IDEC Virtual Fall Symposium 3

Due to COVID-19, the Interior Design Educators Council [IDEC], is pivoting. Instead of in-person Regional Conferences, all five Regional Chairs are collaborating to offer three virtual symposia, which will offer educators an opportunity to share and grow from their experiences.

IDEC Virtual Fall Symposium 3:

CONNECTING FOR CHANGE: DESIGNING FOR THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF VIRTUAL INEQUITIES

When the old rules no longer apply, how can design be a catalyst for change in a virtual environment? In the new web of interconnections and landscapes, how do we shift the paradigm of traditional educational experiences to expand the opportunities for quality as the prerequisite for achieving the fundamental goal of equity?

Design education has the opportunity to reframe the existing disparities and inequities, bringing a change to the creation of knowledge and design connections that break a digital divide between uneven access to use or the impact of learning environments, generating virtual platforms to highlight creativity and innovation. Act with self-efficacy and refuse mediocrity, show the ability to take risks and ignore the fears that inhibit creation and challenge the existing paradigm. To impart real impact and ignite change, design with a sense of self-efficacy and make an impact.

We invite presentations that explore all perspectives of the unbuilt virtual environment with implications for creative scholarship, pedagogy, design, and practice.

About IDEC

The mission of The Interior Design Educators Council, Inc. is the advancement of interior design education, scholarship, and service. IDEC, the professionally recognized association for interior design educators in North America, was conceived in 1962 and was named and formalized at its first conference in 1963. As described in its first Constitution, the stated purpose of the organization was to be “dedicated to the development and improvement of interior design education,” to establish and strengthen ‘lines of communication between individuals, educational institutions and organizations concerned with interior design,” and to strive “to improve teaching of interior design, and through it the professional level of interior design.” This broad purpose enabled IDEC’s founders to lay the foundation for a long and significant history, one that has had a major impact on the interior design profession.