes, I agree with you a lot on your reflections. Good job! 

2. http://reb2572.blogspot.se/2015/09/post-theme-3.html?showComment=1444059540868#c290151716517696180

Hi,Rebecka!

I find your reflections very interesting and inspiring! When I studies theme 3, I also found that 'theory is not always true, or not needed to be true.' After reading your writing, I think you did a better job on this perspective. As you said, 'We examine relationships and come up with explanations, and We make theories on assumptions we find credible.' and yes, ' we can’t know for sure that theory is true so no not really. ' It is great that you share your valuable opinions here and I have the chance to read them. Thank you for your good job. Well done!

3. http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-22.html?showComment=1444060557426#c4859236659379176074

Hi Denise,

I always like reading your blog, since it is always well-written and neatly organized. In this week's reflection, it is good to see that you share your thoughts on theory and hypothesis. This comparison is very helpful to understand the concept. Also I notice that you reached a conclusion about scientic and philosophical theory as 'scientific theory is based on empirical data while philosophical theory is based on an idea'. It is easy to understand what you mean in this sentence, but how about the scientific theory developed from humanities? Is it possible that some of them may also come from an idea? In addition to that, I particular like your another conclusion that 'truth is relative'. I agree a lot with you on this. Thanks for sharing and good job!

4. http://happyblogger7.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-relection.html?showComment=1444061694459#c58543804876570206

Hi, 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts in your blog. I like your discussion on the theory with relation to the two fields: humanities and sciences. I agree with you that theory indicates quite different thins between these two fields. In addition, I also agree with your partner about the data objectivity. I think it is a good argument that 'the data we use in the research is filtered more or less'. And your opinion of 'theory might be framed in certain context' is great too. You guys did a great work on thinking the theory and research. Well done!

5. http://stinazwahlen.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-post-reflection.html?showComment=1444062501918#c374770817284597239

Hi, I enjoy reading your blog. It is a well-written and neatly-organized reflection. You did a great job on summarizing all the key points of theme 4 and also interesting reflections on your study experience. I also liked your example with Big Bang, and your explanation on theory and hypothesis. Additionally, I think theory helps to test the hypothesis. Moreover, I totally agree with your group conclusion about the pre-seminar assignment. Thanks for sharing and posting it. I feel like I have learned a lot from your writing. Good job and keep it up!

6. http://u1vfukfo.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-post-posting-research-and-theory.html?showComment=1445803242582#c7866293502049162552

Hi Celine,

Your writing is so well organized and easy to follow, from beginning to the end. More importantly, your insightful thoughts are very inspiring. Your make a very clear point on our CHANGING WORLD where paradigm shifts with the relation to the theory developing. And your thinking for the truth is very impressive. With the help of mentioning "God's Point of View", I agree with you that it would be better to say 'a theory is commonly accepted', avoiding the 'truth' issue. You are very smart! Lastly, it is very helpful to discuss the Theory with Hypothesis. With a better understanding of Hypothesis, our understanding of Theory is improved accordingly. Your final conclusion that 'Theory has to explain the relationship between entities, to answer the question of why this phenomenon occurs within a specific framework' is great too. Thanks for your sharing! Well done!!!!

7. http://oscarlimback.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-after.html?showComment=1445803989165

Hi Oscar! Your writing entails all the important terms with some highlighted for theme 3. Very good job on summary and reflection. It is interesting to approach what theory is with relation to 'practice' and hypothesis. And it is good to know the different kinds of theories, such as the example you made on philosophical theories, it is a very good argument. Also, I agree with you that truth is quite relative, and we as researchers might be wise to use it properly. Thanks for posting it out. I will remember that too. Thank you for your sharing. Good job!

8. http://paullinderoth.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-after.html?showComment=1445804627195

Hi Paul! 

Nice reflection! Firstly, your selected paper is quite interesting, and I am very interested in the topic. (Thanks for sharing the link underneath, very thoughtful) Secondly, you really did a good job on reflecting the theme topic. Your explanation of theory is very clear and very useful to help understand the concept better.With the help of the quoting“A theory is an abstract entity that aims to describe, explain, and enhance understanding of the world…”, I particular like your conclusion that 'a theory tries to, and should, explain why, how and under what conditions events, structure, act, etc appears and how phenomena are connecting to each other. ' Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. Well done!

9. http://rchcc.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme3-reflection.html?showComment=1445805241639#c6136067763320610839

Hi Chenchen, although you said repeatly that you are getting more confused, you still successfully draw some clear conclusion and show a good understanding of the theme. It is a smart departure point to think what theory is with comparison to practice. I agree with you that ' theory is not about doing something, practice is.' Additionally, you make good example on different types of research, such as artistic research and applied research. It is exactly what I learned from the lecture too. For the 'truth' issue, I think it is quite tricky, and you make a good point on that. Very good job on your reflection! Thanks for your sharing.

10. http://tamfmtol.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-3-post-research-and-theory.html?showComment=1445805765018#c6079127136054949692

Hi, I agree with you that this theme is not easy to follow as the key concepts are quite abstract. It is good to see you share your study journey in a quite detailed way, which is easy to follow and understand. Basically I have a similar journey with you on this theme. Our group also discussed the difference between 'theory' and 'hypothesis', and our conclusion is that 'Hypothesis states a relationship between two or more, while theory often tries to provide an explanation to the hypothesis.' which is quite related to your conclusion that ' theory is based on facts and a hypothesis can be seen as a sort of pre-stage of a theory and an attempt to explain phenomena.' Thanks for sharing. Good job!

Comments for Theme 4 (10)

1. http://reb2572.blogspot.se/2015/10/post-theme-4.html?showComment=1444647240049#c9039723290120406948

Hi!

As usual I like your neatly organized reflections. Your thoughts are easy to follow and I have to admit again that I agree with you a lot. The theme topic this week is not that hard to follow but quite straight forward as you said. Your summary of quantitative research is great as well as your discussion on qualitative analysis. What I want to add is that it could also be good to discuss some on the mixed research method. I am quite looking forward to your opinion on that topic. Thanks for sharing your writing. Well done!

2. http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-4-quantitative-research-22.html?showComment=1444651853451#c7690532977944018501

Hi,

Another enjoyable experience to read your blog. Your summary is very good and organized, in particular for the two aspects you highlighted. Since we share similar situation for this course, I also find it interesting to discuss the mixed use of the two methods. Additionally, your reflections on subjectivity and objectivity are very impressive. You make a good point and I can't agree with you more. Thanks for sharing your valuable thoughts!

3. http://stinazwahlen.blogspot.se/2015/10/post-seminar-theme-4.html?showComment=1444658980693#c5065682055804066875

Hi Stina, 

Your reflection to the theme 4 is really great. I have learned a lot from your summary in particular for your discussion on questionnaire design, piloting, and reliability issue. As I just finish creating a questionnaire and collecting data for the survey, I can't agree with you more from multiple perspectives. Your insightful thinking is very inspiring. I am pretty sure that you will do a great job if you conduct a survey or other quantitative research in the future. Well done! Thanks for sharing your ideas.

4. http://lard-have-mercy.blogspot.se/2015/10/post-theme-4-quantitative-research.html?showComment=1444659594751#c3232689986432691328

Hi Isabella,

I enjoy reading your blog as well as discussing with you during the seminar. As we talked IRL, I agree with you much on your analysis of quantitative and qualitative research. One for general big data with numbers, the other helps to discover further or deeper understanding. In addition, I appreciate your thinking on the objectivity. It is very interesting and inspiring to rethink the research from this perspective. Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. I am looking forward to more discussion with you in future.

5. http://suchapriori.blogspot.se/2015/10/post-theme-4.html?showComment=1444661051309#c1114843235128384477

Hi, 

Your reflection is great and it is good to see your thinking from a particular perspective other than the common popular ones. I could tell that you get involved with the study progress with a lot of personal thinking. You make a good argument on both quantitative and qualitative research. I agree with you that there are many scenarios in which the two methods are needed at the same time. Your examples are very useful and helpful to get a better understanding of the two methods. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

6. http://ixxzw.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-3-after.html?showComment=1444662162748#c6296200138664599870

Your confession wins a lot support as we shared similar thoughts on that. Thank you for speaking it out. 

I like the way you present your idea with examples as well as your example itself is very interesting. I think in many cases neither quantitative nor qualitative research alone is enough, but a combination is needed in fact. As you said, quantitative and qualitative analysis is able to complete each other in a way. This is a very insightful conclusion. Good Job! 

Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts.

7. http://thetheoryandmethodofeverything.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-4-reflections.html?showComment=1444662625766

Your reflections are well written and neatly organized. Reading your idea is an enjoyable experience. We also discussed on using the two methods at the same time. I think this is more and more popular recently. Further, I agree with you that to some degree both quantitative and qualitative research are 'bias', although it claims quite often that quantitative research is more objective while qualitative research is more subjective. However, I am doubtful if 'A quantitative study often needs to be more planned out than a qualitative', but I get your point that qualitative study may be more data-driven than quantitative analysis. Good job! Thanks for sharing your ideas.

8. http://capitalmyboy.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-4-post-theme-post.html?showComment=1444663365803#c1941161001786569144

Hi,

Different from others, you highlighted a good argument that 'preparations before conducting quantitative research is vital'. This is a very good perspective to the theme study, and I believe this will also be useful in practice. You are quite right on the questionnaire discussion, and it is very interesting to see that in your seminar you talked about How both qualitative and quantitative research answer the question “Why?” Because in our seminar, we were thinking that maybe qualitative research mainly answer the question 'why' while quantitative research focuses more on 'what' or 'how'. As we thought the problem from different departures, it would be interesting for us to have a further discussion on that. Lastly, I agree with you again on the use of the method combination. It is very practical and helpful for future studies. Thanks for your sharing.

9. http://happyblogger7.blogspot.se/2015/09/theme-4-reflection.html?showComment=1444664293494#c3998957619249694280

Hi, 

Thanks for your sharing. Your reflection is neatly written and easy to follow. You make a good point on why different methods have been used in different disciplines. We also discussed on this phenomenon but not on the possible reason behind that. In addition, I agree with you that quantitative research is very useful in preliminary research and its authenticity makes its result more useful for further research.

10. http://thewind-egg.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-4-reflection.html?showComment=1444664825365#c2129244116754082813

Hi,

I enjoy reading your reflection a lot. You made an excellent work on summary. Your discussion on quantitative an qualitative research is so neatly organized as well as accurate to the key point. I agree with you a lot on those. In particular I appreciate that you pointed out that 'Qualitative methods are also branching out into unknown territory'. It is very inspiring. Thanks to your well-written blog, I think my understanding of this theme is further improved. Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts.

Comment for Theme 5 (10)

1. http://mashasthoughts123.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-reflection.html?showComment=1445263662288#c2691745439514392831

Hi! 

It is such a great experience to read your blog. You are so good at summary, and your additional efforts are so impressive. I found your additional materials very interesting and helpful to better understand the theme, in particular for your final conclusion on prototype that ' prototype testing is crucial for exploring limitations and making appropriate changes.' You did a great job on your reflection! Thanks so much for sharing.

2. http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-22.html?showComment=1445264374147#c1486228191174142895

Hi Denise,

Your reflection is so well-organized and neatly-written as usual. I like your summary and agree with you a lot. Besides the five main points for the first lecture, I found your highlights for second lecture very interesting and worthy to be noted. Although this theme might not be totally new to you as you said, it is great that you pointed out again that 'the purpose of research is to find an answer, solve a problem, test a theory and most importantly, to gain knowledge.' and 'It is the analysis that turns something into research.' Thanks for sharing. Well done!

3. http://dm2572elvira.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-post-seminar.html?showComment=1445265032222#c2962674641981944189

Hi Elvira,

I enjoy reading your blogs, especially for your reflections on lecture and seminar. I totally agree with you. I have the same feeling that more can be studied from seminars than lectures. Also, I think reading others' reflections are also helpful to the understanding. 

Your summary on the first lecture is great, and it would be better to see more reflections for the second lecture if possible. Anyway, good job on your blog. Thanks for sharing!

4. http://paullinderoth.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-after.html?showComment=1445265499361

Hi Paul,

Your reflections are very interesting and well-written. I enjoy reading them. I think you highlighted something different from most others, which is great. I like your discussion on the design research and problem solving, and I agree with your conclusion that 'it is the research problem that decides that construction of the design research. ' Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. And just like others, I am also curious on your thoughts on prototype. It would be great if this part was also included in your reflection on this week's theme. Anyway, very good job!

5. http://u1vfukfo.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-post-posting-design-research.html?showComment=1445266451855#c6558988118443753008

Hi! I enjoy reading your blog a lot. It is so well-organized and neatly-presented. I agree with you a lot that seminars are more useful and helpful for our understanding compared to lectures. Besides that, I also think writing and reading reflection also contribute to some extend. For this week's theme, I think you have done a great job on summarizing the first lecture. All your highlights are impressive and the most important aspects for the lecture. It is a little pity that you did not reflect more on 'prototype', although the reason is obvious. It would be good if we have chance to discuss more that too, like you said. Anyway, thank you for sharing your insightful thoughts. Well done!

6. http://gklo.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-post-reflection.html?showComment=1445266922685#c4251027341303956431

Hi, 

Your reflection is very interesting and easy to follow. I like your writing style very much. You are so good at summarizing the key points for the first lecture that it gave us 'the paths to follow and traps to avoid'. In addition, your example of 'mother and daughter' as well as your own experience on programming are also insightful and helpful to better understand the key point you argued. What is a small pity here is that you did not say much on another key term 'prototype'. It would be great if you can also share your insightful ideas on that too. Anyway, very good job on your reflection. Thanks for your sharing!

7. http://reb2572.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-design-research_12.html?showComment=1445267415331#c5197771442152324090

Hi!

Your reflection is well-written and easy to follow. I enjoy reading it a lot. I agree with you that for the first lecture, the teacher emphasized a lot on how important on problem formulating, which definitely is but may be not that new to us. What I found interesting in your blog is the discussion you made on different uses of prototype. 'In research, a prototype is more about finding answers, solving problems and to gain knowledge. In industry it’s to prove a concept, to test an idea and to evaluate it.' For me it is a good argument which I did not think too much before, but I agree with you that they are quite different based on their different purposes. Thanks for pointing it out,and sharing your insightful ideas. Good job!

8. http://oscarlimback.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-after.html?showComment=1445267910479

Hi Oscar,

Your reflections are well-organized with several interesting aspects. It is good to know your own experience with prototype, which is very interesting and helpful to understand the term. Your summary for the first lecture is great, in particular I like the highlights you make. In addition, I like your last conclusion on prototype and design research, such as we aim to' develop answers' as well as 'to create scenarios'. I agree with you a lot. Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. Good job!

9. http://mediatechnologybycorinna.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-reflection.html?showComment=1445268418236#c8251502391013329035

Hi Corinna,

You have done a great job on structuring and summarizing your reflection. Reading your blog is an enjoyable experience. I agree with you on your key points highlighted for the week theme, and also on the opinions on seminars. It is true that we always learn a lot from each other during discussions. It is a pity that we don't have this opportunity for this week. Still, I think reading other's blogs also helps to improve my understanding. So thanks so much for sharing your nice reflections. Good job!

10. http://stinazwahlen.blogspot.se/2015/10/post-theme-5-quantitative-research.html?showComment=1445268844597#c8050991834784939853

Hi Stina,

I enjoy reading your blog since it is well organized and easy to follow. Besides your good summary on the two lectures, I think you also made good arguments for your own interests. I agree with you that math is not always that necessary but it is always a useful tool. Also, it is good to know that there is another class (DH2620 - Human Computer Interaction) helps to understanding prototype. Thanks for sharing your experience, and it would be more grateful if you could also share more your opinion on the term 'prototype'. When I read this part in your blog, I just feel again that it is such a pity that we don't have a seminar for this week theme. Otherwise, it would be great to discuss more with you on your insightful understanding and interesting experience.

Comments for Theme 6 (10)

1. https://agrik.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/final-theme-post-lecture/#comment-43

Hi Agri,

Enjoy reading your blog as well as discussing with you during the seminar. You are good at summarizing and your reflection is so well-structured. I am grateful that you pointed out all the key findings, which reminded me some I forgot to write in my blog. In particular, I like your last discussion on case study that ‘it is cyclical, and is is not necessary to be replicable’. I agree with you that the seminar is very fruitful for our study, and your reflection helps me again for better understanding the theme. Thank you for sharing your insightful thoughts. Good job and looking forward to more discussions with you in the near future.

2. http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_19.html?showComment=1445287472254#c1840834887091473487

Hi Denise,

As always your reflection is good to read and inspiring for new understanding of the theme. I agree with you that we already had enough discussion on qualitative research when studying quantitative research, so our small group also discussed more on case study. For case study, I think your group did a good job and your summary is very well. It is good to study case study with relation to the hypothesis, and I like your highlight that the purpose of case studies is to build a theory rather than test a theory. This is a very clear conclusion to help understanding what the case study is. Also the last example you mentioned is indeed useful to gain a feeling of what the real case study is. Again, thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. Well done!

3. http://paullinderoth.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_19.html?showComment=1445288189638

Hi Paul,

Nice reflection. I agree with you that it is such a pity that the lecture was cancelled, which would help us gain more knowledge and understanding for our last theme. And yes, fortunately, we still have the seminar as well as the blogs for discussion, which are very useful and helpful in my opinion. You did a great job on summarizing the key points for the two main methods 'qualitative method' and 'case study'. I agree with you a lot, but I am not sure on 'Case study is one way to conduct a qualitative research'. since both quantitative and qualitative research can be used in case study. Besides that, I share the same feeling with you that more knowledge has been gained from this course, which will definitely help us with our upcoming studies at KTH. Thanks for sharing. It is a pleasure to reading your blog.

4. http://dm2572elvira.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_19.html?showComment=1445352687420#c8254552893769725491

Hi Elvira,

Nice reflection. I agree with you that it is such a PITY for the lecture cancellation, which could provide us useful information of the two methods and improve our understanding. For the qualitative methods, you mentioned that both interview and survey have been identified as qualitative methods in your group. I am curious to know why you think it is qualitative instead of quantitative. For the case studies, I think you have done a great job to summarize. The two key words 'specific and different' identified by you are very useful to help understanding. It is good to know that case studies concern a “specific situation” and researchers find new theories by using it. Thanks so much for your sharing. Good job!

5. http://mediatechnologybycorinna.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_19.html?showComment=1445353377838#c5607667040914728630

Hi Corinna,

Nice reflection! You did a great job on summarizing all the important aspects we learned about 'case studies'. They are clear structured and very useful to help further understanding, since you did not only present the conclusions but also provide explanations. For example, it is good to know that case study does not start with a hypothesis because there is not enough data about the subject. Together with the example you mentioned, it is a very coherent way to study and understand the method. Thanks for your sharing your insightful thoughts. Good luck to your final blog!

6. http://u1vfukfo.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-post-posting-qualitative-and.html?showComment=1445354221994#c5419889805085372665

Hi Celine,

Nice reflection. I enjoy reading your blog as you do not only summarize key points for the theme, but also share your study experience here. It is good to know how you feel for the course, lecture, seminar, methods, as well as the way how you think the question, discussion and the study. Personally I feel that this course makes me become more interested in seminar than lecture. Discussing and sharing ideas with others is an interesting and efficient way to study new knowledge, especially for something we are unsure ourselves. In addition, reading reflections also helps a lot for summarizing and further understanding. Therefore thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts and I am looking forward to more discussions with you in our future studies.

7. http://rchcc.blogspot.se/2015/10/reflection-of-theme6.html?showComment=1445797011327#c905825210641744412

Hi Chenchen,

Enjoy reading your blog. I agree with you that without the planned lecture, we may possibly feel not that confident about the theme as the previous ones did. But I think you did a good job understanding the key concept 'case study'. In particular, I like your summary that case study is more about investigating new knowledge, and the case is individual, organisation, event, or action, existing in a specific time and place. It is a very clear conclusion, that it helps a lot for others to understand the concept quickly. Thanks for sharing your interesting and thoughtful reflections. Good job!

8. http://sannanodm2572.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-reflection.html?showComment=1445797657409#c3519563397793706049

Hi! Your reflection is great. I think you did a very good job on summarizing the key points of the theme concept ' case study'. Actually I feel that my understanding of the term is much improved after reading your writing. The highlights are very helpful, such as 'It does not start with a hypothesis', 'needs to have a specific time and place', and tend to be more specific in details, as well as that 'combination of several methods are used to a research subject you don't know too much in a case study'. What's more, it is an interesting topic proposed by you on 'if a case study research can be done on historical scenarios or events or if they need to be done on current cases.' In my opinion, I agree with you conclusion that there are no obvious reasons to say no, but it is also hard to think how to conduct a case study in a historical scenario properly. Still, it is a good question. Hope we could find out more in our future studies. Thanks for your sharing. Well done!

9. http://thewind-egg.blogspot.se/2015/10/theme-6-reflection.html?showComment=1445799252173#c7190263914841062647

Hi Marcus,

Nice reflection! It is great to see that you share some interesting and valuable things for qualitative methods. Most of us have been focused on 'case study', so few reflections are observed from this perspective. But your sharing opens a new window for us. I agree with your summary that qualitative research is often used to 'something I had a firm grasp on, mostly used when you have a more open study regarding a subject you want to dwell deeper into, with unforseen twists and turns.' And same to me, there are a lot of methods in qualitative research we are not that familiar with. I appreciate your explanation on “Auto driving”, which is very new and interesting to me. Thank you for your sharing. On the other side, you also made a great job on summarizing 'case study' that 'instead of adopting the new knowledge they used ad hoc hypothesis,case study in general is about an iterative process, providing a different perspective on how to create theory.' Well done!

10. http://stinazwahlen.blogspot.se/2015/10/post-seminar-theme-6-qualitative-and.html?showComment=1445799935078#c7498462939890452620

Hi Stina,

It's good that you discuss both qualitative research and case study in your reflection. I agree with you that subjectivity is definitely a quite common 'issue' for qualitative research, although it may be also unavoidable for other research too. For the case study, your example of the brain injure study is a very good one. It is quite easy to directly get what a case study mean as well as when a case study is needed. Also, you make a good point on 'It's important to also use a well-defined research question, and to explain in which context and what method is used' for case study. Lastly, your final summary is great, although there may be a small typo on 'quantitative'. Still, very good job! Thanks for sharing with us.