Motivation: The Start of an Adventure
In every adventure, there is always an end goal, like finding a treasure or defeating a villain, that drives the hero to begin and endure their journey. Motivation is the feeling at the beginning of an adventure that inspires a hero to complete an adventure to achieve a goal. Human motivation is the driving force […]
Memory: That’s deep.
You were 18 years old and writing your first ever final exam of university. You had three sharpened yellow pencils, one blue ballpoint pen, your student ID, a metal reusable bottle of water, and an apple to keep your energy levels up. You were so nervous that your sweaty palms smeared the ink as you […]
Human centered approach for e-Learning
With the emergence of e-Learning as an alternative to the traditional classroom setting, education has become highly accessible, affordable and convenient. e-Learning has the potential to be applied in many different learning settings, and has shown to be equally as effective as traditional learning environments. However, a major limitation to e-Learning is learner retention and […]
Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease
Although I may be a little late on the trend of national #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth in January, it’s never too late to talk about something with such a huge impact on our population (much like the #BellLetsTalk mental health campaign, which I’m also behind on). In case you’re not familiar with Alzheimer’s Disease, it is a neurodegenerative disease […]
How might we establish better recycling habits at home? OpenIDEO
I’ve been always a big fan of OpenIDEO’s projects, but I am particularly excited about this topic. How might we establish better recycling habits at home? Recycling is beneficial to the environment and society. Yes, this is a premise. However, there are not many ways to know what happens after we make an effort to […]
Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation
http://plusacumen.org/courses/hcd-for-social-innovation/ I have been participating this Acumen workshop with 4 other awesome team members. Our backgrounds are diverse: Design, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, IT, etc… The topic we choose among 3 is: how might we provide healthier food options for people in need of them? Since we want to localize the topic, our modified topic has […]
Thoughts on Information Architecture
Thoughts on Information Architecture It is difficult to define the meaning of Information Architecture because the term is used in a variety of disciplines. For example, IA for web development is very different from IA for enterprise architecture, which complicates its definition. From designers’ point of view, IA is an inevitable process that we have […]
OpenIDEO: How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline?
A new challenge in OpenIDEO! How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline? Challenge Brief OpenIDEO has partnered with Steelcase to explore the topic of revitalising struggling cities around the world. Together we’re looking to design solutions – from entrepreneurship and education to community mobilisation and campaigns – that reinvigorate and […]