Teaching Design/Designing Teaching

The goal of Teaching Design/Designing Teaching initiative is to link members of the Design Educators Community with faculty members outside the design field in investigations of new teaching and learning practices that emerge in a networked culture. The initiative is twofold, beginning with a plan to bring the unique perspectives and knowledge of design educators to a broader educators' community seeking ways to explore new forms of academic expression. The second stage of the initiative moves in the opposite direction, asking how new teaching and learning practices might impact design educators. In short, this initiative asks what DEC can do to help develop a broader "design literacy" to be adopted as we all explore media-rich forms of expression. And what can design educators learn from that broader field of new pedagogies for teaching design? Please contact Holly Willis for further information: hwillis@cinema.usc.edu Post a comment (Jun 10)

Community College Initiative

The DEC Steering Committee is interested in learning more about the needs of community college design educators and their students. We're especially interested in how community college participants can best be served by AIGA. Some particular objectives include: Comments (0) (Jun 10)

AIGA Student Group Task Force

Are you an AIGA student group faculty advisor? If so, is your group currently, or has it in the past, taken on any projects or initiatives that you think other AIGA student groups would be interested in knowing more about? If you'd like to share information about your activities, please identify your group and/or school and describe the project or iinitiative, and send this information to Sarah Lowe. Post a comment (Apr 24)

U.S. Design Education Institutions Database

DEC Steering Committee members have created a comprehensive strategy document for an online searchable database of design education programs, offering the next generation of students and educators valuable information. We are also currently considering a production budget and timeline. For more information, contact Dori Tunstall or Scott Hutchinson. Post a comment (Apr 24)

Design Research Database

The Design Research Database initiative is in the early stages of development. It recognizes the importance of research to the growth and development of the design discipline. Unfortunately, the community lacks a resource that provides strong examples of design research. Those involved in this initiative are working to address this lack by developing a design research database.
 We are beginning to assess costs - programming, maintenance, etc. - required to see the project to fruition and to develop a list of keywords that are associated with research endeavors.
 We're reaching out to all educators for help and suggestions. If you would like to assist in the development of these resource, or have ideas to share, please contact Stacie Rohrbach at stacie [at] cmu [dot] edu. Post a comment (Mar 24)

NASAD White Papers

AIGA is a member of NASAD and is recognized as the authoritative and representative voice of the communication design education community and profession for NASAD activities that bear on design school accreditation. Following in the footsteps of Meredith Davis' previous white papers, the Design Educators Community Steering Committee is currently developing the following white papers: Post a comment (Feb 24)

Promotion and Tenure Initiative

The DEC Steering Committee is undertaking an initiative to provide a variety of resources helpful to design educators and institutions concerning issues of promotion and tenure. Planned for inclusion are suggested practices in promotion and tenure processes; samples of institutional promotion and tenure guidelines; samples of faculty promotion and tenure dossiers; web-articles and a discussion forum. Contact Paul Nini to share ideas or request more information. Send email to nini [dot] 1 [at] osu [dot] edu. Post a comment (Feb 24)

Research Grant Call for Proposals

The AIGA Design Educators Community Steering Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for its second annual design research grant. Through a competitive, peer-review process, one grant of $5000 will be awarded annually to provide support for design research. This includes scholarship that generates new knowledge, integrates design knowledge into other disciplines as an influential force, or explores new pedagogies through the teaching of design and evaluation of learning outcomes. Deadline: July 1, 2009
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