The potential of online object-based learning activities to support the teaching of intersectional environmentalism in art and design higher education | Intellect Skip to content
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Volume 22, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 1474-273X
  • E-ISSN: 2040-0896

Abstract

In 2019, the University of the Arts London (UAL) declared a Climate Emergency and undertook to make sustainability a required part of the student learning experience. Subsequently, in 2021, UAL published an anti-racism action plan and declared itself an activist university. These initiatives require educators across UAL’s six constituent colleges – of which Central Saint Martins (CSM) is one – to underpin creative arts learning and teaching with an understanding of global ecologies and societal structures. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, a considerable amount of this teaching has been delivered online. This case study – based on data gathered from students participating in online workshops – seeks to understand how established teaching practices, such as object-based and experiential learning, can be mobilized to support student understanding of these complex global and societal issues in an online learning environment. We also address the challenges and benefits of teaching art and design subjects using educational technology and ask whether experiential pedagogies can be successfully translated for delivery online.

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