framework for the implementation of a virtual design studio model in ...

� Ensure the students have gained transferable skills in attending
and interacting with their study demands.
� Ensure the sustainability of the use of the skills obtained for the
future.
� Produce students who facilitate the Virtual Design process
through the use of digital media, social networking tools, and of
multi-disciplinary type, in order to forge strong working
partnerships.
The study would also result in producing a digital VDS curriculum for the
use in design studios.
VDS 3 environment
Outcome
Gaining transferable
skills
Table 7.8 details the outcomes and the process used in the VDS 3 and
how they were evaluated.
Table 7.8: Evaluation Process for Outcome
Figure 7.9 illustrates the student‟s gaining of the required skills
throughout the workshop.
Process to gain outcome Type of data considered
Lectures, workbook
activities, in- class
activities, assessment,
and technological tools
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Still pictures during
lectures, videos,
Facebook snapshot,
workbook, and
assessment
Sustainability of use Technological tools Student feedback and
Facebook follow up
procedures.
Use of technology Facebook follow up,
blogs, web page, and 3D
technology
Final product Teachers’ feedback Interviews
Facebook snapshot,
webpage blogging follow
up, workbook activities
and assessments