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Type: | Conference paper |
Title: | Digital design and student learning through videoconference collaboration |
Author: | McCarthy, J. |
Citation: | ICT: Providing choices for learners and learning. Proceedings ascilite Singapore 2007, Centre for Educational Development, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2-5 December / R. J. Atkinson, C. McBeath, S. K. A. Soong and C. Cheers (eds.): pp.652-655 |
Publisher: | Nanyang Technological University |
Publisher Place: | Singapore |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISBN: | 9789810595784 |
Conference Name: | Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (24th : 2007 : Singapore) |
Editor: | Ron Oliver, |
Statement of Responsibility: | Joshua McCarthy |
Abstract: | This paper reports on a pilot study involving a long distance learning experiment between the University of Adelaide and Penn State University through a six-week videoconference program. The program involved staff and students from digital media courses within each University, including Dr Dean Bruton, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at The University of Adelaide, and Associate Professor Madis Pihlak, Director of The Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Penn State University. Using Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for teaching digital design processes has many advantages and disadvantages. Instant communication between groups and individuals across the world, defies the barrier of distance. Interdisciplinary exploration and collaborative action allow the expansion of design curriculum possibilities and the sharing of information and experience, while technical skills and standards rise as students find new levels of potential in response to more diverse audiences. Disadvantages with such design experiments include time differences between two continents, technical constraints and the availability of technical assistance. The project was largely successful, evident through positive feedback from staff and students, and the emergent relationship between the two schools. Through this pilot study, and the resulting research, new possibilities are now being explored, including crosscontinental design collaboration with design schools in Canada, Malaysia and India. The University of Adelaide, has supported the project by supplying a AUS$48 000 grant to purchase the test equipment, used in the pilot study, and establish a dedicated videoconference facility. |
Description: | The document attached has been archived with permission from the copyright holder. |
Rights: | Copyright © 2007 Joshua McCarthy |
Description (link): | http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/ |
Published version: | http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/mccarthy.pdf |
Appears in Collections: | Architecture publications Aurora harvest 6 |
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