Design studio teaching has historically been based on the direct transmission of knowledge from teacher to apprentice, as well as on the skills students acquire from repeated practice of the trade. While this tradition has been the basis for the architecture's educational models for more than three centuries, the role of the student remains…

Combinations of Conventional Studio and Virtual Design Studio (VDS) have created valuable learning environments that take advantage of different instruments of communication and interaction. However, past experiences have reported limitations in regards to student engagement and motivation, especially when the studio projects encourage abstraction…

This paper describes a process for negotiating aspects of flexible learning through the consideration of flexibility from student, teacher and institutional perspectives. The process aimed to reconcile, in an Australian school of architecture, the competing demands of learner's increasing flexibility demands, teacher's attributes and pedagogical…

Describes the history, role, and objectives of the National Health Service Continuing Education Unit for Architectural Staff (CEU) responsible for the Health Service's capital building program. The CEU, recognizing their need for continuing education, performs such activities as educational advising, information dissemination, preparation of…