The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education

In this paper we discuss the tradeoff between educating specialists and generalists in the Medialogy Master education at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. The Medialogy education was established in 2002 with the goal to combine technology and creativity in designing, implementing and evaluating medi...

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Main Authors: Rolf Nordahl, Stefania Serafin, Lise B. Kofoed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scuola IaD 2012-10-01
Series:Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
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Online Access:http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/14_2.pdf
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spelling doaj-86fe4c7dbd814a1c883710246ae6eaa82020-11-25T01:45:58ZengScuola IaDInteraction Design and Architecture(s)1826-97452012-10-0113-141626The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy educationRolf NordahlStefania SerafinLise B. KofoedIn this paper we discuss the tradeoff between educating specialists and generalists in the Medialogy Master education at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. The Medialogy education was established in 2002 with the goal to combine technology and creativity in designing, implementing and evaluating media technology applications. The curriculum of the education has been through several revisions, the last of which, discussed in this paper, was performed during the Spring 2011.http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/14_2.pdfMedialogyinterdisciplinaritymedia technology education
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Stefania Serafin
Lise B. Kofoed
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Stefania Serafin
Lise B. Kofoed
The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education
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Medialogy
interdisciplinarity
media technology education
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Stefania Serafin
Lise B. Kofoed
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title The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education
title_short The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education
title_full The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education
title_fullStr The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education
title_full_unstemmed The balance between generalists and specialists in the Medialogy education
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series Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
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description In this paper we discuss the tradeoff between educating specialists and generalists in the Medialogy Master education at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. The Medialogy education was established in 2002 with the goal to combine technology and creativity in designing, implementing and evaluating media technology applications. The curriculum of the education has been through several revisions, the last of which, discussed in this paper, was performed during the Spring 2011.
topic Medialogy
interdisciplinarity
media technology education
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