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Extending the Visual Storytelling Narrative Arc through Augmented Reality

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 6-14 (PC)

Note: Session time is listed in BST. Check your local time zone. New digital tools and tactics such as augmented reality offer the potential to create new “hybrid” student outcomes. This project-based case study is from an experimental “Visual Storytelling” design elective within a public university School of Design. The experimental class format allowed for… Read More »Extending the Visual Storytelling Narrative Arc through Augmented Reality

Education and Ethics of AI

It’s either the next big thing in education – or the greatest threat to our profession we’ve ever seen. Whatever your opinion of AI, there’s no denying its popularity in the classroom. A recent Walton Family Foundation survey of 2,000 K-12 students found more than one in five of them are already using ChatGPT to… Read More »Education and Ethics of AI

The Mediated Landscape Lab

The mediated landscape lab is a studio-based environment where conventional approaches to landscape architecture, ideation, and technology are explored to create speculative futures. Layering the impacts of climate change and demographics become prompts to predict the future. In this In Between session, Marc Miller discusses how he uses AI to image landscapes of the near… Read More »The Mediated Landscape Lab

Benefits and implementation of using MIRO in the classroom

Micca and Rachel will share on the benefits and implementation of using MIRO in the classroom to foster collaboration and enhance student engagement in graphic communication classes at NAFA. The use of MIRO facilitates visual learning and encourages active participation among students. Outside of the classroom, the platform allows students to collaborate in real-time, allowing… Read More »Benefits and implementation of using MIRO in the classroom

Students on AI

(Open the event description to read more.) A panel of art and design students will discuss their experiences and perspectives on the uses of AI. Panelists include: Stephany Silva Fajardo (Penn State) Briana Hacksisombath (Texas) Tallulah Moynihan (The New School) Yiyang Lu (UAL) Read the panelist bios. Sign up for the DIB. Check your local… Read More »Students on AI

Inclusive Design & Immersive Technology

About: Danielle Royer will share her development and prototype of an augmented reality (AR) project focusing on removing barriers for disabled students at UAL. She used inclusive design methodologies to inform the use of AR as immersive technology that can be accessed using tablets and phones. It is designed to support students with wayfinding, health… Read More »Inclusive Design & Immersive Technology

Welcome to DEL 2024

NAFA Campus 3, Studio Theatre

Join us for a welcome to DEL 2024 from Jerry Soo Tah Keng (Vice President (Academic) & Provost, Nanyang Academy for Fine Arts). About Jerry: Recipient of the Merit Award for the Singapore Furniture Industries Council Furniture Design Competition in 2000, Jerry Soo, a multi-disciplinary designer, has a wealth of experience working in the building,… Read More »Welcome to DEL 2024

Opening keynote

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 5-36 (SU)

Title: Fashion Futures: Design-Led STEM and blended learning for creative innovation Conventional learning and teaching methods are often based on linear thinking following systematic progression. In contrast, design processes are reflective with considerations from multiple perspectives. Design-led STEM curriculum merges creative practice with technological knowledge to foster adaptive problem-solving skills pertinent to real-world challenges. This… Read More »Opening keynote

A Tangible Future: Climate Change Education Using Physical Computing-based Design Provocation

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 6-14 (PC)

Environmental education about climate change and adaptation strategies do not have reliable behavioural effects due to the topic’s distance from immediate concerns and reliance on understanding negative consequences that are tangibly felt. To show students how climate futures can be made tangible, we designed a curriculum that creates scenarios for building interactions that express climate… Read More »A Tangible Future: Climate Change Education Using Physical Computing-based Design Provocation

Reimagining Creative Education: A Case Study of Transforming a Photography Course to an Asynchronous Learning Mode

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 5-36 (SU)

This session explores the transformative journey of a large photography course towards an asynchronous learning mode, showcasing a shift in creative education pedagogy. It explores the adaptability and engagement of students in a predominantly digital learning environment, highlighting the course's evolution from traditional methodologies to a flexible, student-centred approach. By presenting the challenges, strategies for… Read More »Reimagining Creative Education: A Case Study of Transforming a Photography Course to an Asynchronous Learning Mode