- Title
- Blending Graphite with Pixels: Natural History Illustration Online
- Creator
- Drabsch, Bernadette; Howells, Andrew; Lloyd, Clare
- Relation
- The International Journal of Arts Education Vol. 14, Issue 2, p. 1-13
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/CGP/v14i02/1-13
- Publisher
- Common Ground Research Networks
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Art education in Australia sits at a crossroads of uncertainty. While our low student-to-teacher ratios are important for providing one-on-one advice in the studio, we are sometimes accused of being indulgent and non-progressive. So how can we respond to these issues and survive in an increasingly hostile environment? This paper provides a reflective account from a small group of art educators and an educational designer from The University of Newcastle tasked with teaching traditional drawing skills online while endeavouring to provide a learning atmosphere similar to the conventional face-to-face studio classes. Developing and delivering the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101” was full of challenges, as it was one of the first practice-based short online courses designed for a high number of students. The results were positive and proved that alternative teaching methods could be successful in engaging a diverse group of learners. Although the online course was never intended to replace the on-campus classes, it demonstrated that teaching specialised skills-based techniques online was possible, and blended learning might be a viable option for art education in the future.
- Subject
- art education; natural history illustration; online learning; e-Learning; curriculum Design; online pedagogy; massive open online course; Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1470584
- Identifier
- uon:48512
- Identifier
- ISSN:2326-9944
- Language
- eng
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