How social is the virtual design studio?: A case study of a third year design studio

Jeremy J. Ham; Marc Aurel Schnabel

How social is the virtual design studio? A case study of a third year design studio

Jeremy J. Ham^*, Marc Aurel Schnabel^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

With the advent of social networks, it became apparent that the social aspect of designing and learning plays a crucial role in students' education. Technologies and skills are the base on which learners interact. The ease of communication, leadership opportunity, democratic interaction, teamwork, and the sense of community are some of the aspects that are now in the centre of design interaction. The paper examines Virtual Design Studios (VDS) that used media-rich platforms and analyses the influence the social aspect plays in solving all problems on the sample of a design studio at Deakin University. It studies the effectiveness of the generated social intelligence and explores the facilitation of students' self-directed learning. Hereby the paper studies the construction of knowledge via social interaction and how blended learning environments foster motivation and information exchange. It presents its finding based on VDS that were held over the past three years.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Beyond Codes and Pixels
Subtitle of host publication	17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA
Editors	Thomas Fischer, Kaustuv De Biswas, Jeremy J Ham, Ryusuke Naka, Weixin Huang
Pages	173-182
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - Apr 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012 - Chennai, India Duration: 25 Apr 2012 → 28 Apr 2012

Publication series

Name	Beyond Codes and Pixels - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012
Country/Territory	India
City	Chennai
Period	25/04/12 → 28/04/12

Keywords

Design education
Problem-based learning
SNVDS
Social intelligence
Social learning
VDS

Cite this

Ham, J. J., & Schnabel, M. A. (2012). How social is the virtual design studio? A case study of a third year design studio. In T. Fischer, K. De Biswas, J. J. Ham, R. Naka, & W. Huang (Eds.), Beyond Codes and Pixels : 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA (pp. 173-182). (Beyond Codes and Pixels - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012).

Ham, Jeremy J. ; Schnabel, Marc Aurel. / How social is the virtual design studio? A case study of a third year design studio. Beyond Codes and Pixels : 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA . editor / Thomas Fischer ; Kaustuv De Biswas ; Jeremy J Ham ; Ryusuke Naka ; Weixin Huang. 2012. pp. 173-182 (Beyond Codes and Pixels - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012).

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Ham, JJ & Schnabel, MA 2012, How social is the virtual design studio? A case study of a third year design studio. in T Fischer, K De Biswas, JJ Ham, R Naka & W Huang (eds), Beyond Codes and Pixels : 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA . Beyond Codes and Pixels - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012, pp. 173-182, 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012, Chennai, India, 25/04/12.

How social is the virtual design studio? A case study of a third year design studio. / Ham, Jeremy J.; Schnabel, Marc Aurel.
Beyond Codes and Pixels : 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA . ed. / Thomas Fischer; Kaustuv De Biswas; Jeremy J Ham; Ryusuke Naka; Weixin Huang. 2012. p. 173-182 (Beyond Codes and Pixels - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2012).

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