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Add a discussion on "discomfort" at the end of the lesson

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Description

At the STRUDEL Contributor Workshop the curriculum team were brainstorming how *uncomfortable* it feels to engage in user experience research. In particular, we were highlighting how hard it is to *make decisions under uncertainty*.

A suggestion for the lesson is to finish with a discussion about how uncomfortable making decisions based on short conversations with a small group of users might feel to a research scientist / research software engineer. The instructor notes could have a few examples of where they have had to prioritize one piece of work over another when both were asked for by users.

Our idea is that it will help the participants at the event to see that they are not alone in finding these activities challenging. The goal is that they leave empowered to implement rapid user testing in their project *even though* they're feeling unsure 🫂

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Locate the lesson and its instructor notes in the rapid-usability-tutorial repository, then read the lesson ending and existing discussion guidance first. Add a closing discussion about discomfort and decisions under uncertainty, with prioritization examples in the instructor notes; done means the lesson ends with this activity and supports the stated workshop goal.

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Assessment

Domain
content, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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