Written by Professor Linda Drew, Creative Education Champion ![]() In February this year I started work advising a University about their existing and new space/studio provision and planning for effective use in the creative art and design courses. I was interviewing staff and students about their perceptions and experiences of using the spaces for learning. Then the lockdown started and even my information gathering phase had to change to a much more virtual mode, and now my whole focus has shifted to advice on how those creative arts students interact and learn to practice when some of those facilities are not accessible. I relate strongly to this statement on the WonkHE blog this week by Paul Greatrix : ‘…Universities are fundamentally communities of scholars and not just the buildings that house them. But the buildings give us a sense of place, identity and solidity; the campus helps make our institutions what they are and generally facilitates rather than hinders the progression of learning and research.’ ( accessed 14 April 2020) ![]() I’ve always believed that value of practice-based creative arts education lies in the practice-based pedagogy, which truly immerses participants in a rich and diverse range of activity designed to develop both a practice identity and competence in tandem. So, what have I learnt recently?
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Written by Dr Lauren England, King's College London ![]() Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on the HE sector, affecting staff, students and senior leaders and significantly impacting finances, employment and all areas of activity, including teaching and assessments, research, admissions, events and other core operations and services. In this blog this focus is on teaching and learning, particularly the shift to delivering teaching and learning online. With staff and students now working and studying remotely, some across different time zones, this creates a huge reliance on technology. The shift to online and technology-mediated teaching and learning presents challenges both for educators in delivering their content, and students in effectively engaging with it. These issues have been widely debated, particularly around assessments and accessibility and inclusivity. Radical changes to modes of delivery also take time, energy and engagement, investment and infrastructure to develop effectively, resources which many institutions have not had in abundance when rapidly responding to the evolving crisis. Nevertheless, opportunities for positive change have also been identified, in part reflecting the prominence of discussions across the HE sector about the shift to online education and the growing popularity of online learning prior to the crisis. While it is important to understand the sector-wide impacts of Covid-19, there is also a need to consider the specific impact of move to remote and online delivery. For example, courses which are heavily reliant on physical spaces and resources such as laboratories, workshops or studio environments, or specialist equipment and materials are likely to face specific challenges in transitioning. Such courses can be found in all university faculties and across STEM and Arts & Humanities subjects. ![]() There has been significant effort to monitor the impact of the crisis on educational institutions. Likewise, creative organisations and representative bodies are seeking to capture and understand the impact of the crisis on the Creative Industries to support advocacy and lobbying. However, what remains underexplored is the crossover between the two sectors and the experiences of educators and students of art, design, and creative higher education. The impact on both sectors will last far longer than the lockdown, but it remains to be seen what long term changes to teaching, learning and assessment will occur as a result of the crisis, particularly for creative degrees and others with restricted capacity for online delivery. |
#CreativeHECovidIn this blog, we capture, with some short intervention, interviews and opinion pieces the perspective of Creative HE staff and students on the current Covid-19 crisis. If you want to keep update about new content, join our JISCMAIL mailing list! ArchivesCategories
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*We define Creative HE (short version for creative subjects taught at HE level) all teaching connected with the following disciplinary fields: ARCHITECTURE (incl. landscape design); ADVERTISING (incl. public relations and publicity studies); CRAFTS (incl. ceramics, glass, metal, wood and fibre crafts); DESIGN (incl. graphic and multimedia design; visual communication; illustration; clothing/textile/fashion design; industrial/product design) ; FILM & TV (incl. film and media studies; television and radio studies; media/tv/radio and film production); CINEMATICS AND PHOTOGRAPHY (incl. directing, producing motion pictures; film & sound recording; visual and audio effects; cinematography; photography); FINE ARTS (incl. curatorial studies; museum studies; drawing; painting; sculpture; printmaking; fine art conservation); MUSIC (incl. musicianship/performance studies; history of music; musicology); TECHNOLOGY (incl. interactive and multi-media publishing; interactive and electronic design; animation techniques; software engineering; music recording); DRAMA (incl. acting; directing and producing for theatre; theatre studies; stage management; theatrical design and make-up; stage design); DANCE (incl. choreography; history of dance; types of dance) ; JOURNALISM (incl. factual reporting; mass communications and documentation); WRITING (incl. script writing; poetry and prose writing; imaginative writing) AND PUBLISHING (incl. electronic publishing and paper-based media studies). We also include courses in ARTS & CULTURAL MANAGEMENT and CREATIVE & CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.
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