
Creative Technologies Education
Students as Digital Designers
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2025
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-1-032-78529-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a groundbreaking exploration of how to empower students as innovative creators in an increasingly technology-driven world.
With rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence and other technologies reshaping society, this text champions the critical role of creativity in education, explaining how teachers can equip learners with skills for the future workplace and foster their enjoyment of learning through design. Bridging theory and practice, this collaborative work synthesises global research to provide actionable strategies for teachers. From multimedia and game design to Augmented Reality, robotics, 3D fabrication and more, it offers practical insights into how students can use cutting-edge technologies to design, invent, and solve problems creatively. The constructively sequenced and interconnected chapters feature evidence-based principles and real-world vignettes across all levels of schooling.
Written by a team of academic experts, this open-access resource is a must-read for educators, researchers, and anyone passionate about unlocking the creative potential of the next generation using technology. Further resources can be found here: https://creativeteched.net/resources.
With rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence and other technologies reshaping society, this text champions the critical role of creativity in education, explaining how teachers can equip learners with skills for the future workplace and foster their enjoyment of learning through design. Bridging theory and practice, this collaborative work synthesises global research to provide actionable strategies for teachers. From multimedia and game design to Augmented Reality, robotics, 3D fabrication and more, it offers practical insights into how students can use cutting-edge technologies to design, invent, and solve problems creatively. The constructively sequenced and interconnected chapters feature evidence-based principles and real-world vignettes across all levels of schooling.
Written by a team of academic experts, this open-access resource is a must-read for educators, researchers, and anyone passionate about unlocking the creative potential of the next generation using technology. Further resources can be found here: https://creativeteched.net/resources.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is not only a roadmap but an invitation-to explore, experiment, and reimagine what is possible with technology for creative education. May it inspire you to embrace a future-forward view on learning and technology-with curiosity, purpose, and a commitment to empowering learners as creators."Danah Henriksen, Associate Professor of Leadership & Innovation , Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
64 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 2 s/w Zeichnungen, 11 s/w Tabellen, 66 s/w Abbildungen
11 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 64 Halftones, black and white; 66 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
667 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-78529-5 (9781032785295)
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Persons
Matt Bower is a multi-award-winning Professor of Education and Technology who is intensely curious about innovative ways technologies can be used to advance student learning outcomes and experiences.
Belinda von Mengersen is an Associate Professor of Design Technologies who explores technology's transformative potential to enrich creative, socio-critical, material, and speculative design practices.
Belinda von Mengersen is an Associate Professor of Design Technologies who explores technology's transformative potential to enrich creative, socio-critical, material, and speculative design practices.
Editor
Macquarie University, Australia
Australian Catholic University, Australia
Content
1. The Critical Need for Creative Technologies Education
2. Philosophy, Theory, and Pedagogy of Technologies Education
3. Creativity and Creative Thinking
4. Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, Computational Thinking and Critical Thinking
5. Students as Creative Designers with Technology
6. Students as Multimodal Designers and Authors
7. Students as Designers with Augmented Reality
8. Students as Designers with Virtual Reality
9. Students as Designers of Digital Games
10. Students as Designers with Robotics and Control Systems
11. Students as Designers with 3D Design and Fabrication Technologies
12. Students as Makers using Technologies
13. Students as Digital Designers in Engineering
14. Inclusive Technologies Education
15. Assessment in Creative Technologies Education
16. Creative Technologies Education - Lessons Learnt and Future Directions
2. Philosophy, Theory, and Pedagogy of Technologies Education
3. Creativity and Creative Thinking
4. Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, Computational Thinking and Critical Thinking
5. Students as Creative Designers with Technology
6. Students as Multimodal Designers and Authors
7. Students as Designers with Augmented Reality
8. Students as Designers with Virtual Reality
9. Students as Designers of Digital Games
10. Students as Designers with Robotics and Control Systems
11. Students as Designers with 3D Design and Fabrication Technologies
12. Students as Makers using Technologies
13. Students as Digital Designers in Engineering
14. Inclusive Technologies Education
15. Assessment in Creative Technologies Education
16. Creative Technologies Education - Lessons Learnt and Future Directions