A design school's core curriculum includes a physical studio class in all disciplines. The COVID-19 pandemic led to switch from online education. Students and instructors had no prior experience with courses when the shift occurred February 2020. There have been concerns raised about quality of Students' evaluations studios were used as basis for assessing their efficiency, then factors affecti...

Mobile learning is a young and vibrant field of research and practice. Teaching a university course on mobile learning is a challenge: how do you connect the theories and case studies to students’ experience, and make them relevant for their educational practice? This paper reports on one such course which was conducted using a Learning Design Studio format: working in groups, students identifi...

This paper presents an experimental design studio of digital performative design conducted in an architecture course, in Brazil. This teaching and learning experience included a period of three week exercise as part of an integrated design class. The overall objective of the experiment was to introduce the concept of performative design through a design exercise based on actual digital practice...

ur initial concept for Design eXchange as a shared collaborative online and physical space for design has changed as a result of several iterations. Our present notion places less emphasis on Design eXchange being a place for our students to share their work, and instead favors a complex mix of key elements, namely 1) a virtual online studio, 2) a forum for review of all things related to desig...

Recently we are urged to transform education into an evidence based profession, and promote scientific standards or practice. These calls are not new – they seem to emerge every few years. We do not argue with their goal, but we contend that the suitable frame of reference is the paradigm of design science, rather than the common metaphor of medical research. This paper proposes Design Inquiry ...

This paper is about Case Based Instruction (CBI) and not about computer implemented Case Based Reasoning systems, as some readers tend to assume. CBI is a very old method of teaching, particularly in the studio setting. Usually it takes the form of precedent analysis. An empirical study was conducted in order to better understand how experienced designers use cases in the course of a brief desi...

Optimization techniques can be efficiently utilized to achieve an optimal shape for arch dams. This optimal design can consider the conditions of the economy and safety simultaneously. The main aim is to present an applicable and practical model and suggest an algorithm for optimization of concrete arch dams to enhance their seismic performance. To achieve this purpose, a preliminary optimizati...