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

8.2 Outcomes
The outcome for this virtual design studio is to juxtapose visions for the future of
Sharjah. The participants are asked to redesign the province linking the old heritage of
Sharjah with the new cosmopolitan Sharjah, with the goal of producing original,
innovative design ideas.
Via collaboration groups or individual work, the final design strategies must redesign a
segment of Sharjah in relation to its Islamic heritage and the issues it faces today. Each
participant will be responsible for a 3 minute digital film version of their strategy and
the appropriate material to convey their design strategy. Project tutors will collect all
material for a VDS Sharjah catalogue which will be compiled and published after the
studio, and will include images of each design which will cover at least four pages
within the collection of texts, photographs and CDs of the VDS.
Participants will:
� Prepare for the studio in the form of research i.e.
reading set texts, researching historical origins of
Sharah and full profiling on social networking site
Facebook, which will act as a key tool throughout
the studio.
� Embrace the virtual design processes, including the
technological design applications and tools as a
means of the creation of collaborative innovative
thinking.
� Embrace social networking website Facebook as a
means of virtual communication, collaboration,
personal expression and socialisation.
� Facilitate the Virtual Design Environment as a
means of communication and collaboration to
develop and sustain a teamwork culture crucial to
the Virtual design pedagogy of the studio.
� Develop virtual design pedagogical practices and
models which aid in the promotion of collaborative
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