Jaroslav Daveiko’s scientific contributions

CONDUCTING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS IN THE PROCESS OF DISTANCE LEARNING AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Vida Davidaviciene1, Veronika Zvirble2*, Jaroslav Daveiko3 1Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania: vida.davidaviciene@vilniustech.lt 2*Department of Design, Vilnius College of Technologies and Design, Antakalnio str. 54, LT-10303 Vilnius, Lithuania: v.zvirble@vtdko.lt 3Department of Design, Vilnius College of Technologies and Design, Antakalnio str. 54, LT-10303 Vilnius, Lithuania: j.daveiko@vtdko.lt Abstract In 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic taking over the world, many educational institutions began to implement distance learning processes. As a result of the introduction of hasty quarantine, there have been challenges in schools and higher education institutions in organizing creative workshops that have previously taken place in direct contact with physical materials. In the course of any teaching or study, there are important free workshops on which students can grow their creativity. But some higher education institutions have refused to carry out such activities remotely during the quarantine period due to the lack of effective contactless creative workshop methodologies. The article raises the idea that former contact creative workshops can be enforced in a virtual space or at a safe social distance, describes the programs, methodologies, and results used. The publication discusses the 2020-2021 period and the results of the study “Conducting creative workshops online” conducted in higher education institutions. The research aims to investigate the specifics of remote ways of conducting creative workshops and to identify techniques and tools suitable for revealing the student's creative potential in performing contact tasks in a virtual environment. In preparing the article, the methods of literature analysis, synthesis, and comparison were used, the method of the online survey was chosen for the collection of empirical data, and the data processing was performed by the methods of descriptive statistics and evaluation of qualitative indicators. The results of the research revealed that by working remotely and using certain techniques and distance learning and work tools, it is possible to successfully organize creative workshops, thus achieving the goals set in the study programs and developing creativity. It was found that the most acceptable object of creative workshops from the point of view of all respondents is a certain object or image, and the participants would choose materials and tools for remote workshops from their surroundings, but would not want to buy in a store. It was also found that a significant number of respondents find it difficult to carry out creative processes remotely and the vast majority offer workshops in open spaces (outdoors) in the event of a pandemic. The article presents the detailed results of this study and a discussion of how to effectively organize creative workshops remotely when it is not possible to do by contact way, such as during a pandemic period. Keywords: Creative workshops, social distance, creative environment, interdisciplinary cooperation, distance creative teaching methods, distance learning, digitization.

INFLUENCE OF INTERACTIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS ON URBAN SPACE DEVELOPMENT V. Zvirble1, J. Daveiko2, R. Valujaviciene3 1Vilnius College of Technologies and Design (LITHUANIA), v.zvirble@vtdko.lt 2Vilnius College of Technologies and Design (LITHUANIA), j.daveiko@vtdko.lt 3Vilnius College of Technologies and Design (LITHUANIA), r.valujaviciene@vtdko.lt Abstract As the city infrastructure changes, there has been a decrease in the areas of green recreational spaces. The importance of a favourable psychological environment has been more often emphasized and the methods to form friendly communities of citizens have been sought. The article raises the idea that one of the possible ways is the development of interactive architecture. The interactive installation can become a usual component of the urban environment to create a positive emotional atmosphere and conscript the community’s members together; it can also be used for educational purposes. The publication discusses interactive design projects of 2015-2016 years that were performed by the lecturers of Vilnius College of Technologies and Design involving students of various study programmes into activities uniting city communities; interdisciplinary cooperation opportunities have been analyzed; the importance of developing interactive design workshops and integrating them into the study process of various specialities’ programs has been revealed. The following research methods have been used: socio-cultural method, analysis of documents’ content, comparative analysis, case analysis, observation, analysis of statistical data. Keywords: interactive design, interactive installation, urban spaces, infrastructure of cities, interactive design workshops, interactive design research and projects.