Technologies and the Creative Disciplines: Approaches and Practices in Higher Education

In today’s rapidly evolving educational and technological landscapes, 'Technologies and the Creative Disciplines: Approaches and Practices in Higher Education' offers something unique and new. It invites prospective readers – academics, institutional leaders, teaching and learning leads and professional services staff among others – to engage with an area of practice that is often overlooked and not given the recognition it deserves in existing academic literature. Chapters and case studies from a range of international experts examine how different technologies (including AI, apps and VLEs) are used in practice for teaching, assessment, learner support and digital skills development. Theoretical approaches and the governance and ethics of AI use for creative disciplines in higher education are considered from various viewpoints as appropriate to conservatoires, art schools and universities. Many creative disciplines are included: theatre direction and sound, production arts, visual arts, music, fashion technology, and allied contexts for learning and research including interpreting texts of various kinds and traditions, the artist’s studio, museums and musicology. Reflecting contemporary practice, the book informs through transferable insights whilst aiming to provoke reflection by academics about their own practice and invite fresh debates within higher education institutions about their creative use of technologies.