COMMON FEATURES OF STUDIO LEARNING
- often emotional-pleasurable and painful
- problem framing and solutions
- emergent curriculum
- activity-centric (but these vary across studios) – many projects/bigprojects
- individual/group projects
- relatively student-centred
- uses learning spaces differently
- reflective practive
- interactive making process
- critique
- research/inquiry-led
Brian introduced an article ‘In Defense of the Lecture’
Studio-style teaching vs lecture-tutorial -> not an EITHER/OR but worth thinking about the differences
Listening
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
-WHAT IS IT?
To reflect on one’s actions so as to engage in a process of continuous learning.
Introduced the book ‘The Reflective Practitioner’ by Donald A. Schon
professionals as knowledge workers
-reflection in action
-reflection on action
Encourage us to document everything we think about and we do.
2. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Take the time to revaluate what you have experienced.
- it is one of the main METHODOLOGIES of our discipline (in fact any professional discipline)
3. HOW DO YOU DO IT?
Lots of ways… but while you are doing the Bcomm degree your blog is a key way of making your reflection visible to your and your teachers.
BLOGS AS A TOOL FOR REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
WHY WE USE BLOGS…
- Document your practice as learners and emerging professional media makers
- Record your achievments & progress
- Assist in idea creation
AFFORDANCES OF BLOGS/BLOGGING
- posts can be of varying lengths
- various voices
Hypertexual
WHAT DO WE WANT YOU TO DOCUMENT
Everything media related
HOW TO REFLECT ON THE LIGHT BULB/LEARNING MOMENTS
- Choose somrhting to reflect on
- Brainstorm
- Plan a structure (DIEP)
- Conduct extra research
- Write
- Edit
Post the link on your blog
&FINALLY DON’T FORGET YOU’RE A MEDIA STUDENT
In a Stanford Graduation ceremony, Jobs said:
“you’ve got to find whay you love, if you haven’t, keep looking and don’t settle.”
“Follow your passion”
People were obssessed with these ideas.
An argument:
‘Telling yound people to follow their passion reduces the the possibility that they’ll end up being passionate.’
Jobs stumbled into Apple.
Introduced a book “The End of Nature”.
- Don’t follow your passion
- Be so good they can’t ignore you
- Go Deep
In short, do what Steve Jobs did, not what he said.