Thursday 29 January 2009

Supervision meeting

Supervision Meeting for Nothando Ngwenya on the 29th of January 2008 at 3:30pm in BL167.

Present: NN, SM and Nardia Corp observing

1) We had a brief discussion on the guidelines I have done so far. Stella advised to look at the user profiles in more depth and match their needs to the guidelines.
2) We looked at the templates that are used on blogger.com. We decided it would be better to select the templates that are in sync with the guidelines. Participants would then be advised to use the selected templates.
3) We also discussed on the use of colours for the website. I will need to research into colours and their associative emotions for the design guidelines.
4) Next meeting will be on Monday 11th of February at 10:00am




Things to do by next meeting
1) Read on safety critical systems for interface design.
2) Research into cognitive load and computer use
3) Design the website prototype

Friday 9 January 2009

Supervision meeting

Supervision Meeting for Nothando Ngwenya on the 9th of January 2009 at 14:30pm in Paul’s Office, BL167.

Present: NN, SM, PK, and NLM


1) We discussed feedback on the Methodology chapter. PK advised to give careful attention to the titles and headings of sections.
2) We all agreed that I should work on the layout of the chapter and rearrange the ethical section to include research ethics and how their impact on internet research
3) PK advised on how to make the chapter flow better by always telling the reader what they will read and where to find specific information within the chapter or thesis.
4) We also agreed that the chapter was too dense and needed some diagrammatical and pictorial illustrations to break up the text and make it less boring. The chapter should include a table or flowchart with justifications of my chosen methodologies and paradigm.
5) We then discussed the preliminary analysis of the first study from the hospices on the response rate. A clearer table is needed to indicate the source and the interviewee and the frequency of the codes.
6) NN to condense the categories into the themes and its sub categories which will then be confirmed and validated by both supervisors and Nick before I start writing up
7) We also briefly discussed on the time schedule and career progression.
8) We decided to continue this discussion of job applications at a later date when I have finished data collection and completed the first complete draft of the thesis.



Things to do by next meeting

1) NN to condense the categories into the themes and its sub categories on a tree diagram