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Title:
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E-LEARNING FILLING THE GAPS WHERE STUDIOS ONCE STOOD? |
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Author(s):
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Lindsey Marshall , Marc Austin |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-77-5 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Studio, community, e-portfolio, communication, interaction. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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50 |
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Last Page:
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56 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Students of art and design have traditionally worked in a studio environment. Such an environment offers opportunities
for students to chat and socialize and in this process reflect on their work, that of others and learn from each other.
With the proliferation in the use of subject specific software, for example Photoshop, across art and design disciplines,
and specifically in Visual Communications, the studio culture has diminished with more students working on their own
computers, quite often at home (or with the advent of Wireless Fidelity or WIFI, anywhere). As a result of this, as they
become submerged in the software, students do not have as much casual dialogue with other students and staff or visual
sense of what their peers are doing.
In order to re-establish a sense of community, the use of e-portfolio is being developed in the School of Art and Design as
a means of interaction between students as well as between staff and students. This enables students to reflect on their
practice and their development, to have a sense of their purpose and belonging as well as the opportunity to learn from
each other. In other words, replacing traditional studio culture with another studio culture, online.
To some extent, as they become familiar with e-portfolio, students are driving the need for staff to include it in their
learning and teaching materials. Therefore, the development of e-portfolio in art and design enables a wider range of
learning and teaching methods alongside the development of an on-line studio environment that provides the opportunity
for reflection, interaction and both formal and informal learning. |
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