J Morkel New Paradigms Architectural Conference 2012

taking architectural learning online
the use of digital technologies to facilitate the
formative studio critique (crit)

Jolanda Morkel Department of Architectural Technology Cape Peninsula University of Technology 26-27Oct‘12 KZNIA
taking architectural learning online: the use of digital technologies to facilitate the formative studio critique

“Education lies at a peculiar crossroad in
society. On one hand it has the responsibility
of anticipating real-life skills by preparing us
for an increasingly complex world – but
education methodologies can only be
formalized after practices have been
defined. This dichotomy is particularly
aggravated when it comes to technology,
where fast-paced innovation and
perpetual change is the only constant.”
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/6-characteristics-of-tomorrows-classroom-technology/


1 architectural education and the profession

Oxford Conference
Academie Royale

Ecole Beaux Arts
Middle Ages

Renaissance
Egyptian

Bauhaus
Greek

MIT
1793

1865
1819

1930

1958

2012
apprenticeship
trade guilds
move towards
academia
move from craftsman curator
to philosopher
office to studio
academia


2 current trends in education
inquiry-based
mediated
experiential
discovery
conversational
problem-based
reflective
meta-cognitive
situated
formal / informal
engaging
creative
innovative
lifelong and
authentic learning

Teachthought 2012 http://www.teachthought.com/learning/9-characteristics-of-21st-century-learning/


2 current trends in education
student-centred
on-demand social constructivism
self-paced lifelong learning
personalised entrepreneurial
Scaffolded competency-based
badges

blended
multi modal connectivism
ubiquitous collaboration
mobile technology
byod networked
open content
flipped
disruptive
constructivist


3 taxonomies of learning

creating Synthesize parts into something new and different a new form or product;
reorganizing elements into a new pattern or structure through generating,
planning, or producing.
evaluating Making judgments based on criteria and standards through checking and
critiquing. Critiques, recommendations, and reports.
analyzing Breaking material or concepts into parts, determining how the parts relate
or interrelate to one another e.g. spreadsheets, charts, or diagrams, or
graphic representations.
understanding Constructing meaning from different types of functions, written or graphic
interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing,
and explaining.
applying Using a procedure through executing, or implementing. Refers to situations
where learned material is used through products like models,
presentations, interviews or simulations.
remembering Retrieving, recalling, or recognizing knowledge from memory

Based on Anderson and Krathwohl's Taxonomy 2000 (adapted Bloom’s Taxonomy 1956

3 taxonomies of learning

Scrock 2012
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html


4 the studio and the critique


self-reflective peer to peer student-tutor
ACTION INTER-ACTION RE-ACTION

the learning conversation

5 the conversational framework

person

process

product

Diana Laurillard 2012


6 technology-mediated learning conversation
Do you feel it [facebook] enhances the interactions with
your lecturer?

STUDENTS: Yes.
STUDENT G: Definitely.
STUDENT C2: Yeah quick feedback that’s what I like,
that’s where it comes in.
STUDENT A2: It’s just like an open discussion, they are
open to...
STUDENT C2: It’s like they [the lecturers] stand with us.
STUDENT C2: And I think this is actually like making us
gain confidence in our work, because actually you know
where you are heading to and what is required from
you.


6 technology-mediated learning conversation
And has it [facebook] also helped in your
interaction with fellow students?

STUDENT D2: Yes it has. No, yes definitely. It
definitely has.
STUDENT G1: “I think a large part of it (is) ...
interactivity... you can upload a project or like
post an idea and then people in our class could in
this like electronic environment give feedback on
it. “
STUDENT A2: For me it feels like we are still in a
class and we are interacting, ja.
STUDENT B2: It’s just a digital way. Digital
classroom.


future merged
virtual/ physical
studio (in green)
Teachthough 2012
http://www.teachthought.com/technolog
y/6-characteristics-of-tomorrows-
classroom-technology/

http://www.schrockguide.net
/bloomin-apps.html

creating

evaluating .

analyzing

understanding

applying

remembering

Based on Anderson and Krathwohl's Taxonomy 2000 (adapted Bloom’s Taxonomy 1956

asynchronous facebook
use, reinforcing a
community of practice

synchronous facebook
group critique
90 minutes
190 utterances

xploring digital graphic
ommunication on and offline

blurring the boundary
between the
digital and analogue


taking architectural learning online
the use of digital technologies to facilitate the
formative studio critique (crit)

learning is the relationships between people
Smith, M. K. 2003. Communities of practice, the encyclopedia of informal education
www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm. Accessed 10 July 2011


http://www.cput.ac.za/

@Jolanda_Morkel
morkelj@cput.ac.za
Jolanda.morkel@gmail.com


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