{"id":16,"date":"2017-03-01T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-09-11T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:27:43","slug":"learning-teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/learning-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Design teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #414042;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/header_u101_a.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/header_u101_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/header_u101_a.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/header_u101_a-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/header_u101_a-768x168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/header_u101_a-1024x224.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #414042;\">Design and innovation have a huge impact on society well beyond the creative industries \u2013 finding solutions to problems that affect every aspect of our lives. The Open University has pioneered distance education methods in design over the past 5 decades. This work mirrored developments in design research and education started in the late 60s with staff from the University leading the way in developing design as a &#8216;third discipline&#8217;. You can read more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www9.open.ac.uk\/mct-ei\/research\/design\/history-design\" >history of design education at The Open University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #414042;\">Our current Design qualifications, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/design\/degrees\/bachelor-of-design-r63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >BDes (Hons) Bachelor of Design<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/qualifications\/q61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >BA\/BSc (Honours) Design and Innovation, <\/a>\u00a0make use of this extensive knowledge as well as new modes of learning and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/learning-teaching\/learning-technologies\/\" >teaching at a distance, featuring online design studios, knowledge mapping,<\/a> social networking, and inspiring study materials. Each module has a significant practical component, continuing the shift from teaching design to learning by design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #414042;\">Explore your options about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/studying-design-at-the-ou\/\" >studying Design with the OU<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/design-hub\" >study our free OpenLearn materials<\/a> that we have created to give you some insights into studying Design at the OU. If you&#8217;d like to connect with, us visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13056276\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >LinkedIn Group<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@designatopen5951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >YouTube Channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design and innovation have a huge impact on society well beyond the creative industries \u2013 finding solutions to problems that affect every aspect of our lives. The Open University has pioneered distance education methods in design over the past 5 decades. This work mirrored developments in design research and education started in the late 60s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5374,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/5374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}