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Предизвикателства и нови възможности в обучението по визуална комуникация и медиен дизайн във висшето образование
Challenges and New Opportunities in Visual Communication Education and Media Design in Higher Education

Author(s): Maya Stoyanova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Media studies, Communication studies, Higher Education
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Summary/Abstract: The potential and possibilities of innovative approaches, strategies, and methodologies in the teaching of disciplines such as visual communication, graphics, communication, and media design in the university course of study will be explored. Challenges related to technological and software requirements, accessibility, restrictions, and the level of necessary information literacy of users will also be considered. The purpose of the research is to present the general picture of visual communication and media design education in higher education today, as well as to pay attention to the problems and challenges, as well as to reflect the new trends and opportunities resulting from the permanent technological innovations, dynamically developing and expanding the interdisciplinary scientific field of visual communication and design, with a reflection on the educational process of these disciplines.