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babl. Express Yourself–Around the World.
babl. Express Yourself–Around the World.
A summary of our final presentation from Graduate Design Studio II, Spring 2017
Allison Huang
May 15, 2017
04/26–05/09 THE MAKING
04/26–05/09 THE MAKING
Two weeks of execution and hands down work.
Ashlesha Dhotey
May 9, 2017
04/17–04/24 Choosing Flows and Forms
04/17–04/24 Choosing Flows and Forms
In this making phase, we’ve mostly been making decisions about how a user could interact with our system and what that interface looks…
Allison Huang
Apr 28, 2017
04/12 Stage 4: Evaluative Research
04/12 Stage 4: Evaluative Research
Presentation & Feedback
Ashlesha Dhotey
Apr 16, 2017
04/04 Concept Refinement
04/04 Concept Refinement
The storm after the body-storming session.
Ashlesha Dhotey
Apr 15, 2017
04/15 Envisioning Technology & Motivation
04/15 Envisioning Technology & Motivation
Today our team focused on the technology detail of BABL and how might motivation can be exchanged between learners and native speakers.
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Apr 15, 2017
04/06- 04/08 Evaluative Workshops
04/06- 04/08 Evaluative Workshops
We conducted evaluative workshops with 5 participants. We used paper prototypes and sketches to walk our participants through the…
Ashlesha Dhotey
Apr 11, 2017
04/03 Body-storming
04/03 Body-storming
It was an eye opening exercise for us.
Ashlesha Dhotey
Apr 11, 2017
04/03 Envisioning “Shared Reality”
04/03 Envisioning “Shared Reality”
Today we sketched the overall language learner’s journey and discussed what kind of prototypes we need for the next evaluative research…
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Apr 3, 2017
03/28 Personas
03/28 Personas
During Research Methods this morning, we began to develop personas for our projects after a lecture from Bruce. We came up with four main…
Allison Huang
Mar 28, 2017
03/25–26 Speed Dating and Choosing One Concept
03/25–26 Speed Dating and Choosing One Concept
In preparation for yesterday’s speed dating exercise, each of us created one storyboard for each concept area we presented at the end of…
Allison Huang
Mar 26, 2017
03/08 Stage 3: Generative Research
03/08 Stage 3: Generative Research
Presentation & Feedback
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Mar 19, 2017
03/07 Workshop with Amy Ogan from HCII
03/07 Workshop with Amy Ogan from HCII
Today I visited Amy’s office to do generative design workshop with her. Since Amy is an expert in learning experiences and education…
Eunjung Paik
Mar 7, 2017
2/28–3/03 Generative Design Workshops
2/28–3/03 Generative Design Workshops
On Tuesday, we visited Duolingo office in Pittsburgh with some of our interview questions and various materials to conduct design workshop…
Eunjung Paik
Mar 5, 2017
03/04 Generative Research Synthesis
03/04 Generative Research Synthesis
After a team lunch with Chinese takeout, we got down to the business of synthesizing what we learned from our research workshops so far…
Allison Huang
Mar 5, 2017
02/21–02/26 Planning activities for generative workshops
02/21–02/26 Planning activities for generative workshops
The biggest effort in planning a generative workshop was to schedule people for it and manage their times and schedules. We were able to…
Ashlesha Dhotey
Mar 3, 2017
2/28–3/02 Planning Generative Workshops
2/28–3/02 Planning Generative Workshops
On Friday, we are hosting two generative workshops: one with two language professors and one with four language learners. (We unfortunately…
Allison Huang
Mar 2, 2017
2/27 Generative Research w/Duolingo
2/27 Generative Research w/Duolingo
Thanks to Molly, we had a chance to visit Duolingo office and met Myra, a lead community specialist and Aya & Vivian, product designers. We…
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Feb 28, 2017
02/15 Stage 2: Exploratory Research
02/15 Stage 2: Exploratory Research
Presentation & Feedback
Allison Huang
Feb 17, 2017
2/12 Interview with Sarah
Today I met Mackenzie’s roommate, Sarah, and listened to her immersive cultural experience in Zambia. As a Peace Corps medical staff, she…
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Feb 13, 2017
02/11 Exploratory Research Synthesis
02/11 Exploratory Research Synthesis
Findings & Design Principles
Allison Huang
Feb 13, 2017
02/06 Interview with Julia
02/06 Interview with Julia
Works as a language tutor for GPLC- Greater Pittsburgh Literature Council
Ashlesha Dhotey
Feb 12, 2017
2/09 Spanish Conversation Class
2/09 Spanish Conversation Class
Allison and I attended a Spanish conversation class held at Carnegie Public Library. Unlike other observation, we had to join the…
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Feb 11, 2017
02/07 Interview with Leah & Stacie
To understand how people learn and practice a second language in immersive environment, I interviewed Leah and Stacie and listened to their…
Nurie Agnes Jeong
Feb 11, 2017
02/10 Interview with Candace Skibba
02/10 Interview with Candace Skibba
Professor of Hispanic Studies and Applied Second Language Acquisition
Allison Huang
Feb 11, 2017
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