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New Media Education

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Over the past decade, new media degree courses have proliferated across higher education. Cybersalon casts a critical eye over the priorities and purposes of these courses.

Over the past decade, new media degree courses have proliferated across higher education. Cybersalon casts a critical eye over the priorities and purposes of these courses.

Is their primary purpose to equip students with the skills needed to get a job in the new media sector?

Or should they concentrate on providing students with an opportunity for experimentation and exploration?

How can teaching making interactive works be combined with theoretical analysis of new media?

Will the advent of 3-G mobiles and other broadband technologies transform the structure of these courses?

These and other questions will examined at the New Media Education Cybersalon.

Speakers include:

• Professor Irene McAra-McWilliam, Royal College of Art;
• Mare Tralla, Estonian Academy of Art & ISEA 2004;
• and Aidan Rowe, Surrey Institute of Art & Design.

From 8-9pm there will be a showcase by students and alumni from the MA in Hypermedia Studies, University of Westminster who will present selected personal projects from their current studies and professional practice.

Cost: This event is free but places must be booked by calling 020 7942 4040 or by emailing: tickets@danacentre.org.uk

Location

The Dana Centre, London SW7 5HE