ONLINE EDUCATION: TEACHING IN A TIME OF CHANGE

• Paper / Proposal Title:

Hybrid Model in Interior Design Education Through E-Learning Instruction

• Author(s) Name:

Sevinç Alkan-Korkmaz, Mergül Saraf-Yıldızoğlu, Sibel Özden, Büşra Kurt

• University or Company Affiliation:

Istanbul Rumeli University, Department of Interior Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey

• Abstract:

The World Health Organization officially announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a global Pandemic in March 2020. During that time, higher education institutions in Turkey took a distance learning approach like as the whole World. Therefore, the departments of interior design had to find ways to continue education different from the traditional/atelier method. It was possible to experience on-line technological tools and e-learning strategies at the departments of interior design in Turkey. Thus, based on the traditional methods of design education in Turkey has revealed some requirements such as change in curriculum. It has emerged that the design education carried out with traditional methods should be integrated with e-learning education programs. In this context, we discuss the model of hybrid education (HE) in interior design as a new possibility.

This study aims to explore the model of hybrid education (HE) in interior design that e- learning innovations used in the face-to-face education. This study is part of a comprehensive project; “Innovative Curriculum for Education of Interior Architecture”. The project consists of three basic sections; the first of them includes a literature review and scanning the departments of interior design in Turkey. The second part is researching distance education programs within the interior design from different countries. In the last section, we analyze the collected data and offer the proposal of a hybrid model in interior design education. This study seeks to discuss the process and outcomes of the project and e-learning innovations used in design education.

Keywords: E-Learning, interior design, interior design education, hybrid education in design, virtual design studio.

• Author(s) Biography:

Sevinç ALKAN-KORKMAZ received her B.Arch from Uludağ University (Bursa, Turkey) in 2005. She earned M.Sc. (2011) and Ph.D. (2017) in Architectural Design from Dokuz Eylul University (İzmir, Turkey). She previously worked as a research assistant at Yasar university’s Faculty of Architecture (2009-2015). She currently work as an Assistant Professor at the Istanbul Rumeli University (İstanbul, Turkey), where she has been teaching since 2018. She is leading two research projects within the design education founded by Istanbul Rumeli University (BAP2020010–Innovative Curriculum for Education of Interior Architecture; BAP2020001–3D Printer in the Architecture Education).

Her research focuses on the contemporary architecture/design and its criticism, design education, inclusive design and gender studies in design.

Mergül SARAF-YILDIZOĞLU received her B.A from Marmara University’s Department of Interior Architecture (İstanbul, Turkey) in 2006. She earned M.Sc. (2010) and Ph.D. (2016) from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University’s Department of Interior Architecture (İstanbul, Turkey). She previously worked as a research assistant at İstanbul Okan University’s Faculty of Fine Arts (2008-2016) and as an Assistant Professor (2016-2018) at the same university. She currently work as an Assistant Professor at the Istanbul Rumeli University (İstanbul, Turkey), where she has been teaching since 2018. She is a principal researcher on the Istanbul Rumeli University founded project “Innovative Curriculum for Education of Interior Architecture” (Project No: BAP2020010).

Her research areas include interior design, lighting design, relationship of design and consumer behaviour and design education.

Sibel ÖZDEN received her B.Arch. from Bahcesehir University (Istanbul, Turkey) in 2018. She took architectural classes at International Academy of Rome in Italy as an exchange student for a term in 2016. She has been working on her M.A. at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in the Department of Computer Aided Art and Design and as a research assistant at İstanbul Rumeli University’s Department of Interior Architecture.

Her research focuses on the education in architectural design studio, technology and architecture, analysis of spatial and urban data, using the data by transforming it into architectural information, revealing cultural heritage through data mapping and data visualization methods.

Büşra KURT received her B.Arch from Trakya University (Edirne, Turkey) in 2013. She took architectural classes at Bialystok Technology University in Poland as an Erasmus exchange student for a term in 2011. She previously worked as an architect at Sofist Architectural firm in Istanbul. She has been working on her M.A. at Trakya University in the Department of Architecture and as a research assistant at İstanbul Rumeli University’s Department of Interior Architecture.

Her research focuses conducting architectural history research using historical maps, modern architecture, design education.