Panofsky promotes linear perspective as a modern scopic regime because of its capacity to ‘maintain’ the visual dimensional integrity of the form it represents. Validation of this method lies implicitly around an argument ...

This paper reflects on the changing nature of participation and design in the context of social technologies and, in particular, our evolving understanding of what it means to do design. When designing social technologies ...

Group learning tasks are now ubiquitous in formal university education, but assessment processes for large classes have too often counteracted the benefits of peer learning. These benefits have been identified in the ...

The idea of 'theory' ¿ whether in Thomas¿ `grand theory¿ sense or in the more informal `mental model¿ sense [1997: 86] ¿ is generally accepted within most disciplines, including architecture and design, as being indicative ...

Pod and vodcasts are increasingly used in international higher education. Most are produced by faculty either to replace the traditional lecture or to provide an alternative source of lecture material for students to listen ...

Project success remains one of the favorite and most researched topics of the project management discipline. This article relates to the use of case study methods in recent doctoral research that focused on extending the ...

If something is designed and built, it was made purposefully. Design is about intent, planning, and sticking to the 'The Plan'. As we evolve design solutions to various design problems and various aspects of the design ...

Surrounded by high-rise buildings, some two-storey buildings with black roofs are sited along the Xiaohe (Little River) in the north of Hangzhou, China. The buildings were originally built in the late Qing Dynasty (late ...