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Distance Education For Interior Design: A Needs Assessment
Author(s) -
AH Yousri,
DiCicco David B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of interior design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1939-1668
pISSN - 1071-7641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1668.1995.tb00218.x
Subject(s) - interior design , distance education , curriculum , interactivity , engineering management , resource (disambiguation) , engineering , mathematics education , medical education , engineering ethics , pedagogy , computer science , sociology , psychology , multimedia , architectural engineering , medicine , computer network
ISSUE: By the year 2000, over 50% of all college students will be non‐traditional, that is, over 25 years old, married, and working. Traditional higher education delivery systems limit non‐traditional students' access to education. Distance education offers an opportunity for increased access to higher education for non‐traditional students. How can interior design programs implement distance education pedagogy? GOAL: This report discusses the potential of distance education to respond to the changing demography of students, decreasing university resources, and developing educational technologies. APPLICATION: A tool for interior design educators and administrators to assess distance education's potential to enrich interior design curricula is developed. DESCRIPTION: This report provides a needs assessment strategy for interior design programs considering implementation of distance education. A needs assessment is the first of four stages associated with the decision to implement distance education into an interior design program. The other three stages—delivery technology options, interactivity, and faculty participation/development—are subjects for future discussions. CONCLUSION: Distance education provides a method for addressing the needs of non‐traditional students and may offer an opportunity to enhance interior design education through resource sharing.