As many institutions switch to online delivery of studio courses, they often would like to provide video instructions and/or demonstrations especially for certain technical skills. Youtube is a reasonable resource for that, but may be difficult to predict in terms of quality, continuity of availability, legitimacy (intellectual property) or/and – in some contexts (e.g. China) – accessability.
(more…)Supporting Tools for Online Teaching
Other than those main tools needed to deliver an online class, and those related idrectly to specific course contents and creative practices, there are a number of small helper tools or support resources that may not be strictly necessary, but are simply nice to have, becasue they make life easier.
(more…)(Formative) Assessments Tools
In all educational contexts fair assessment is at the very heart of the contract between the student, the instructor and the institution; it’s supposed to allow both students and instructors to evaluate student’s concurrent standing in a particular subject matter in relation to particular institutional parameters. All parties involved accordingly rightfully expect assessment to be immanently objective, transparent, and thereby comprehensive.
(more…)Teaching Online
As would be expected teaching and learning online is different to teaching and learning in a traditional classroom setting; in particular transitioning from one to the other requires adaptation – and the exploration of very different tools and practices to achieve the best possible learning.
(more…)Online Communication & Collaboration
Clearly, Zoom (more information here) has exploded to become a leading platform for online teaching and learning as well as general online meetings in early 2020, but it is certainly not the only platform/tool available, it doesn’t offer all the functions liked and needed especially in creative studio courses, and recently it raised a series of security concerns.
(more…)Object Design: Tools and Resources
All of the following tools and resources for Objcet Design practices (incl. Product Design, Industrial Design etc.) are available online, most of them for free – though sometimes with limitations (e.g. time, number of downloads etc.).
(more…)Sculpture: Tools and Resources
All of the following tools and resources for Sculpture and other installation practices are available online, most of them for free – though sometimes with limitations (e.g. time, number of downloads etc.).
(more…)Photography: Tools and Resources
All of the following tools and resources for Photography are available online, most of them for free – though sometimes with limitations (e.g. time, number of downloads etc.).
(more…)Spatial Design: Tools and Resources
All of the following tools and resources for Spatial Design (incl. architecture, virtual space/exhibitions etc.) are available online, most of them for free – though sometimes with limitations (e.g. time, number of downloads etc.).
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