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Student newspaper for Central Washington University for January 24, 2008https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cwu_student_newspaper/5476/thumbnail.jp

An educational program for improving English language skills of Design students in Japan

This report describes the development of an education program targeted to improve English language skills of Department of Industrial Design students in Japan. Although English communication capability is essential for career development in the present day global market, university design curricula make learning English a challenge. Since most students start learning design after matriculation, they tend to give lower priority to English. Therefore, a Design English program was initiated to motivate students to continue learning English. Under the program, English presentation material was co-developed by design students and International Culture majors. Design students gave final presentations in English to a diverse audience including professional designers. We expected the following factors to heighten design students’ motivation: the new experience of collaboration with students from a different department; stimulus from students more tuned to improve their English skills; confidence building through brushing up presentation materials; and communication with foreign professional designers from a corporation. Design students participated more actively in discussions when professional designers were in the audience. This result underscores the importance of connecting English studies with design education to create relevance. Design students had a heightened awareness toward the study of English, and some students substantially improved proficiency in English through continued study.Consilience and innovation in design : 5th IASDR 2013 Tokyo24th-30th August 2013Shibaura Institute of Technolog

La formazione degli insegnanti di sostegno sulle TIC. Analisi dei prodotti multimediali del corso di specializzazione per le attività di sostegno

ICT has been introduced in the Italian school system for more than 20 years (National Informatics Plan, 1985; 1991, National Digital School Plan, 2007; 2015) in order to facilitate teaching-learning processes for all. Researches show that besides access to technology, ICT-related educational innovation success depends above all on teacher training.In Italy, specialized teaching courses (Ministerial Decree 30/09/2011) prepare prospective teachers for working in inclusive classroom. Within these courses, a 75-hours class provides training for using ICT in the educational processes. The creation of a multimedia product is one of the demands of the final assessment.On the basis of the analysis of multimedia products presented by the prospective teachers who attended the course at University of Rome “Foro Italico” (2014/2015), the present work aims to highlight good practices but also critical aspects in SEN teachers training on ICT in order to reflect on how to improve training efficacy and impact

A place of exchange, making the amphibious habitat.

Zhan Xu Zhen, Jasmine."Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report.""May 2010."Chapter 0.0 --- Thesis Statemen

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