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  • Creative Camaraderie: Promoting a shared design culture for staff and students

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    Loy, Jennifer
    Ancher, Simon
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    Loy, Jennifer
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    One of the changes to University education in recent years has been an increase in learning flexibility for students. Modular programming has allowed students to not only customize their learning, but also to study in a variety of part time patterns. Whilst there have been many positive benefits of this arrangement, one of the negative consequences has been a loss of the camaraderie that students - and staff - benefit from when working with a consistent cohort, on a prescribed program in a studio engendered design culture. Lecturers have had to become more imaginative in providing opportunities for both students and staff ...
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    One of the changes to University education in recent years has been an increase in learning flexibility for students. Modular programming has allowed students to not only customize their learning, but also to study in a variety of part time patterns. Whilst there have been many positive benefits of this arrangement, one of the negative consequences has been a loss of the camaraderie that students - and staff - benefit from when working with a consistent cohort, on a prescribed program in a studio engendered design culture. Lecturers have had to become more imaginative in providing opportunities for both students and staff to become engaged with the program and actively identify with its values. The imperative to foster this loyalty increases as retention becomes more of an issue, programs compete for students and students become more discerning in directing their educational pathways. Lecturers need to look to innovative ways to connect with their students irrespective of their fragmented patterns of study, help the students connect with each other - both within the cohort and between years - and encourage the students to see themselves as part of an overall discipline area. Umbrella projects and extra curricular initiatives can sidestep the confines of modularized learning and provide staff and students with a shared design experience. This paper outlines alternative approaches by two University design departments in using the same external event to foster design culture, a sense of identity for students and staff and reinforce the values of their programs.
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    Conference Title
    15th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Conference
    Publisher URI
    http://www.designsociety.org/publication/34768/creative_camaraderie_promoting_a_shared_design_culture_for_staff_and_students
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 The Design Society. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the authors.
    Subject
    Industrial Design
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/57699
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