This session explores a key question: are we preparing students for an unknown future? It argues that embracing new technologies, like AI and GenAI, is crucial. Case studies will showcase programmes integrating these tools, highlighting how AI can personalise learning, enhance critical thinking, and develop responsible digital citizens. The presentation will explore both the benefits… Read More »Crystal Balls & Classrooms: Can We Prepare Students for the Unknown?

During the pandemic I considered we were engaged in an accidental form of the therapeutic practice of self-mirroring; observing ourselves and our teaching through live synchronous video platforms, which is now ubiquitous. (mirǒur: a mirror, a lens, to examine oneself) The potential impacts of this self-observation on our future teaching practice and academic identity are… Read More »Mirǒurnauts: exploring reflective and creative digital practice to navigate pedagogy, academic identity and professional change in the era of artificial intelligence and spatial computing.

The launch of a new academic model in a specialist postgraduate institution provided an opportunity to ‘try the possibilities of things’ through the introduction of a core unit that invites over 2,200 students to respond to wicked global problems on themes such as Being Digital; Caring Society; Climate Crisis; Justice, Equality and Misinformation. This case… Read More »The possibility of things: A teaching case study on addressing global responsibilities in postgraduate education through an interdisciplinary, collaborative, large scale, and blended learning unit.

Hybrid and Blended learning has seen growth following the COVID-19 pandemic, as traditional learning methods need to be resilient in emergency situations. Therefore, education must be prepared for such circumstances. This case study serves as an example of how workshops between Singapore and Thailand were conducted during the most severe outbreak since the beginning of… Read More »Exploring Learning Strategies in a Digital Age

Questions around our bodies are constantly evolving. Within the fine arts, life drawing practice and the study of the nude form has had a long pedagogical history, tracing back to Pliny the Elder’s recounting of Zeuxis and his models. While classical academic training has lost relevance in the post-modern art education, life drawing practice continues… Read More »A Teaching Case Study: Expanded Life Drawing

The explosion of generative AI tools and immediate access to generative AI image software at the end of 2022 sparked seemingly new and urgent conversations about the role of images, the maker and our networked cultures. Would humans now be sidelined? How would we discern what was real? And what of the potential for AI… Read More »“Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens”: The Black Female Artist in the Age of AI

Digital tools and artificial intelligence are disrupting and transforming pedagogies in higher art and design institutions. In this session, we introduce research that advances the notion of 'online dexterity,' framing the technological proficiency of university educators and students not as fixed abilities but as immediate, flexible responses to the evolving landscape of online learning. Utilising… Read More »Online Dexterity—Applications for Enhancing Teachers’ and Students’ Competence and Confidence in Online Spaces in Tertiary Art and Design Education

Global megatrends predict that virtual reality will transform numerous facets of human existence. Sculpting is currently feasible with the aid of this technology. Could the spatial interaction capabilities of virtual reality be advantageous in the context of sculpting? By employing a practice-based methodology, the investigator has constructed a virtual reality sculpting framework in this investigation.… Read More »Fabricating ‘the skull of Thotsakan’ using virtual reality sculpting

Authorless Futures" examines the evolving role of AI in art and design, presenting it as a pivotal partner in creative processes. It scrutinizes the impact of synthetic creativity on authorship and artistic expression, envisioning a future where AI and human creativity merge, blurring traditional roles and boundaries. This study advocates for a paradigm shift towards… Read More »Authorless Futures: Redefining Authorship. AI, Synthetic Creativity, and the Future of Design.