Hype, Hope and Cyberspace or Paradigms Lost: Pedagogical Problems at the Digital Frontier
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Several critical issues and problem areas have evolved over the past 20 years as computers have been introduced into the art and design curriculum. Issues of concern include:
* tools usage and skill > fundamental knowledge automation of traditional tasks > new opportunities creative potential > productivity enhancement pressures from the job front conservative attitudes in academia and industry role of tradition > new opportunities
* the InterNet and beyond the global library the global studio – distance collaboration peer contact and inter-institutional opportunities ownership of the net
* changing role for members of faculty the “computer expert” > integrated teaching professional development opportunities
* needs of fine arts > applied arts computer painting > a new medium the virtual studio
* expanding role of research opportunities for doctoral and post doctoral studies in the area
* redefinition of the discipline paradigm shift content > hype increasing credibility from other disciplines
* the place of art and design within broader academic institutions cross-disciplinary opportunities – potentials and pitfalls visualization – illustration rediscovered – or – cheap decoration? communication and information design
* the place of art within society political implications censorship technology and cultural imperialism
* the increased need for visual literacy in a hyper-mediated, telecommunications-based economy opportunities for service teaching primary and secondary education home schooling and edutainment – the private sector
