Week 12: Personal Case Study Video

During the first module of the UX Design master program, we were always encouraged to reflect on our learning process and be mindful of our goals, which is a practice that allows me to focus on the skills I need to hone and the things I need to learn to grow professionally. In this lastContinue

Week 12: Upcoming Module – UX Design

As part of this week’s challenge activity, we were invited to take two steps towards our preparation for the upcoming module and the future of our studies. The first step was to review the UX Design module content to understand the next module’s purpose, the learning outcomes, and prepare for the assessments ahead. Image 1:Continue

Week 11: Personal Branding

According to personalbrand.com, the first step to developing your personal brand is understanding the difference between personal brand and personal branding. A personal brand is everything that identifies you as a professional. It describes your value and uniqueness, your experience and expertise, and your work ethics. A personal brand is how others perceive you asContinue

Week 10: Agile Practice

What does it mean to be agile? If you search for the meaning of the word agile, you will find definitions such as quick movements, a quick and adaptable character (Merriam-Webster, n.d.), or the ability to respond quickly and effectively to changes (Cambridge Dictionary, n.d.). When translating these definitions to the professional practice, whether itContinue

Week 9: Communities of Practice

You can define communities of practice as a group of people who exchange ideas, knowledge, and passion on a shared interest centered in a specific industry, activity, or topic. Shared learning can take place through get-togethers or online forums and are usually informal. The people who participate in these groups are interested in deepening theirContinue

Week 9: Rapid Ideation session exercise #2 (pt.2) – Wireframe results and key learning points

Like I mentioned before in my blog, Josh and I had similar goals for this exercise, and for that reason, I think it was so easy to get along. Also, we both were receptive to each other ideas and were interested in knowing each other a bit more. None of us were too strict orContinue

Week 8: Research

It took me a while to get started on this theme, in part because I was concentrating on finishing the second rapid ideation artifact. Also, I aim to be concise on this week’s learning outcomes rather than getting too deep into the user research subject since we’ll have a full module dedicated to this themeContinue

Week 7: Version Control

Version control is a digital asset management system that allows different team members to organize files over time, track changes, and work on the same files without interrupting others’ work progress. It also enables team members to revert changes and go back to earlier versions of a file. (Onejohi, 2020). As a graphic designer, savingContinue

Week 6: Restrospective

This week was set in our calendars as a “catch up week”. As intended, I’m using it to update my blog and reflect on the first rapid ideation session results , as well as outline some SMART Goals and identify the most dominant reflective domains in my reflective writing. It’s been wonderful to have someContinue

Week 6: Rapid Ideation session exercise #1 (pt.2) – Wireframe results and key learning points

For the first time since I began my studies, I found balancing work, life, trying to keep up with my blog, and working on these weeks’ assignment a bit challenging. Not necessarily because of workload, but mainly because of two reasons: self-doubt and not knowing how to prioritize my tasks correctly. Self-doubt. I think designingContinue