NEW MEDIA EDUCATION

CYBERSALON @ THE DANA CENTRE

The Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5HE <www.danacentre.org.uk>
Cost: This event is free but places must be booked
by calling 020 7942 4040 or by emailing: <tickets[AT]danacentre.org.uk>
Nearest tubes: South Kensington/Gloucester
Road

VIEW THE LIVE WEBCAST HERE (6.30-9.30pm)

Over the past decade, new media degree courses have proliferated
across higher education. Cybersalon casts a critical eye over the priorities
and purposes of these courses. Is their primary purpose to equip students
with the skills needed to get a job in the new media sector? Or should
they concentrate on providing students with an opportunity for experimentation
and exploration? How can teaching making interactive works be combined
with theoretical analysis of new media? Will the advent of 3-G mobiles
and other broadband technologies transform the structure of these courses?
These and other questions will examined at the New Media Education Cybersalon.

Speakers include Professor Irene
McAra-McWilliam, Royal College of Art; Mare
Tralla, Estonian Academy of Art & ISEA 2004; and Aidan
Rowe, Surrey Institute of Art & Design.

From 8-9pm there will be a showcase by students and alumni
from the MA in Hypermedia Studies, University of Westminster who will
present selected personal projects from their current studies and professional
practice.