ADC-LTSN Learning and Teaching Project Fund
Subject Centre for Art, Design & Communication - part of the Learning and
Teaching Support Network
The ADC-LTSN Learning and Teaching Project Fund is designed to:
* help promote the use of effective learning and teaching activities
in Art, Design and Communication
* encourage the development and sharing of innovative approaches
* raise awareness of the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of
educational methods.
We have earmarked up to £25,000 per year to support projects, with maximum
funding for any one project normally being £5,000.
Closing date for Phase II 2000/01 submissions is 9 March 2001. For further
information and an application form, contact Kath Bowden -
[log in to unmask] or 01273 643119.
In the Phase 1 2000/01 round of submissions, we are pleased to report that
the following project proposals were awarded funding:
Radio Teaching & Learning Project
Radio Studies Network
The Radio Studies Network applied for funding for a Radio Teaching and
Learning Project as part of the run-up to its conference 2001: a Radiodyssey
to be held in July 2001. The project will conduct a survey to discover
where, and in what ways, the teaching of radio features as part of the
curriculum in higher education. Examples of 'best practice' will be
identified and the lecturers concerned will be invited to develop
presentations and materials for the conference.
Project outcomes will include a searchable on-line database of radio
courses, teaching and learning methods, materials, sources and assessment
modes.
Amount awarded: £4821
Critical Distance: An investigation into the function of the 'crit' in a
flexible learning environment
Christine Percy, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
The last five years have witnessed a radical change in the modes and styles
of learning by design students, where the shift in the locus of learning and
experience has moved inexorably to that of the private and technological
domain of the computer interface. Learning through the interface leaves
little record of discovery, process or authorship of a design solution. In
the past it was the 'evidence trails' of sketches, re-designs, written and
colour notation, that were traditionally used by staff and students to
provide an account of progress, debate and the determination of value in the
work. The subsequent dispersal of students from the studio floor has further
compounded the loss of sovereignty of the 'crit' in providing an appropriate
forum for public debate and evaluation of student work. The project seeks
to examine how students' learning needs have changed and how one might begin
to recover a public forum for exchange, critical reflection and evaluation.
Project outcomes will include an academic research paper that will
contribute to the national debate on assessment in art and design, and a
pilot proposal for a distance learning package.
Amount awarded: £5,000
SKILLSET (provisional title)
David Weightman, Staffordshire University
Art & Design education has commonly involved other staff working alongside
academic staff (technicians, demonstrators, graduate teaching assistants) in
the development of generic, technical or subject specific skills by
students. This practice is variable across the sector, within or outwith
the curriculum. With the aim of enhancing the learning support activities
of technicians, demonstrators and student teaching assistants, the project
will survey practice in the UK and the USA to provide practical guidance and
material for curriculum development, facilities management and for staff
development of people acting in this important learning support role.
This project bid is for a feasibility study aimed at determining need and
identifying potential collaborators for a substantive FDTL project in Phase
4.
Amount awarded: £4,800
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