by Chad Powell
For academic purposes only.
Showing posts with label Peace Corps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peace Corps. Show all posts
11.04.2009
Peace Corps: Persona
by Chad Powell
For academic purposes only.
User: Paul Harris
-Engineering major
-Graduated from Michigan State University
-Looking to start his masters program
-Schools that offer Masters International and what they rank in education standards
-Interested in further his education in civic engineering
-Heard about programs in Africa, trying to find one that suites him
-Interested in places to visit, vacation, site-seeing
-Populations density
-Language barriers
-culture and beliefs present
-number of volunteers specific site is looking for
Goal:
-Finding volunteer opportunity that specializes in the Engineering field in Africa
-Finding masters programs in line with Peace Corps Volunteering that will not only help develop him as a person, but will also help develop his skills as an engineer.
Motivators:
-Resume builder/people skills
-Traveling
-Community Service
-Furthering education while helping
-Meeting new people
-Learn the fundamentals of engineering through the eyes of another country, and maybe that countries obstacles.
Problem Setting:
-Picking a school that offers a engineering volunteer program
-Passing GRE
-Too much information / unorganized
-Program needs ground points
-Cost of GRE test / studying supplies
-Finding a program that is at a university with a prestigious reputation
-These problems could stop someone from wanting to volunteer
-1000 other things that they could possibly be doing.
-Easier to look for jobs, other experience builders.
-Explain why this program is better then just going to a university
for two years.
Online Affordances:
-Cutting out needless information
-Layout is key and necessary for easy navigation
-Having videos of other engineer students who have went through the program (what they liked, didn't like, best school, etc)
-Maybe making a section of the website easily specific to a certain "type" of volunteer (ie. Engineering student/graduate)
-Making a map of locations & how to apply there (which locations
are best for engineering and what countries are most progressive
with engineering)
-Maybe a section is dedicated to majors & programs that would help that field of study (specific type of engineering that the student is focusing on, or even just options of all of them)
For academic purposes only.
User: Paul Harris
-Engineering major
-Graduated from Michigan State University
-Looking to start his masters program
-Schools that offer Masters International and what they rank in education standards
-Interested in further his education in civic engineering
-Heard about programs in Africa, trying to find one that suites him
-Interested in places to visit, vacation, site-seeing
-Populations density
-Language barriers
-culture and beliefs present
-number of volunteers specific site is looking for
Goal:
-Finding volunteer opportunity that specializes in the Engineering field in Africa
-Finding masters programs in line with Peace Corps Volunteering that will not only help develop him as a person, but will also help develop his skills as an engineer.
Motivators:
-Resume builder/people skills
-Traveling
-Community Service
-Furthering education while helping
-Meeting new people
-Learn the fundamentals of engineering through the eyes of another country, and maybe that countries obstacles.
Problem Setting:
-Picking a school that offers a engineering volunteer program
-Passing GRE
-Too much information / unorganized
-Program needs ground points
-Cost of GRE test / studying supplies
-Finding a program that is at a university with a prestigious reputation
-These problems could stop someone from wanting to volunteer
-1000 other things that they could possibly be doing.
-Easier to look for jobs, other experience builders.
-Explain why this program is better then just going to a university
for two years.
Online Affordances:
-Cutting out needless information
-Layout is key and necessary for easy navigation
-Having videos of other engineer students who have went through the program (what they liked, didn't like, best school, etc)
-Maybe making a section of the website easily specific to a certain "type" of volunteer (ie. Engineering student/graduate)
-Making a map of locations & how to apply there (which locations
are best for engineering and what countries are most progressive
with engineering)
-Maybe a section is dedicated to majors & programs that would help that field of study (specific type of engineering that the student is focusing on, or even just options of all of them)
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