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  • Learning theory through collaboration, visualisation and audience presentation

    Author(s)
    McAuley, Mike
    Roxburgh, Mark
    Griffith University Author(s)
    McAuley, Mike
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    This study reports on a series of changes involving collaboration, visualisation and audience presentation which were incrementally added to a first year visual communication design theory course taught at the University of Newcastle, NSW. It will discuss novice, first year students' experience of collaborating with peers and also look at how visual media methods were used in the construction of a theoretical argument. It responds to previous observations that many of our students were not engaging with theory at a deep intrinsic level, writing essays that were motivated by the extrinsic demands of passing a course than ...
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    This study reports on a series of changes involving collaboration, visualisation and audience presentation which were incrementally added to a first year visual communication design theory course taught at the University of Newcastle, NSW. It will discuss novice, first year students' experience of collaborating with peers and also look at how visual media methods were used in the construction of a theoretical argument. It responds to previous observations that many of our students were not engaging with theory at a deep intrinsic level, writing essays that were motivated by the extrinsic demands of passing a course than actual fascination with the theoretical dimensions of design. In contrast, visual communication design students thrive in studio environments where collaboration and immersion in visual methods of working are the norm. We put forward here, the argued position that student learning of design theory can be enhanced through the incorporation of working methods commonly used in creative practice.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Design Research
    Volume
    13
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1504/JDR.2015.074149
    Subject
    Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design)
    Design Practice and Management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/172815
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