How is digital culture influencing your practice?

Dr Silke Lange; Claire Robertson

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017)
'Designs on e-Learning: Anxiety and Security' Special Issue

Case Studies

How is digital culture influencing your practice?

Published 2017-05-22

Dr Silke Lange
Claire Robertson

Dr Silke Lange
Central Saint Martins / UAL

Claire Robertson
Central St Martins / UAL

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Abstract

In Looking: Thinking: Making we consider initial observations and findings of a case study investigating the creative processes students on the [name of course] engage with. This collaborative educational research project focuses particularly on the values, roles and uses of digital capabilities, literacies and spaces that students experience throughout their one-year course. Furthermore, it provides a platform to explore and consider the anxieties and possibilities of being a creative practitioner in a digital culture that utilizes a wide range of modes of communication.

Keywords

fashion communication, digital presence, digital literacies, peer-to-peer learning.

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Author Biography

Dr Silke Lange

Central Saint Martins

Associate Dean of Learning, Teaching and Enhancement

Claire Robertson

Pathway Leader, BA Fashion Communication with Promotion

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