Hype, Hope and Cyberspace or Paradigms Lost: Pedagogical Problems at the Digital Frontier

Symposium:

• ISEA94: Fifth International Symposium on Electronic Art

• Pedagogical Policies (Electronic Art in Universities)

• Hype, Hope and Cyberspace or Paradigms Lost: Pedagogical Problems at the Digital Frontier

• Paul Brown

• Abstract

  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

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