Open AccessTeaching an Applied Art through Distance Learning: The case of Lighting Design
Author(s) -
Nikolaos Trivyzadakis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
diethnes synedrio gia tīn anoiktī kai ex apostaseōs ekpaideusī
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2459-4210
DOI - 10.12681/icodl2015.58
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , distance education , face (sociological concept) , computer science , mathematics education , the arts , art design , institution , face to face , multimedia , psychology , visual arts , sociology , art , epistemology , social science , philosophy , programming language
There are several difficulties and obstacles concerning the instruction of an Applied Art discipline through Distance and Online learning only. An example of that is the case of Lighting Design. A complete analysis of the substantial elements of that discipline shows its two-fold character based both on artistic/theoretical and scientific/technical premises. While Distance and Online learning methods are adequate for the teaching of the artistic/theoretical part of Lighting Design, the technical/scientific one demands also face to face sessions, outdoor activities and laboratory experimentation, a condition that will assure the tangible contact of the students with the practical nature of the activity. The same scenario seems to characterize all Applied Arts in the cases where an academic institution of higher education wishes to organize a program for their proper academic teaching. Taking that as example, we could generalize by suggesting that the appropriate way to construct an academic program for an Applied Art should be based on blended learning with the obligatory combination of Distance and Online learning methods on the one hand and face to face sessions and activities on the other.