Online Design Education: Its Availability, Viability, Advantages, and Disadvantages
Abstract: Today, the impact of information and communication technologies on education field is ever more clarified with the integration of new methods and learning environments. Besides education of theoretical disciplines, education of practice based disciplines, like design related disciplines are moving toward virtual environments one of which is Industrial Design (ID) (product design) education. This study aims to explore and scrutinize distance ID education. By this study, it is expected to shed light to the design educators and the educational systems’ developers, for designing these environments. At the end of this research, it is concluded that it is not possible to imagine a future of ID education without technology integration. However, it would be better to apply both technological and traditional methods in higher education rather than making it thoroughly distance.
Presider: Li-Ling Chen, California State University at East Bay