E-Learning: Design Opportunities at Home Part 1

Rubric Matrix

Ideation

Shape Borrowing

Shape borrowing is using common shapes like Rectangle, Triangle, Circles into our design. Although this shapes are pretty simple and looks childish to most people. By incorporating this shapes into our current designs, they don't look childish and they look pleasing for the eyes.

S.C.A.M.P.E.R.

S.C.A.M.P.E.R. can let our creativity juices flow and could make us think of how can we improve our product. We can improve our product by using S.C.A.M.P.E.R. . We can enhance it in its functions; Making it simpler for the user to use it. We can also enhance it in design by using the shape borrowing method, or replacing it.

Design Appreciation

2 Good design products

Source

It is good design as it is able to blend the coffee and the design enables the user to grip the coffee maker firmly and pour the coffee into the cup

Source

It is good design as it is light, convenient and the design is eye-catching

2 Badly-designed products

Source

The design is bad due to the material of the shoes. On a rainy day, the shoes will cause the user to slip and fall and it could get stuck in the gap of the escalators.

Source

The buttons are small and they are difficult for an average user to press the button and the user might often press the wrong button due to the size of it

ADMT Poster

What have i learnt from this lesson?

I have learn that we can take photos from a different perspective and photos must have a main focus. To tell an audience a message using a picture. The picture must also be clear

Challenge Based Learning - Transportation

Whats the big idea? Transportation

Essential Questions

• Which part of the country has the most catchment area?
• The maximum possible capacity of the trains
• The frequency of the buses
• The schedule of the buses/trains
• The locations of the bus stops
• The proximity to developments around the area
• Provisions for future stations
• Easing load crunch
• Overcrowding
• Signaling of trains
• Distance in between stations
• Ways to increase capacity
• Buying higher-capacity buses
• Increasing bus fleet

The Challenge

• Moving the most amount of people from Point A to Point B the fastest way

Action

• Improving frequency
• Spreading passengers equally over a region
• Creating alternatives for passengers
• Creating more cross-platform interchanges
• Increase convenience to the nearest bus stop/LRT/MRT station

Assessment

• People moving from Point A to Point B will be a faster and more convenient journey

Publishing

• Online Forums

Challenge Based Learning - Water

Whats the big idea? Water

Essential questions :

• What is water?
• Why do we need it?
• Who uses it?
• What can we do with it?
• Where can we find it?
• How can we use it?

The Challenge

• How do we conserve water yet not affect our lifestyle?

The action

• Not leaving the running water on while brushing your teeth
• Bath for a shorter period of time
• When washing a car, use a pail instead of a hose

Assessment

• Water bills will be cheaper as a result of lesser water consumption
• Less water would have to be treated for drinking

Publishing

• On Social networking sites.