Building Connections: Reflection and Lessons Learned from Our Community-Based Research Project

 

Through this community-based research (CBR) project, I have learned a lot about how to study real-life problems in the community. I learned how to use research methods and work with the community to collect important information. Working on the web design was also a great experience because I manage to improve my previous skills on how to make websites that are easy to use and show information clearly. This project also showed me how important it is to work together as a team, because everyone has different skills and ideas to share. In the end, this project helped me get better at both research and web design while also learning how to involve the community better.

One of the problems I faced was making sure the web design looks good and is easy to use for many different people. It was hard to balance making the website fun to look at and making sure it was easy to navigate. Another problem was getting enough good data for the research, since working with the community took a lot of time. These problems made the project harder, but I tried to stay focused on what we needed to do and keep working.

To fix these problems, I worked closely with my group to make sure everyone understood what we were doing. For the web design, I asked for feedback from the group, and I made changes to the website based on what they said. I also researched how to fix technical issues to make sure the website was working properly. For the research, I make sure we were getting the right data to prevent presenting misleading data. Moving forward, I will keep working on improving my web development skills and try to plan my time better to handle both the research and the design part of the project.