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Online Dexterity—Applications for Enhancing Teachers’ and Students’ Competence and Confidence in Online Spaces in Tertiary Art and Design Education

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 5-36 (SU)

Digital tools and artificial intelligence are disrupting and transforming pedagogies in higher art and design institutions. In this session, we introduce research that advances the notion of 'online dexterity,' framing the technological proficiency of university educators and students not as fixed abilities but as immediate, flexible responses to the evolving landscape of online learning. Utilising… Read More »Online Dexterity—Applications for Enhancing Teachers’ and Students’ Competence and Confidence in Online Spaces in Tertiary Art and Design Education

Extending the Visual Storytelling Narrative Arc through Augmented Reality

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 6-14 (PC)

Note: Session time is listed in BST. Check your local time zone. New digital tools and tactics such as augmented reality offer the potential to create new “hybrid” student outcomes. This project-based case study is from an experimental “Visual Storytelling” design elective within a public university School of Design. The experimental class format allowed for… Read More »Extending the Visual Storytelling Narrative Arc through Augmented Reality

AI Use in Contemporary Artists’ Practices: Implications for Art Education

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 5-36 (SU)

Note: Session time is listed in BST. Check your local time zone. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently been continuously debated, as creating AI-generated art pieces has become more common in our daily lives; however, we argue that art educators are not yet prepared for this change. In this paper, we shed light on the implications… Read More »AI Use in Contemporary Artists’ Practices: Implications for Art Education