2018/9, Trimester 1, Face-to-Face,
| Occurrence: | 002 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | Face-to-Face |
| Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
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| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Clare Trodden |
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| Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Three-hour workshops delivered by a team of experienced practitioners with a range of journalism, publishing, editing and design skills will offer you intensive instruction and insights and also enable you to learn by doing. In addition, the final three production days (of six hours each) before the magazine goes to print will run consecutively. These will correspond to learning outcomes 1-5. There will also be a strong emphasis on independent study with students being encouraged to practice in the computer labs and on their own PCs. Through these workshops and the lectures you will develop writing and design skills acquired in previous modules, evaluate advertising and distribution challenges, develop a critical understanding of the contemporary magazine marketplace, develop an understanding of the group dynamics and processes in magazine production and understand the challenges of producing a print or online magazine by engaging in effective teamwork in order to produce a publication to tight deadlines. Embedding of employability/ PDP/ scholarship skillsMagazine publishing is the most buoyant sector of print media at present offering expanding employment opportunities so acquiring skills in this sphere will boost student employability. This module also calls upon students to be self-reliant and creatively co-operative. Working in a team to produce a magazine provides essential employability skills for working as a print journalist and the collaborative and co-operative working are essential skills to all journalists.
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Working as part of a group (project 80%) you will contribute to the production of a magazine. Half of the mark will be awarded for your individual contributions to this; half the mark for teamwork (LO1-5). You will also be encouraged to develop critical self-evaluation skills through the completion of a reflective log (20%) which will be submitted in week 13 on completion of the last of the aforementioned practical exercises (LO1-2 and LO5).
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 12 |
| Face To Face | Supervised time in studio/workshop | 54 |
| Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 134 |
| 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 | 80 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0 |
| Learning Log | 20 | 1,2,5 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000 |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |