Abstract

Widening access to creative arts education can only go so far when all of our campuses are based in one of the 10 most expensive cities in the world. As the world of education and learning places increased focus on lifelong learning, it is clear that new delivery models are necessary to take the university to learners – and not the other way around. However, a fully online, flexible, and primarily asynchronous delivery mode could be seen to be antithetical to the residential pedagogical approaches UAL is known for. In this session, UAL Online’s Dean of Academic Strategy and Commercial Director will explore some of these potential tensions exploring some key questions we need to resolve in our pursuit of bringing high-quality creative education to more students than ever before.

Session and activities

In this session, UAL Online’s Dean of Academic Strategy and Commercial Director will explore issues related to online education delivery and the design questions emerging from implementing a scalable and flexible fully-online delivery mode whilst maintaining the creative and pedagogical character of UAL. What are the implications of scalability to academic resourcing and key pedagogic practices such as ‘studio’ and the assessment of creative process? What are the risks and limitations for creative arts education in the online sphere? Join this session for an open and honest conversation and bring your questions about what we may and may not be able to do when delivering online education.