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Exploring Situated Making in Media Technology Education

Paxling, Linda LU (2018) Cumulus REDO Conference p.510-519
Abstract
Critical making has the potential to foster a practice of connecting critical thinking with physical making through iterative and self-driven learning. This paper explores critical making as a method and a pedagogy in bridging the gap between conceptual thinking and making, encouraging play to cultivate learning and understanding one’s relation to the world. Situated making is an undergraduate course for second-year students in media technology at department of Technology and Aesthetics, Blekinge Institute of Technology. The key concepts critical making, situated knowledges and interaction were implemented to encourage a learning process aiming at deepening knowledges on critical thinking and hands-on making. We found that augmenting the... (More)
Critical making has the potential to foster a practice of connecting critical thinking with physical making through iterative and self-driven learning. This paper explores critical making as a method and a pedagogy in bridging the gap between conceptual thinking and making, encouraging play to cultivate learning and understanding one’s relation to the world. Situated making is an undergraduate course for second-year students in media technology at department of Technology and Aesthetics, Blekinge Institute of Technology. The key concepts critical making, situated knowledges and interaction were implemented to encourage a learning process aiming at deepening knowledges on critical thinking and hands-on making. We found that augmenting the perception of digital media is necessary moving forward. Acknowledging the hybridity of nature and culture as ever present in critical making practices needs to be taken seriously if we are to create situated educational interventions fostering responsible futures. (Less)
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Cumulus REDO Conference : Proceedings 30 May - 2 June 2017 - Proceedings 30 May - 2 June 2017
pages
510 - 519
publisher
Design School Kolding
conference name
Cumulus REDO Conference
conference location
Kolding, Denmark
conference dates
2017-05-30 - 2017-06-02
ISBN
978-87-95416-15-4
language
English
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no
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8108f85c-178e-45a7-83a9-3a61bd871202
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https://issuu.com/designskolen_kolding/docs/a4_redo_samlet_kopi/510
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  author       = {{Paxling, Linda}},
  booktitle    = {{Cumulus REDO Conference : Proceedings 30 May - 2 June 2017}},
  isbn         = {{978-87-95416-15-4}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{510--519}},
  publisher    = {{Design School Kolding}},
  title        = {{Exploring Situated Making in Media Technology Education}},
  url          = {{https://issuu.com/designskolen_kolding/docs/a4_redo_samlet_kopi/510}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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