Reflection

Reflections

GLA 612 was a very different class for me so far. I enrolled for this class with an intention of

developing my writing skills for better communication of my design and thoughts. I had aa

wonderful experience, thank you Jarrod.

Coming to the research part of the class, I really learnt a lot on the process of research. In

my bachelors, for my dissertation and thesis it was all about the formality of the research report

and less importance given to the actual processing of information and synthesizing it. The

reading process was a very helpful part of the syllabus for me particularly. I never made a habit

of noting down or marking parts of literature unless it was notes to be studied. I found that part

particularly helpful. In general, I had imagined the research process to be a rigid one, where you

fixate on a research question and go out of the way to answer it. But through this class I realized

sometimes when you get into working on it, the research question could handle some tweaking

to serve my purpose of the research process. I looked at it as a process that should have a

volume large enough to get a doctorate, but the examples you showed how you did a research

on the mathematician just as a hobby. This was inspiring since I believe that finding information

to learn more about a subject is my strength and an activity, I don’t feel burdened to do.

My secondary research was a successful one for me. I did spend a lot of time looking for

different validated literature sources. The course did teach me efficient methods of looking out

for information.

The challenging part for me was formulating an observation study plan. I was unsure how to

carry it forward. But with suggestions and ideas from peers and Jarrod I could come up with a

good plan within the given available resource situation. Given the COVID-19 situation and non-

availability of many e-books, I did initially struggle a bit in gathering literature for secondary

research. But as time passed, I could put together a pretty good number of sources which gave

good quality information.

As a researcher I am looking forward to conduct these timely small research every time I’m

intrigued with topics related to light, colour design as well as yoga which is my hobby. I realized

creating a plan and a framework really helps moving forward and put information together in a

legible manner.

Thank you, Jarrod, for making the class feel like cruised in calm waters. The activities planned for

every class were very helpful in grasping concepts and was easier to work on assignments and

other submissions. Apart from this, I did have a great set of classmates who were friendly,

motivating and good at work which helped pushing me to reach better quality of work. Since

most of them were from graphic design background, I did learn a few new things about the

design world. Their research questions were informative about a variety of topics. Thank you and

grateful for a wonderful class amidst that chaotic outside world.