The Importance of Connectivism in Architectural Design Learning: Developing Creative Thinking

Abstract

The creative thinking is an ability that should be learned and developed by teaching and practice. When these activities are elaborated into social circle and interact with different perspectives, it is possible to improve the ideas and build the best solution. Sometimes, inspiration appears when the problem is shared and discussed with colleagues and friends. The best design solutions come by sharing information and feedback through collaborative and multidisciplinary work. When the learning process is produced in community, teachers have a way to improve the creativity of architecture students. However, they need to use suit-able teaching methods to develop knowledge by collaborative learning. At the same time, construct an innovative design according to the generation of information. The aim of this paper is to explain how communications and interactions among the students influence in creative thinking and learning from the field of architecture.