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Techno-Savvy Professionals in a Global MediaScape Niberca (Gigi) Polo:: Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for Design Adjunct Professor, College of Staten Island (CSI)
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de-humanized interactions
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de-humanized interactions
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de-humanized interactions
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problematic: current online teaching structures
Passive information transference
unilateral
exchange
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unilateral feedback loops
unilateral
exchange
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assessment: extrinsic motivators
unilateral
exchange
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Mobil i t y
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goals: Interactions: • Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing • Build a community driven by common interests, in and out of the virtual space, to expand professional networks
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goals: Everyday Creativity:
• Encourage wandering and serendipitous exploration as a medium for knowledge production • Use open-source technology and social media to enrich the learning experience
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goals: Assessment: • Peer to peer teaching and learning. • Self-reflection • Social Appropriateness (Amabile, 1982) as meaningful contributions to the world.
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Social Appropriateness: peer learning Creativity in Context
“If experts from a domain come to a concensus, it means the product is appropriate in that domain....Appropriateness is defined by social groups, and it’s culturally and historycally determined” Amabile, 1982, p.1010 niberca Polo ©2015
Keith Sawyer 8 Stages of the Creative Process
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Keith Sawyer 8 Stages of the Creative Process academic content
visual Research Research discussions Group Inspiration
Brainstorming Collaboration submit process documentation
Submit Work Group Critique
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popplet open source mindmaps
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Delft Design
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Source: https://www.edx.org/course/delft-design-approach-delftx-dda691x#.VPrXsHa5L8o
Delft Design
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Source: https://www.edx.org/course/delft-design-approach-delftx-dda691x#.VPrXsHa5L8o
relational Design
Source: http://www.relationaldesign.org
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paradigm shift:
Passive information transference unilateral
feedback loops
assessment: extrinsic motivators
content
engagement
peer learning self-reflection
ACtive information flows closed multi-dimensional feedback loops assessment: intrinsic motivators niberca Polo ©2015
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