Abstract: In the fall of 2010 two universities came together to form a motion design collaborative. Several design students, professionals and educators, separated by distance, culture and instruction worked together to create a motion graphic film to raise awareness, spark debate, and inform the public on a social issue.
Faculty and students will worked together to determine the topic, the message and the final script. Once the script was approved the faculty assigned each student a short portion of the film to execute. Students are not expected to create a seamless style, but to create a seamless and cohesive message. The film will shared consistent audio which helped to unify the final outcome. The faculty collected the films and positioned them in a website (coming soon) that not only shares the collaborative outcome of the film, but also the process, documenting the planning, management and afterlife of the project.
The artifact produced by the students acts as a representation of their teamwork. All participants worked remotely and leveraging online technologies such as Ning, Flickr and Vimeo to work efficiently and inexpensively. Participants included sophomores, juniors, seniors.
This paper will share our process, experience, documentation, and the final artifact as an example of a collaborative learning experience within design education. Out project will be documented online by summer of 2011.
The Presentation from the The Design Principles and Practices international conference, February 2-4, 2011: