art as work

About

Brian Hughes, the author of this site, is currently Director of Design at EdLab (at Teachers College, Columbia University), where he designs immersive educational experiences and 21C curriculums. He received his doctorate in Art Education from Teachers College and his BA in Studio Art from Dartmouth College. His research examines artistic traditions and creative practices.

Multimedia:

Brainscape Interview: Social Media at EdLab | video, 2011

The Pulse Interview: Social Media in Education | podcast,  2010

Redesigning Course Materials to Reflect Social Media | podcast, 2010

The Art of Archiving and Video Production | podcast, 2009

Recent Talks:

Schools for Tomorrow | September 22, 2011, Invited Speaker, The New York Times Conference

Super-Charging Creative Teams with Negative Feedback | October 11, 2011, Ignite talk at the 12th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Seattle, WA

Supporting Academic Creativity with Online Tools | May 25, 2011, Presentation at the Creativity, Play, and the Imagination across the Disciplines Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

The Learningbook Paradox | March 3, 2011, Ignite talk at the Digital Media Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA

Designing an Ecology for Adaptive Learning Technologies | March 2, 2011, Workshop at the Digital Media Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA

Collaborative (Re)Design of an Online Learning Presence: Refining an Institutional Identity and Engaging Students | November 3, 2009, Workshop at Educause, Denver, CO

Challenges on the Horizon for Scholarly Attribution: A Lesson from the Copyright Wars | April 17, 2009, Paper presentation, University of Idaho Philosophy Colloquium, Moscow, ID

Web Video as a Public Sphere for Educational Researchers | March 23, 2008, Paper presentation, American Education Research Association, New York, NY

Art Practices at the Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Academic Honesty Policies | November 11, 2005, Paper presentation at the Graduate Student Conference on Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Hermeneutic Excellence: Artistic Genius as an Educational Problem |  April 4, 2005, Paper presentation, National Art Education Association, Boston, MA

Civic Education for Participation | April 6, 2003, Paper presentation, Mid-Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society Conference, New York, NY

Some writing:

Hermeneutic Excellence as a Meta-Ethic | 2008

Permissions, A Survival Guide: Blunt Talk about Art as Intellectual Property (book review) | 2006

The Moral Nature of Artistic Genius (dissertation) | 2006