Studio-Based Courses Online Learning

Studio-Based Courses Online Learning The demand for practical rather than theoretical courses in higher education for various skills continues to rise. However, industries and job markets requests more skills and graduates with no skills no longer is demanded.Though enrollments in undergraduate in applied science programs are on the rise more than before. Furthermore, instructors continue to employ new methods that focus on problem solving and practical design skills. All of this calls for creating a platform to provide an opportunity that everybody be able to be trained in a specific applied skill. In this context, we are implementing and evaluating a new pedagogy, Studio Based Courses Online Learning, as a means to address this need. In fact E-learning or electronic learning is a time and location free environment. In the past, online or e-learning was limited to non-studio based courses and a little attention has been given to such an interface in e-learning. I introduced the DSBC or SBCOL related to revolutionize e-learning method. Following introducing of a primitive and prototype model, an interactive interface was introduced at SIAT/SFU in 2007. In the first step, it showed that four tools of; Multimedia, Interactive Intelligent Images, Database Library, and a Video Conferencing System in a customized parallel interface, are essential. The interface would facilitate a reasonable and progressive learning performance would possess the most important impact on the e-learning environment. Enhancing the Design Studio Based Course system will improve the users' design knowledge, ability, outcomes and quality in adoption of such an e-learning interface. A positive attitude in the system is introduced in which the effectiveness of the interface leads to its greater adoption by the students and increases the probability of successful results comparing with the conventional operation of the studio courses.

Studio Based Course Online Learning Model: Students, individually or in groups, construct their own project (e.g. Architectural Design Studio Project). Students present and submit their projects for review for their instructor or other classmates or groups. Students receive feed-backs and again respond for the improvement. At the end classmates and groups would have their evaluation before the instructor evaluation.