Abstract
This paper is an outcome of a survey that sought to analyse the use of ICT in idea development in the design process with respect to graphic design education in the second cycle institution. The focus was to examine the effect of the introduction of ICT into the curriculum of graphic design education in the Senior High Schools (SHS) on idea development. Quantitatively, data was gathered from two hundred and twenty students from four different SHS in Kumasi, where graphic design is pursued as an elective course in visual art. There was evidence to suggest that even though ICT as a tool is studied in schools, design students were not officially allowed to either assess the internet or use the computer for idea development. However, there were evidence to suggest that students mostly assess the internet and use the computer for their assignments in their respective homes. The results also affirmed that ICT helped in their idea development even though per the pedagogy, teachers do not teach the students. The study however recommends that curriculum developers take another look at the curriculum in shaping the thoughts of these students since the early and proper use of ICT by design students will help in the thinking on the use of technology in the higher education institutions. Moreover, it will also help in the realization of their full potential of technology in idea development in the design process, especially in developing countries. Keywords: idea development, pedagogy, computer technology, ICT DOI: 10.7176/ADS/90-04 Publication date: February 28 th 2021
Highlights
In recent times the advancement of technology has given rise to the use of ICT in various programmes in education
In their study on technology with ideation, it revealed practicing graphic designers confronted with broad and ill-defined design challenges, sought to rely heavily on the traditional tools to sketch and draw for early ideas. This results support the idea that, when it comes to idea development, designers cannot do without thumbnail sketches as they help in promoting creative works (Tan, Melles & Lee, 2009)
Results from the study suggested that the use of ICT in idea development by the students is done against the pedagogy captured by the syllabus
Summary
In recent times the advancement of technology has given rise to the use of ICT in various programmes in education. This study is situated in Ghana, a West African country where computers have recently been introduced as educational tools in the Senior High School (SHS) system, with reference to graphic design programme. Studies have shown that the introduction of computer as a graphic design tool in the teaching and learning of graphic de sign has been a source of worry for educators in the pedagogy of design education (Appiah & Cronje, 2014), especially in the HEI. The following objective was set for this study: To assess the extent to which the introduction and the use of ICT influence idea development in Graphic Design by students in the senior high schools (SHSs); an viz-a-viz students attitude on idea development with the introduction of ICT in their graphic design programme
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