ABSTRACT
Tutorials focused on critique and reframing for data design – looking at designs and data, learning to read data and seeing data in new, creative ways, to create visual data-based designs. As experienced designers in online learning we necessarily engage critically and experiment with technology and media, yet this is not without its challenges and dangers – as A. M. Willis attests: what we design and put out into the world has the potential to design us back. This chapter describes our experiences, insights and reflections on this rapid adaptation of teaching during the global COVID-19 crisis, where each unit coordinator discusses their unique concerns and practical design solutions. Various visual design units share a traditional on-campus delivery format where theory, principles and case studies are delivered through in-person lectures, with follow-up tutorials allowing students to apply this learning in portfolio-based assessments.
