Online design education: Searching for a middle ground

IF 1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI:10.1177/1474022218758231

Katja Fleischmann

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Abstract

At its heart, design is a studio-based discipline, which makes it difficult for design educators to adopt technology-driven changes into an online teaching and learning environment. Globally, few universities offer online undergraduate degree design courses, despite an overall growth in online higher degree curricula. Anecdotal evidence and limited research studies exploring the design educators’ view lament the potential loss of direct interactions between educator and design students in an online learning environment making it impossible to offer design education online. However, the attitude of design students towards online learning is largely underexplored. Given that today’s design students are considered tech-savvy, and there is a growing student demand for flexible study options, it would seem that design students would embrace online delivery options. The aim of this study is to explore the perception of undergraduate design students towards the idea of studying design online and whether or not blended learning could provide a transitional middle ground to a fully online design course. This study also touches on any student reservations about online delivery and identifies the barriers to study design online.

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在线设计教育：寻找中间地带

从本质上讲，设计是一门以工作室为基础的学科，这使得设计教育者很难将技术驱动的变化应用到在线教学环境中。在全球范围内，很少有大学提供在线本科学位设计课程，尽管在线高等学位课程总体上有所增长。轶事证据和有限的研究探讨了设计教育者的观点，哀叹在线学习环境中教育者和设计学生之间直接互动的潜在损失，这使得在线设计教育不可能提供。然而，设计专业学生对在线学习的态度在很大程度上还没有得到充分的研究。考虑到今天的设计专业学生被认为是精通技术的，而且学生对灵活学习选择的需求越来越大，设计专业的学生似乎会接受在线授课的选择。本研究的目的是探讨本科设计专业学生对在线学习设计的看法，以及混合学习是否可以提供一个过渡的中间地带，以完全在线设计课程。这项研究还触及了学生对在线教学的任何保留意见，并确定了在线学习设计的障碍。

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期刊介绍： Arts and Humanities in Higher Education seeks to: Publish high quality articles that bring critical research to the fore and stimulate debate. Serve the community of arts and humanities educators internationally, by publishing significant opinion and research into contemporary issues of teaching and learning within the domain. These will include enquiries into policy, the curriculum and appropriate forms of assessment, as well as developments in method such as electronic modes of scholarship and course delivery.