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

Studio (CVDS), developed by Clyde Virtual University in conjunction with DMEM and
GSA, an online virtual environment created to facilitate a wide range of collaborative
design projects, available only to institutions connected to the ClydeNet Metropolitan
Area Network.
The use o media in Strathclyde University has included the use of digital course
materials as well as digital media for drawing and sketching.
The main concern in Strathclyde University’s VDS was in the use of networking
technology to support the design process. As the project emphasised the importance of
multidisciplinary interaction and decision making as the fundamental requirement of
teams in the design process. Emphasising the importance of industrial globalisation that
meant design teams are drawn form a pool of talented that is geographically distributed.
Technologies such as synchronous and asynchronous was used accordingly for
communications.
Duration of VDS at Strathclyde varied according to course requirement from one
semester to a whole year.
As the case in Sydney student at Strathclyde University has been practicing with VDS in
different sets of design briefs according to the course requirements. Some complex
problems have been tackled as well as short term single problems.
At Strathclyde University the main objective was to provide a platform for investigating
the feasibility of using computer networks as a means of communication in educational
design.
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