Art Design Media Learning and Teaching Projects 2011-12 - Progress Reports

This year’s successful ADM-HEA project holders are focussing their attention on three key themes: better teaching; flexible learning and graduates with impact. The projects incorporate a broad range of aspects of art, design and media undergraduate, and post-graduate, programmes, principally: interdisciplinary considerations of game design (Institute of Arts, Media and Computer Games, University of Abertay, Dundee); community broadcasting (Media School, Bournemouth University); studio pedagogies (Faculty of Design, Media & Management, Bucks New University); the use of screen casting in fashion and textiles courses (Faculty of Art and Design, Fashion and Textiles, De Montfort University); and online curating and international collaboration for design students (Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston University). 

The projects are nearing completion and the full reports will be published in Networks 17.  In preparation for this we asked the project holders to assess the work undertaken so far. The project holders responded to a series of questions in order to evaluate progress, identify emerging themes and detail what they considered to be successful, sustainable, outcomes. 

We are delighted to publish their responses here:

Facilitating interdisciplinary learning and innovation in games art education
Institute of Arts, Media and Computer Games, University of Abertay, Dundee
Lynn Parker and Robin Sloan

The Community Hub: Bournemouth University
Media School, Bournemouth University
Sue Wallace and Jo Tyler

Challenges to learning and teaching relations in higher education studio environments
Faculty of Design, Media & Management, Bucks New University
Alison Shreeve and Ray Batchelor

Development and evaluation of the use of screen casts as a supplement to Computer Aided Design teaching in Fashion and Textiles
Faculty of Art and Design, Fashion and Textiles, De Montfort University
Carolyn Hardaker and Gina Rushin

Connecting Contemporary Designers: building online practice
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston University
Catherine McDermott

Further information about the projects and project holders is available at: www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/networks/networks-spring-2011/projects/art-design-media-learning-and-teaching-projects-2011-12 

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