Beauty and the Beast: starring Social Media and The VLE. Or, how do we balance aesthetics, functionality and student engagement in blended learning in art and design?

Boyd, Victoria

Beauty and the Beast: starring Social Media and The VLE. Or, how do we balance aesthetics, functionality and student engagement in blended learning in art and design?

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Boyd, Victoria (2014) Beauty and the Beast: starring Social Media and The VLE. Or, how do we balance aesthetics, functionality and student engagement in blended learning in art and design? In: Heroes and monsters: extra-ordinary tales of learning, and teaching in the arts and humanities, HEA Arts and Humanities annual learning and teaching conference, 2nd - 4th June, Salford.
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Creators/Authors:

Boyd, Victoria

Abstract:

Art, Design and Architecture students like things to look nice. When the everyday blended learning solutions they are expected to use are perceived as lumbering ogres, ostracised from embedded use and banished to the hinterlands of cool, it is little wonder that attractive, usable and open online resources become the starlets that garner attention. However, as the boundaries of academic and personal use of technology become ever-more blurred, is there hope for an unlikely union between the two? This session will consider the influence of social media on perception and continued development of the institutional VLE.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Blended learning, VLEs, social media, digital identity, art and design education

School/Academic Area:

Learning Resources

Dates:

Date

Date Type

June 2014

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Status:

Unpublished

Event Title:

Heroes and monsters: extra-ordinary tales of learning, and teaching in the arts and humanities, HEA Arts and Humanities annual learning and teaching conference

Event Location:

Salford

Event Dates:

2nd - 4th June

Output Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Output ID:

3411

Date Deposited:

27 Jun 2014 10:52

Last Modified:

27 Jun 2014 10:52

Deposited By:

Victoria Boyd

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