Overcoming Pedagogical Challenges in Product Design Education during the Pandemic

Proceedings of The Design Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2022

U. Thakker and S. Shrivastav

Abstract:

The education sector got severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the beginning, remote learning posed challenges to teachers and students. However, many new pedagogical experiments demonstrated the potential to continue even in the post-Covid world. This study explains the pedagogical change in product design education from a traditional studio-based model to a virtual environment, without compromising the learning outcomes. The paper also describes the learning experiences of the students and measures the effectiveness of virtual education through qualitative and quantitative studies.

Keywords:

Design education, product design, case study, design studio, virtual learning

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