iCapstone - Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Immersed International Capstone Design - a review by Oscar Nespoli

Oscar Nespoli will provide a review of successful pilot programming where interdisciplinary teams of students were immersed in international practice settings, finding, framing and constructing problems during their coop terms, while being coached virtually by tutors on campus.  Q & A session will follow a brief presentation on the main findings and possible future work.

References:

1. Nespoli O.G., Hurst, A. & Gero J.S. (2021).  Exploring Tutor-Student Interactions in a Novel Virtual Design Studio, Design Studies, Vol 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2021.101019
2. Nespoli, O.G., Hurst A., & Russell, J. (2018). Facilitating Need Finding and Problem Formulation During Cooperative Work Terms Through Virtual Instruction – Pilot Implementation Results, DS92 Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference, pp. 2473-2484. https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0257