2022/3, Trimester 2, Face-to-Face, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | Face-to-Face |
Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Emilio Pagani-Nunez |
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This is a practical module designed to synthesise the knowledge gained in other parts of the programme and apply it in a real situation. Since practical activities are the most effective method of teaching skills, the students will undertake a variety of field and related lab sessions during the module which will help develop the field and ID skills required during the subsequent field course (LOs 1 & 2). As well as timetabled classes, students are given open access to the university’s library of preserved/dried specimens. In order to try to facilitate the distance-learning students, a large volume of material including photos and links to relevant web sites is available and they are encouraged to explore their local habitats to apply the same techniques of identification to their flora and fauna. All students must then participate in a field course where campus and distance students finally have the opportunity to mix and share experience. Two field courses are currently supported one in Scotland and the other with an element outside the UK (subject to change). A report (the focus of which depends on which field course attended) will enable students to exercise the skills they have learned throughout their period of study and apply theoretical knowledge to practice (LO 3).
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Prior to undertaking the field course element, several sessions on sampling and ID are held. Quizzes, both in class and online, are used as formative assessment to allow students to assess their competence.
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Summative ID assessments occur at intervals in the trimester (depending on seasonality of species) with a final ID test during the field course and a report, the focus of which depends on the field course undertaken, due three weeks after the end of the field course – note this will likely be into trimester 3.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 40 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 70 |
Face To Face | Fieldwork | 90 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Report | 50 | 1, 3 | 15 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2000 |
Practical Skills Assessment | 50 | 2 | 15 | HOURS= 6, WORDS= 0 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 50 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 50 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |