How can art educators transmit their passion and enthusiasm for art teaching and learning to cultivate human potential in the virtual classroom? As a collective case study focusing on our online undergraduate courses, this research examines how two instructors used instructional methods and technologies, and how their students responded to their pedagogical endeavours. Qualitative content analysis was utilized. Virtual art classes can encourage students to look into themselves and become more aware of themselves. Communicating and feeling connected to others are critical for students in online settings. As demonstrated in our course design, connectivity between students and instructors can be facilitated through a multilayered structure, providing for more efficient communication. This study also found blurred boundaries between real and virtual learning environments. When we facilitate fluidity and conceptual flexibility as online art educators, digital technologies may expand our thinking and expression frameworks.

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Increasing usage of digital technologies in daily life has affected even tech savvy students. With the prominent development of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality technologies, this study concentrates on the ongoing development of AR in art education and its potential in art education. As an educator in visual arts at a higher education institution, the author explored AR‐integrated curriculum by introducing an AR creation tool (Adobe Aero) and AR education tool (Merge Cube) into visual arts education classes. The lessons were designed with multimodal delivery methods for learning effectiveness with AR, and students learned about the concepts of arts integration and AR technologies. This study examines how newly developed AR‐based curriculum expanded students’ art expression and represented artwork in real and virtual spaces. In outlining the results, this study explains the practice of two‐dimensional (2D) and virtual‐based three‐dimensional (3D) hybrid art creations in AR, and digital storytelling with AR. This study also discusses the positive impacts on students' learning engagement and satisfaction and understanding of layers and spatial structures.

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