Hallo Terence and all.

Perhaps I should have been even more specific as 'design' is a bit too  
broad, although I did mention 'art and design', with the implication  
(perhaps not too obvious) that I was referring to 'traditional' - if  
that is the correct term - visual communication disciplines, Fine  
Arts, etc.

In relation to this, and some years ago, I wrote somewhere the following:

"...Drew (2002, p.139) suggests that it is characteristic of art and  
design that the adoption rate of ICTs is generally slow. Drew (2003,  
p.38) explored some of these themes and referred to ‘recurrent  
practices and implicit theories of learning and teaching’ that stem  
from the vocational nature of the related disciplines. Similarly,  
Gruba (2001, p.225) admits that ‘In the Arts, we’ve been a bit slower  
than some Faculties in coming to terms with the increasing use of IT &  
MM [Information Technology & Multimedia] in teaching…’ A survey of  
staff development to support the use of ICTs in art and design  
(Grove-White & Johal, 2004) identifies the lacuna in the research  
literature and emphasizes the need for specific and targeted staff  
development in the related disciplines. The same survey quotes a  
Scottish report released in 2002, titled ‘Supporting C&IT Staff  
Development Activity in the Visual Arts Sector of Scottish Higher  
Education’, which concludes that the uptake of ICTs in general to  
support teaching and learning within the art and design HE sector lags  
behind other subject areas and disciplines..."

I was wondering to what extend things have moved on from when I was  
writing the above, and perhaps there is newer literature that deals  
with this challenge.

At this stage, it would seem not.

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References

Drew, L. (2002). Variation in the experience of learning technologies  
in teaching in art, design, and communication: Implications for  
networked dissemination strategies. In C. Rust (Ed.) Improving Student  
Learning Using Learning Technology. Proceedings of the 2001 9th  
International Symposium. Oxford: The Oxford Centre for Staff &  
Learning Development.

Drew, L. (2003). The Experience of Teaching in Art, Design and Communication.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Lancaster.

Gruba, P. (2001). Developing Staff Skills in the Arts. Paper presented  
at the Meeting at the Crossroads. Proceedings of the Annual Conference  
of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary  
Education (ASCILITE). Retrieved July 16, 2008, from  
www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/melbourne01/pdf/papers/grubap.pdf

Grove-White, A., Johal, D. (2004). A Survey of Staff Development to  
Support the Use of Communication and Information Technologies in Art  
and Design. Art, Design and Communication. Learning and Teaching  
Support Network (ADC-LTSN) & University of Wales Institute, Cardiff  
(UWIC).

Regards,

Nicos

Quoting Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi  Nicos,
>
>>> We are looking for readings that deal with ICTs in general and art and
> design faculty professional development - in broad terms. To narrow it down
> a bit, we are after readings that identify the professional development
> needs/challenges of faculty vis-a-vis ICTs in art and design.>>
>
> You pose an  interesting question that  brings to mind Meno's paradox? ('How
> can we search for  what we need to know because we don't know what to look
> for?')...


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