2022/3, Trimester 1, 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: | Simon Pia |
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| Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Learning & Teaching methods including their alignment to LosWeekly two-hour lectures covering context and contemporary reporting of global current affairs will be delivered by a journalist with ample experience of reporting foreign affairs. Weekly one-hour tutorials will provide you with the opportunity to debate each weekly topic with your peers. Learning & Teaching Methods (including their alignment to Learning Outcomes) Weekly two-hour lectures covering context and contemporary reporting of global current affairs will be delivered by a tutor with ample professional experience of reporting foreign affairs from diverse world regions. Weekly one-hour tutorials will provide you with the opportunity to debate each weekly topic with your peers. Ample additional information will be provided on the intranet (Moodle). As the delivery of this module follows a ‘flipped classroom’ approach, you are expected to watch videos posted to Moodle ahead of weekly classes as they will inform in-class debate. This module is delivered as a multimedia experience, and excerpts of global affairs documentaries will be screened and discussed in class. (LO1-4) Embedding of employability/PDP/Scholarship SkillsThe media is increasingly global, and any reporter, whether working in a global newsroom or overseas with a sound grasp of global current affairs will be more employable. Activities including in-class debates, presentations and pitching as well as critical comparative observation of media coverage will enhance your general scholarship skills.Research / teaching linkagesUp to date findings from the module tutor’s research activities and professional practice will form an integral part of the module content. The global academic community is currently producing a growing volume of research outputs in this specific subject area, which are included in the curriculum as and when they become available.Supporting equality and diversityThe delivery of module content both in class as well as online and the ‘flipped classroom’ and multimedia approach to teaching make this module as accessible as possible to a diverse range of students. This module encourages global citizenship, focusses on cross-cultural issues in reporting and will enhance the global outlook of students. InternationalisationThis module specifically focusses on internationalisation. It will provide you with tools to work abroad and also to refashion local content for a wide range of global audiences. Content discussed on this module is drawn from a wide range of international professional and academic sources.
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You can use formative feedback to gauge how you can better prepare for summative assessments; it will be provided during weekly lectures and tutorials, during debates with the module tutor and your peers. You are encouraged to prepare for in-class debates by viewing content – videos and written information - posted to Moodle ahead of each weekly lecture. The more you come prepared and engage with weekly debates, the more formative feedback you will receive. With a fellow student, you will opt to prepare one of the presentations that kick-start weekly debates, and the tutor will provide you with oral feedback afterwards, which will help you better prepare for your documentary film pitch at the end of term. During week 13, you get to act as commissioning editor and will informally evaluate your peer’s pitches of long-form journalistic content, so as to experience first-hand what commissioning editors are looking for. This will help you better formulate your own pitch.
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Two assignments, which are each weighted 50% of the overall module mark, form the summative assessment on this module. (LO1-4)Assignment 1: During one of the weekly tutorials you will pair up with a fellow student to deliver a twenty-minute presentation on a global current affairs topic of your choice (in negotiation with the module tutor). You will engage your peers in debate on the topic of your choice. This assessed presentation is awarded a group mark. (LO1-3)Assignment 2: Throughout this module, you will research a global current affairs topic of your choice in more depth, and at the end of this module, you will have five minutes to pitch an original and well-researched concept for a global current affairs documentary film to a panel of ‘commissioning editors’. (LO1-4)
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 24 |
| Face To Face | Tutorial | 12 |
| Independent Learning | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 164 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
| Oral Presentation | 50 | 1,2,3 | 3 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0 |
| Oral Presentation | 50 | 1,2,3,4 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0 |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 50 | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 50 | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |