Social media as a learning resource in interior architecture design studio

Abstract

Like many other fields of education, using social media has gained popularity among interior architecture students. Interior architecture is primarily based on communicating through visuals and drawings and since social media is primarily image-based, it’s understandable to see students’ high demand for using social media for educational purposes. Recently the number of studies about the use of social media within education is on the rise however, only a few studies have researched the role of these platforms in improving teaching and learning in design studios. The present paper intends to discuss the approaches and challenges which are associated with using social media in higher education and suggest teaching strategies for using social media as a teaching/learning tool of design studio practice. With this intention, this paper reviews the use of social media in higher education conducted by existing researchers. Additionally, the advantages and disadvantages of implementing social media in teaching and learning are also reviewed. Results from the reviews show that using social media as a learning tool can be advantageous in the interior architecture instructional cycle. These results can provide an educational framework to improve the implementation of using social media in design studio practice.