Abstract
This chapter reviews the fall 2007 implementation of a sophomore design course in the Media Arts department at the Columbus College of Art and Design. The course, Design for Media, applies Schank’s Story-Centered Curriculum to Digital Arts Education. Students learn how to leverage new techniques, enjoy failure, and promote documentation through blogging. By mimicking the production processes of Animation, Cinematic Arts, and Photography, sophomores enter the junior year with a clear understanding of what it takes to start and more importantly, complete a comprehensive project. Students maintain a weekly process blog, meet weekly as critique groups, and take ownership of process and revision.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Berkun, S. (2005, July 17). #44 – How to learn from your mistakes. Retrieved from http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/44-how-to-learn-from-your-mistakes/.
Brooks, D. (2009, April 30). Genius: the modern view. The New York Times, p. A23.
Capodagli, B., & Jackson, L. (2010). Innovate the Pixar way: Business lessons from the world’s most creative corporate playground. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Jognson, D. (2010). Teaching with author’s blogs: connections, collaboration, creativity. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 54(3), 172–180.
Kelley, T., & Littman, J. (2005). The ten faces of innovation: Ideo’s strategies for defeating the devil’s advocate and driving creativity throughout your organization. New York: Doubleday.
Overby, A. (2009). The new conversation: Using weblogs for reflective practice in the studio art classroom. Art Education, 62, 18–24.
Rao, H., Sutton, R., & Webb, A. P. (2008). Innovation lessons from Pixar: An interview with Oscar-winning director Brad Bird. The McKinsey Quarterly, Retrieved from https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Innovation_lessons_from_Pixar_An_interview_with_Oscar-winning_director_Brad_Bird_2127.
Schank, R. C. (2002). Every curriculum tells a story. Tech Directions, 62(2), 25–29.
Schank, R. C. (2004). Making minds less well educated than our own. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Schank, R. C., & Langer, E. (Eds.). (1994). Beliefs, reasoning and decision making: Psycho-logic in honor of Bob Abelson. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tharp, T. (2003). The creative habit: Learn it and use it for life. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Acknowledgment
I graciously acknowledge the administrative support of CCAD colleagues Ric Petry, Director of Graduate Studies and Ron Saks, Dean of Media Arts and the instructional development support of CCAD colleague Julie Abijanac, Assistant Professor, Foundation Studies in the development of D4M. However, the opinions and findings expressed in this chapter are my own.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Additional information
This chapter is lovingly dedicated to Dad
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Belland, C. (2012). Design for Media: Nurturing the Transition of Media Arts Students from Consumers to Producers Through Deliberate Practice. In: Fee, S., Belland, B. (eds) The Role of Criticism in Understanding Problem Solving. Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3540-2_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3540-2_12
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-1051-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-3540-2
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)