On Jan 19, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Ben Vaughan wrote:
As a Dad who's we established in Colorado, are there
any plans for distance learning?
I hope not.
While I understand the plight of people who aren't located near a good
(or any) interaction design program, I don't think it is a discipline
that can be taught effectively from afar. The studio nature of a
reputable design program almost requires the kind of high-touch, high-
bandwidth interactions that only face to face to can effectively
impart. There is also the interactions with other students, which can
be even more valuable over time than the professors. The bonding that
occurs in a design studio at 3 a.m. has yet to be replicated online.
And lest you think I'm unaware of the difficulties, I sold my house
and moved my family (including my 3-year-old daughter) to Pittsburgh
for two years to get my degree. Others in my program lived apart from
their families and commuted to distant cities in order to get their
degree. It was a sacrifice. But the barriers are there to show us how
much we really want something, to paraphrase Randy Pausch. There's
always an excuse not to do something.
Dan
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