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Virtual Proximity: \
Techno-Savvy Professionals in a Global MediaScape
Niberca (Gigi) Polo:: Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for DesignAdjunct Professor, College of Staten Island (CSI) [email protected] |@niberca | @madlygifted
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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
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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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SocialAppropriateness: peer learningCreativity 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
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Keith Sawyer 8 Stages of the Creative Process
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Keith Sawyer 8 Stages of the Creative Process
visual Research
BrainstormingCollaboration
discussions
academic content
submit process documentation
Submit WorkGroup Critique
GroupInspiration
Research
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poppletopen source mindmaps
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Delft Design
Source: https://www.edx.org/course/delft-design-approach-delftx-dda691x#.VPrXsHa5L8o
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Delft Design
Source: https://www.edx.org/course/delft-design-approach-delftx-dda691x#.VPrXsHa5L8o
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relational Design
Source: http://www.relationaldesign.org
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Passive information transference
ACtive information flows
closed multi-dimensional feedback loops
unilateral feedback loops
assessment:extrinsic motivators
assessment:intrinsic motivators
paradigm shift:
content
engagement
peer learningself-reflection
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