Category Archives: Reviews
Preparing visually literate learners, notes from some articles
The Educator’s Role in Preparing Visually Literate Learners Susan E. Metros (2008) Metros gives us a good background on how our culture has become dependant on the visual -visual literacy: capacity to communicate instantly and universally. -advances in technology fueled … Continue reading
GRC June 08
Graduate Research Conference June 08 This was my 2nd GRC presentation but officially my 3rd. My next presentation is my penultimate. For some reason I was not that nervous. I think it went quite well and my examiners thought so … Continue reading
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More Clive Dilnot
… theory into the process and final delivery. Dilnot states that in order for knowledge through design to become knowledge there needs to be a translation. An exegesis. Does it really? I’ve seen projects at a final examination that “speak … Continue reading
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Practice based design and Academe–a critique
Recently, I stubbled upon an interesting article critiquing the very values of practice based research, specifically, research through design. Prof. Terry Rosenberg in “Designs on Critical Practice?” describes how design and other creative practices are being forced into academia’s “mould” … Continue reading
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The Boyer Commision Report
Through my past scrambling of information for the conference abstract I came upon a report concerning the needed changes in undergraduate education. The Boyer Commission, are a group of scientists, educators and designers who have come together to offer some … Continue reading
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Levels of thinking about teaching (Part 2)
Biggs, j. Teaching for Quality Learning at University. 1999 The Society for Research into Higher Education.Levels of Thinking about Teaching In this chapter Biggs explains three levels of teaching ‘theories’ that a teacher tends to go through in their careers. … Continue reading
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Levels of thinking about teaching (Part 1)
Biggs, j. Teaching for Quality Learning at University. 1999 The Society for Research into Higher Education. Levels of Thinking about Teaching In this chapter Biggs explains three levels of teaching ‘theories’ that a teacher tends to go through in their … Continue reading
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Assessment in Graphic Design Learning Experiences
Reflections from the conference paper “Using Assessment to Engage Graphic design Students in their Learning Experience”, Debra Ehmann, Swinburne University of Technology. This paper generally discusses how the use of assessment in graphic design pedagogy can help create a link … Continue reading
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Educational Concepts for Design Lecturers
In this paper Darrall Thompson from UTS, Sydney discusses the design of learning environments for design courses. It is particularly interesting to me in this stage of my research because it touches on some approaches to learning which might have … Continue reading
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Review: Design education
Design Schools 101Ellen ShapiroPrint, March 2004. This article covers an overview of some challenges that are being faced now in graphic design education. Shapiro, quite frankly states the openness of discussion of this topic with various higher educations design institutions. … Continue reading
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