Published
January 25, 2011
Keywords
- asychronous discussion technologies,
- online critique,
- critical thinking,
- blended environments
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Abstract
Asynchronous discussion technologies offer the advantage of providing time for reflection essential for higher order cognitive thinking. In the context of a ten-week graphic design foundations course in the Digital Graphic Design program at Vancouver Community College, this advantage provides an avenue for advancing critical discussion of design work. Garrison, Anderson and Archer’s (2000) Community of Inquiry (COI) model is applied in tandem with the design process to develop a blended approach to the traditional critique. The appropriate alignment of curriculum and faculty and student interactions to the environments best suited is determined. Guiding principles and learning objectives and tasks are developed to support cognitive, social and teaching presences essential to foster critical discourse in asynchronous discussion environments.
Les technologies asynchrones de discussion ont l’avantage d’offrir du temps pour la réflexion, laquelle est essentielle à la pensée cognitive d’ordre supérieur. Dans le cadre d’un cours de dix semaines sur les fondements du graphisme dans le programme de Digital Graphic Design au Vancouver Community College, cet avantage fournit une voie permettant de faire progresser la discussion critique du travail en graphisme. Le modèle de la communauté d’enquête (Community of Inquiry Model - COI) de Garrison, Anderson et Archer (2000) est ici appliqué en tandem avec le processus de conception afin d’élaborer une approche combinée de la critique traditionnelle. Est ainsi déterminé l’enlignement approprié vers les environnements les mieux adaptés au curriculum, aux enseignants et aux interactions des étudiants. Des principes directeurs et des objectifs et tâches d’apprentissage sont élaborés pour soutenir la présence cognitive, sociale et d’enseignement nécessaire à la stimulation d’un discours critique dans le cadre d’environnements asynchrones de discussion.
