Abstract
Every technological innovation has been a threat to creativity from letterpress to digital typography, from hand-crafted graphics to digitally produced compositions, and now AI. This paper covers twenty years of my evolution of teaching design. It examines the issues of integrating emerging technologies within design education pedagogies. To cultivate innovation and creativity among students, we have always adopted an experiential learning model, we incorporate hands-on projects to actively engage students in problem-solving and iterative design processes. We encourage experimentation and the exploration of diverse perspectives. How does that map to our pedagogy with new media spaces such as social media and now AI? AI (in whichever form it takes) has been framed as a creative threat and an indispensable creative tool. What has my students the most concerned is that whilst they want to use AI and incorporate it into their processes, their real fear is that it will ultimately replace them. How is a budding new designer not viewing this new design landscape with trepidation? I have approached this disruption to the design education method and adopted new ways of thinking about design in my classes and in the student mindset. What are the new principles of design in the era of AI? My paper offers hard won insights into effective pedagogies which equip students with the skills they need to excel in a fractured design landscape by bridging theoretical concepts with actionable teaching strategies.
Presenters
Michael SalmondProfessor, Digital Media Design, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
AI, Pedagogy, Emerging, Threats, Solutions, Creativity, Thinking, Theory
