hmmm? I have not read in your messages any advantages of online other than scale. The example you gave at the end of your last message could EASILY be accomplished through online methods integrated into a full studio environment and is very often. Further, we just prefer bringing great minds into the school itself. I.e. Steve Baty is coming to visit here soon. We also have Bill Moggridge coming too. My point being is that there is nothing specificly advantageous there.
I also don't see the data you are seeing about non-studio teaching methods used in design curriculum. My data comes from portfolio review. EVERY graduate I have seen w/o studio education or experience shows it in their portfolio. Now, the opposite is not true either. Not everyone who goes through studio experience is a great designer or even a better designer than those that haven't, but more are than not by far. Are there flaws in traditional design education? Yes SIR! Are those flaws addressed in online modes of teaching. NO WAY! But that's a completely different debate. Like I said, (and I think you said) proof is in the pudding. Christian suggested that we should be able to learn from everyone. Nice sentiment, but not everyone is teaching you the right things you need to learn. So many "designers" don't even know what design is, and part of this is our sloppy semantics and lack of rigor in our expectations for hiring people which started through the 1st bubble and has proceeded moving forward. Sometimes you need a good strong backlash to set things right, instead of moving as if everything is hunky dory. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37349 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
