Abstract
In the wake of COVID-19 closures, faculty, staff and students have found themselves forced to embrace the digital classroom. Like many institutions, the University of Calgary (CA) has worked quickly to pivot to online platforms using both tried and new tools while developing creative solutions for connection and co-creation. The aim of the Teaching and Learning Online Network (TALON) Research Project was to create an interactive lexicon of resources available for remote teaching and to engage the School of Architecture, Landscape, and Planning community in an open and evolving dialogue around emerging technologies and practices. In this interactive lightning talk, the TALON team will showcase the outcomes of their work, building on expert opinion and user feedback, while reflecting on the challenges and potentials of distance education. A key feature of the paper is the presentation of the resource created and the means used to engage the design community in an exchange. As Richard Buckminster Fuller (author, inventor, architect, futurist) said: ‘If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking’.
Presenters
Sandra AbegglenResearcher, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Mac McGinn
Master of Architecture Student - Graduate Assistance Researcher , School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Martina MacFarlane
Graduate Assistant Researcher, School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, University of Calgary , Alberta, Canada Fabian Neuhaus
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape | SAPL, University of Calgary | UofC, Canada
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Considering Digital Pedagogies
KEYWORDS
Online Network, Teaching and Learning, Design Disciplines, Higher Education, Faculty
