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8.3.14 Creativity<br />

As shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 8.1 above <strong>the</strong>re are some factors that are shared<br />

between <strong>the</strong> creativity element and <strong>the</strong> collaboration element. There are<br />

some o<strong>the</strong>r factors that are separately affect<strong>in</strong>g each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two<br />

elements. The factors are discussed above; <strong>the</strong>se follow<strong>in</strong>g sections will<br />

discuss <strong>the</strong> factors affect<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> creativity elements separately.<br />

8.3.15 Idea Generation<br />

As <strong>the</strong> students were asked to work <strong>in</strong>dividually towards develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

<strong>in</strong>itial ideas was important at <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>studio</strong> to ga<strong>in</strong> a variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> ideas and to help <strong>the</strong> students contribute <strong>the</strong>ir ideas to o<strong>the</strong>rs. It was<br />

also important to make <strong>the</strong> students evaluate <strong>the</strong> effectiveness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

ideas and develop <strong>the</strong>m accord<strong>in</strong>g to o<strong>the</strong>r ideas <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> assigned group.<br />

Un<strong>for</strong>tunately, this could not be achieved at <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>studio</strong><br />

because <strong>the</strong> students decided to work <strong>in</strong> random groups from <strong>the</strong> very<br />

beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g. Also <strong>the</strong> restrictive nature <strong>of</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Sharjah did not<br />

help <strong>the</strong> students <strong>in</strong> acquir<strong>in</strong>g various ideas because <strong>the</strong>y were not<br />

allowed to leave <strong>the</strong> campus. The students never<strong>the</strong>less made good<br />

use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Internet and <strong>the</strong> surround<strong>in</strong>gs to come up with <strong>the</strong>ir ideas.<br />

The students depended on <strong>the</strong>ir close nature <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>itial<br />

ideas, which was impressive. The students came up with really unique<br />

ideas us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> creativity techniques <strong>the</strong>y were encouraged to use by<br />

<strong>the</strong> tutors and <strong>the</strong> ideas <strong>of</strong> metaphor. The students were <strong>the</strong>n asked to<br />

collaborate with o<strong>the</strong>r groups hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>itial idea <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d and to try to<br />

<strong>in</strong>tersect it and collaborate it with o<strong>the</strong>rs. The students found it difficult<br />

at <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g but with <strong>the</strong> help <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tutors who showed <strong>the</strong> students<br />

new areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>tersections, <strong>the</strong>y found <strong>the</strong>ir ideas convergent.<br />

8.3.16 Bandwidth<br />

The concept <strong>of</strong> bandwidth reflects <strong>the</strong> students‟ ideas width and breadth.<br />

Collaborat<strong>in</strong>g and build<strong>in</strong>g on each o<strong>the</strong>r‟s ideas helped <strong>the</strong> student to<br />

<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>the</strong>ir ideas variations. The variety <strong>of</strong> ideas helped <strong>the</strong> students<br />

<strong>in</strong> achiev<strong>in</strong>g better results <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir f<strong>in</strong>al outcomes than <strong>the</strong>y would have<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rwise. The students realised that build<strong>in</strong>g on each o<strong>the</strong>r‟s ideas<br />

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