Press Release
Time: Tuesday, August 10, 8 – 8:30pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
In collaboration with NoD: Notes on Design
Graphic, Web, Multimedia Design and Game Art are increasingly available to be learned online, both with and without instructors. One school has been doing it the longest: Sessions College for Professional Design.
Sessions College was the first fully-online school of design having opened its doors in 1999. The depth of curriculum has grown as it continues to challenge the limits of teaching in what is still a relatively new medium. What is perhaps most surprising is the remarkable student satisfaction levels which sit at 91% as of the most recent third-party poll of students conducted by the respected education research group Eduventures.
The college also manages to appeal to an amazing faculty of instructors, many of whom have published best selling book in their respective fields of design and have taught at other more traditional and renowned brick and mortar colleges.
One such instructor is Andrew Shalat, and on Tuesday, August 10th Scott Chappell, the publisher of the online design magazine NoD: Notes on Design will ask both Andrew Shalat and Sessions College Chief Learning Office Gordon Drummond to demystify the process of learning design online.
Topics to be explored include:
– Online vs. Traditional Design Education
– A tour of the online campus and the teaching tools of Sessions College
– An exploration of the student / teacher relationship at an online college
If you are interested in reserving a seat for this live online conversation please follow this link.
During the presentation attendees will have live access to a chat feature where they may ask questions of the presenters.
Learn more about the presentation “Can Design Be Taught Online?”
About the Presenters
Andrew Shalat is an author, designer/illustrator, educator, and Mac expert. Since 1985 he has been designing and writing articles about Macintosh, Mac software, and publishing technologies that have appeared in Macworld, maccentral.com and macweek.com (for which he was a columnist writing “Shalat’s Web”). He has been a regular speaker/faculty member at Macworld Expo since 2001 and has written three books: How to Do Everything with Online Video (McGraw-Hill, Osborne), Do It Yourself Mac Projects (McGraw-Hill), and MacDesign Out of the Box (Peachpit). Andrew is a regular contributor to design and Macintosh related sites including Inside Mac Radio, InDesign Magazine, and Creativepro.com. His design work covers a large range of media including book, CD and DVD covers, brochures, catalogs, outdoor signage, print ads, artwork, logos, Flash and Web design, and grocery lists. Over the past two decades, Andrew has taught literature, writing, Web design, and print design.
Gordon Drummond is the Chief Learning Officer at Sessions. Gordon is a senior editor and educator with over 15 years experience in instructional design. Prior to joining Sessions, he worked as curriculum director at Kaplan Educational Centers, designing courses for K-12, pre-college, and graduate students, and co-authoring two test preparation books. Gordon began developing online education 1999, working as the senior Knowledge Architect at Boston-based learningbrands. Gordon’s mission at Sessions College for Professional Design is to harness the power of the Web to deliver rich learning experiences to art and design students around the world. Gordon has presented seminars on online education at conferences including DETC, CCA, Angel Learning, Surtex, and the Graphic Artist’s Guild and has published in Distance Learning magazine. Since the Fall 2007, Gordon has served on the Middle States Association Commission on Secondary Schools. Gordon earned an MA in English Literature from University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on August 6, 2010
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