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Chapter 9: Recommendations
9.1 Introduction
This chapter presents a series of recommendations based on the
evaluation of the case study. It also discusses the implication for the
major findings that were found upon the completion of the case study.
The recommendations result in a framework for implementing the virtual
creative collaborative design studio and its effective integration into the
conceptual end at the design learning environment in the UAE higher
education environment. Furthermore, suggestions for further
developments are presented.
9.2 Purpose of the Study
The study‟s premier goal was to formulate a framework that facilitates
the integration of technological tools at the conceptual end in the
architectural education design studio, in order to promote skills such as
creativity and collaboration among the students within the cultural
distinctive society of the UAE. The UAE has a grand vision for
excellence emphasised repeatedly by the UAE‟s leaders. It is a vision
that is represented in many aspects of its developmental process. In the
educational field, there has been a great deal of investment within
academia to raise educational practice to the advanced level of the
highly skilled graduate. The researcher sought to contribute significantly
to the ideas of technological utilisation and integration within the
teaching and learning environment, with the aim of nourishing creative
and skilled Emirati graduates. The research aims to establish a
framework for utilising technology in an architecture design studio, whilst
considering the best practice of the use of VDS in architectural
education. Many factors were considered and have been developed for
the initiation of the framework, including integration policy. This study
considered the UAE‟s cultural distinctiveness as well as the work culture
in which the UAE higher educational organisations operate with respect
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