Developments of e-Learning in Design and Architectural Education

Design and architectural education have unique teaching traditions and particular pedagogical needs. The utilisation of e-learning for design and architecture should address their exploratory characteristics. Therefore, e-learning for design and architecture should support the domain knowledge of the field and make it accessible through appropriate pedagogy. Currently, most of the strategies employed by online education in constructing the curricula and course content in e-learning environments are based on traditional approaches that are generally conceived in the framework of the creation and authoring of single course content modules. This paper analyses the impact of e-learning hypothesis on education and learning, addresses the uniqueness of learning design and architecture, and presents the developments of e- leaming in design and architectural education including multi-user 3D virtual collaborative learning environments and adaptive learning environments; WINDS (Web-based Intelligent Design tutoring System).