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positively adapted the new culture and very soon were emerging
themselves with the new methods applied.
8.3.10 Diversity
One of the features of collaboration is diversity, where knowledge and
experiences are shared and exchanged. The researcher hoped for
diversity in discipline but this was not greatly achieved as most of the
students come from architecture or civil engineering backgrounds. The
researcher hoped for more collaboration among other specialisations
including fine arts etc., yet the diversity of civil engineering and
architecture backgrounds enriched the students‟ experiences once they
started a proper collaboration. At the start of the workshop the students
preferred to work in groups that they created themselves, with the
architecture students working separately from the civil engineers. After
the remix the students started to see different angles for collaboration
where they intersected their ideas and relied on each other‟s expertise.
Diversity also promoted creativity among the students hence they
realised the importance of building on each other‟s knowledge and dealt
with it without limiting their thinking. The students learned how to
elaborate others ideas.
8.3.11 Projects
This factor consists of other sub-factors. These include all the materials
that were used in the workshop that could be referred to as projects.
The factors include: the activities used, the people involved, the agenda
setting, and the team-forming activity.
The projects played an important role in integrating the VDS 3 workshop
and its components.
8.3.12 Agenda Setting
Setting the agenda of the scene was an important factor for
implementing the VDS 3 framework. The agenda setting included:
preparing the materials, preparing the students, and preparing the
model itself. Preparing the material consisted of preparing all the written
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