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MESSAGE FROM THEIDEC BLOG EDITORMike DudekTasked with a charge to re-energize the IDEC blogI began a quest for knowledge to provide me withsome perspective and insight from those who havestudied, analyzed, and thoughtfully considered thisrelatively recent mode of communication.Like any college student on a research mission, I gavemuch thought to my options for seeking scholarly,tested and vetted research on the topic. So with thatI Googled “What makes a blog successful?”Soon, I had 30,900,000 (no…really) possiblesuggestions. “Eureka” I proclaimed, “the answer isnigh.” I immediately immersed myself in this bountyof evidence. After clicking and scanning the first tworesults, I felt confident that I was totally enlightenedand intellectually prepared to present my case forhow we might improve the IDEC blog to make itmore useful and appealing. No need to click on theother 30,899,998 hits. My epiphany is complete.Please pardon my profundity here…are you sittingdown?The IDEC blog will only be as good as WE make it.There, I said it!As the new IDEC Blogmaster I will work closelywith the IDEC Communications Committee(ComCom) to improve access to the blog. Oneless click and ease of navigation can make ahuge difference. It is funny how one additionalnanosecond and the effort required to depress amouse button can prove insurmountable. I willalso endeavor to post topics that are informative,pertinent, entertaining, inspiring and relevant tointerior design education.We hope the blog, the J.I.D. and the new IDEC newsletterwill all form a synergistic communication forum. Lookingahead there are numerous issues and topics that will makeideal discussion fodder: technology, teaching millennials,increasing curricular content with diminishing resources,the changing professional landscape, as well as the future of“interior design” and how we as educators fit into, or eveninfluence its maturation.Of course there are many other topics that you may wantto discuss and I encourage you to do so. We will have topace the postings so that we are neither overwhelmed withT.M.I. or bored by lifeless threads- a fine line indeed.I will monitor guest posts and comments so that threads arekept on track and content is not offensive. Yes, we’ll have tokeep it clean and respectful but that does not mean we needto fear censorship. You should feel comfortable to offeropinions or counter-points that may not support my orany other posters, position. Trust me I am not here to limitfree speech or promote a particular platform and IDECleadership will not blackball you from further participation.We hope you can think of the IDEC blog as a 24/7 “townhall meeting” without speaking into a microphone.We are still trying to determine the real role, or value,of the blog within the burgeoning palette of digitalcommunication tools. Some will prove to be more useful,even invaluable, and some will become bytes in the wind.This will be an evolving process since this is the nature ofthe world we live and teach in. Please bear with us—yourcomments are welcome!Mike Dudek24
SUSTAINING INTERIOR DESIGNEDUCATION (SIDE):FINAL REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONSJoy H. Dohr, PhD, FIDEC, SIDECoordinatorDenise A. Guerin, PhD, FIDEC,SIDE memberThe Sustaining Interior DesignEducation (SIDE) project beganin 2008 with a $10,000 grant fromKimball. A team of educatorsand practitioners developedrecommendations to address theshortage of qualified interior designeducators in North America.Initially called the Kimball OfficeWork Group (KOWG), the groupconsisted of:• Joy Dohr, Coordinator,Professor Emeritus, Universityof Wisconsin• Denise Guerin, Professor,University of Minnesota• Andrew Furman, AssistantProfessor, Ryerson University,Toronto• Nila Leiserowitz, Gensler• Eileen Jones, Perkins + Will• Georgy Olivieri• Jeff Beachum, IDEC ExecutiveDirector, ExOfficioThe team met for two days inChicago in August 2008 anddeveloped several recommendationsthat included both short-termand long-term strategies. Therecommendations were presented tothe Issues Forum, an informal groupof six interior design organizations:the American Society of InteriorDesigners, the Council of InteriorDesign Accreditation, the InteriorDesigners of Canada, the InteriorDesign Educators Council, theInternational Interior DesignAssociation, and the NationalCouncil of Interior DesignQualification.Additional funding has beensecured from the Issues Forum andTeknion ($xxx) to carry out therecommendations.At this point, SIDE has completedits work, and four recommendationshave been completed. The resultis an increase in the number ofqualified interior design educatorsdocumented by the number of openfaculty positions filled by qualifiedpersonnel. While the immediatecrisis has passed, however, muchwork remains to identify interiordesing practitioners who will serveeducation well.Recommendation 1: Completestate the recommendationCrystal Weaver, Ph.D., IDECmember and dean at SavannahCollege of Art and Design, chaired ateam of educators and practitionerswho wrote an IDEC white paperon positions in interior designeducation and the qualifications orcredentials required. The report andexecutive summary are posted on theIDEC web site the team included.• Sandy Gordon, FASID, LEEDAP, NCIDQ Certificate Holder• Helena Moussatche, PhD,IDEC, LEED AP and Professor• Monica Letourneau, AISD,IIDA, IDEC, LEED AP andChair of Program• Jessica Cushing, MFARecommendation 2: Completestate recommendationBarbara Anderson and IDECTeaching Academy membersdeveloped three new CEU courseson teaching for practitioners, whichare available on the IDEC web site.A flyer and web page have beendeveloped to promote the courses.Jill Pable obtained funds fromASID to support the offering ofthese courses at conferences. Furtherdevelopment of a course that teachespractitioner-educators ways tocontribute to scholarship is underdevelopment. IDEC will then have4-5 courses available.Recommendation 3: Completestate recommendationAn annotated list of graduateeducation programs has beendeveloped and is housed on theIDEC Web site. It was completedand launched in January 2010and was updated in January 2011.This was completed by volunteerKara Freihoefer, a University ofMinnesota graduate student.Recommendation 4: Completeand continuing (advancingrelationships between educators,students and practitioners) staterecommendationTwo strategies have proven verysuccessful in providing informationabout interior design education andgraduate programs to interior designpractitioners.a. Believe brochure was completedand disseminated throughout NorthAmerica. It highlights the shortageof qualified interior design educatorsand directs readers to the IDEA line.25
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