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: | MERCHISTON |
| Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Allan Boughey |
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| Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Learning & teaching methods including their alignment to LosThis module aims to start the process of transforming you into both an effective and reflective practitioner. During lectures and in workshops, you will be introduced to the basic skills required of a news reporter and you’ll gain first experiences of producing your own copy for print and online (LO1-LO5). You will learn how to identify and create news and other content (LO1); gain experience of different methods of conducting research (LO2); take part in off-campus exercises, for example voxpops / interviewing members of the public (LO3); and experiment with news writing styles appropriate for different audiences (LO4). You will also be required to consider how to create and present news-oriented pieces for online publication (LO5).Embedding of employability/PDP/Scholarship SkillsThis module has a strong vocational slant, offering a newsroom-based understanding of journalism and journalists from an experienced practitioner. In producing copy and in running your own blog, you will be encouraged to develop a self-critical evaluation of your own relationship towards journalism, thus embedding PDP and also critical thinking at an early stage. Writing skills, interpersonal skills (interviewing) and multi-tasking experiences on this unit are transferable.Assessment (formative or summative)Formative assessment will be provided in class through feedback from the tutors and from peers as you produce different forms of written copy for different outlets, notably news writing. Summative assessment centres around two elements.Assessment One – Source three original news stories for print publication and adapt one in script form for online use (2,250 words total, LO 1-5). The three stories should be original (ideally not having appeared elsewhere) and self-sourced. At least one of the stories should be written in tabloid style while at least one other should be produced in broadsheet style (LO 1-4). Yo
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Students will be required to source and write a selection of news stories through the course of the module - three of these stories will be formative-assessment based and act as "trial runs" in terms of the type of content required for the first assessmentThere will also be a trial run for assessment two, which is a class-based exam where students will need to rewrite provded information into a news story.
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There are two assessments.The first assessment is a portfolio of self-created stories, submitted on an individual basis, totally 2,000 words (LOs 1-5);The second assessment is an in-class examination (LOs 1 and 4) where students will have to write a 500-word story from around 1,500 words of provided information
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
| Face To Face | Supervised time in studio/workshop | 60 |
| Face To Face | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 2 |
| Face To Face | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 138 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
| Project - Written | 75 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 11 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2000 |
| Class Test | 25 | 1,4 | 14/15 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 500 |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |