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Creating & Using Multimedia in Online Instruction |
Types of Design Courses Online |
The types of courses offered as online instruction in the design field can be classifed into two general categories. One comprises courses that are primarily knowledge-based and include history and survey courses. The other category focuses on skill-based instruction such as drawing and design.
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I expected to find a selection of courses in the first
category, as knowledge-based instruction is has traditionally been text
and writing based instruction and is easily adapted to the internet. There
were many selections of courses in the area of the history of art and architecture,
and some in more technical areas, such as Building Construction: Building
Codes, Foundations and Framing offered at Ohio State University and courses
in building materials and methods of instruction at 
I was more interested in seeing what was offered, if
anything, in the skill-based instruction area. The live F2F ( face-to-face
) studio model has been the preferred mode of instruction for drawing- and
design-based skills for centuries. I was curious to see how others had approached
these types of courses when considering how to adapt these courses to remote,
asynchronous formats. There were several course offerings, however as far
as I could tell, very few were offered in a purely online format with no
contact between the student and the instructor. The other courses 
