Actual population

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Websites of students for take-home examination
INTED2008. International Technology, Education
and Development Conference, Valencia, March
3rd-5th, 2008 Session Experiences in Education
New projects and innovations, Tuesday, 4th March
2008.10.00hr Room No.2
Prof.dr.ir. Taeke M. De Jong, chair Technical
Ecology And Methodology, sharing a chair Regional
Design
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Faculty of Architecture, department Urbanism
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Three examples of application
Territory
Methodology
Environmental impacts
For these courses, more than 1500 students made a
personal website
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Assignments Territory
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Assignments Ways to Study

• Make your own website and publish
• 1. previous own design work, for example from the
  preceding semester
• .
• 15. a short critical reflection on points 1-16 of
  a website of one of the other participants of
  this course (or earlier versions)
• 16. a source list and colophon of the site,
  making sure all data are retrievable and
  searchable for judgment.

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Assignment environmental data
choose an impact X on Y XYA,B,C,D,E,F
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Assignment environmental data

• Describe X and its possible impacts on Y
  quantitatively
• consulting http//arch.rivm.nl/environmentaldata/
  
• Name the radius of impact R1,3,10,30 10 000
  000m
• Name the term of impact T1,10,100 or 1000
  years

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Advantages of a website

• the line of thought still can be a tree or
  matrix,
• storing sidelines of thought in links,
• finding a personal main line gradually,
• keeping valuable associations at hand,
• including drawings and animations in color,
• clarifying sequences and layers of thought better
  than words,
• doing justice to the requirements of design,
• easy to change real time,
• even in its thought structure

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compared to hard copy document

• its rigid linear structure,
• limits the use of links, images, overlays,
  animations,
• branches of thought have to be separated and
  stored in footnotes, endnotes and appendices,
• with many time consuming lay-out and print
  difficulties,
• from an educational point of view a next step,
• if the line of thought is still in progress,
• because judgement and support are needed most
  half way

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Closer to current generation

• a website is common to the internet generation,
• motivated by instantaneous pressing links,
• developing durable themes of interest by doing,
• probably disturbing a preconceived line of
  search,
• but stimulating new lines of thought,
• flexible, but increasingly critical thinking,
• new combinations suitable for design,
• beyond existing categories (legend units in
  drawings)

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The challenge of publishing

• students websites are often a portfolio in
  progress,
• suitable for applications after graduation
• giving a more complete image of the student,
• and his or her context,
• stimulating by itself to give proper account to a
  worldwide audience,
• a transferable reflection at the personal
  portfolio,
• with some distance to own work,
• choosing words many target groups should
  understand,
• avoiding own obscure jargon

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Enabling interaction

• students can learn from each others website,
• if a critical review of other websites is asked,
• to stimulate a scientific ability to criticise,
  and eagerness
• to be criticised by other people than the
  accidental teacher,
• useful in design exercises,
• connecting students and teachers,
• connecting different projects,
• otherwise unknown to students and teachers,
• because they are operating separately in
  different projects

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Enabling flexible judgment

• easily accessible for judgment,
• at any time,
• without accommodating a location for examination,
• mutually controllable by different judges,
• on preconceived and published criteria,
• if, with agreement of the student, the judgement
  is published on the internet in detail,
• than discussing the judgement is easy,
• stimulating chats between student and teacher,
• enabling immediate improvements,
• with fast and easy re-examination of parts

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Evaluating design education

• websites report the progress of design education
• in a retrievable way,
• controlling teachers,
• monitored through the years,
• in favour of changing educational strategy,
• based on retrievable facts
• design work remains accessible for researchers
• to be used in their publications
• integrating the valuable products of a school in
  their research.

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Websites of students for take-home examination
INTED2008. International Technology, Education
and Development Conference, Valencia, March
3rd-5th, 2008 Session Experiences in Education
New projects and innovations, Tuesday, 4th March
2008.10.00hr Room No.2
Prof.dr.ir. Taeke M. De Jong, chair Technical
Ecology And Methodology, sharing a chair Regional
Design
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Faculty of Architecture, department Urbanism