2020/1, Trimester 2, Online,
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Occurrence: | 002 |
Primary mode of delivery: | Online |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
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Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Rachel Younger |
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
A range of online learning materials, both written and multimedia, will enable you to engage with module content in your own time. You will also be directed to supplementary electronic resources, including e-books and e-journals to further support your learning, and you are encouraged to engage independently with these additional resources. (LO1-5)Weekly debate forums on our learning platform Moodle will provide you with the opportunity for peer-to-peer reflection on lecture content and on how it applies to your specific global or professional context. You will be required to take an active part in debating module materials with your peers online, in order to better appreciate how each topic applies in a globally diverse range of contexts. (LO1-5)You will engage in individual journalistic production activities (see Assignment 1) as well as collaborative group production activities (see Assignment 2). Cross-platform professionals are required to constantly update their technological skills. As such, you will be expected to experiment with video and audio editing, blogging and web production, infographics and the use of a wide range of social media, and in the process to expand your existing familiarity with these practical skills. (LO1-5)You will be given the opportunity to tailor assessment topics to support your individual learning and career objectives. Module activities and assessments will provide you with the opportunity to apply what you learn to your own professional practice. (LO1-5)
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As you engage with your peers based around the globe in interactive online module activities in our weekly Moodle forums, including online debate, individual cross-platform production, group co-productions and peer-to-peer feedback, you will benefit from culturally diverse formative feedback provided by an international community of fellow students as well as by the module tutor. Formative feedback on draft work will help you further improve the journalistic and academic content you produce for assessed submissions. It is hence recommended that you take note of informal feedback on work provided in the Moodle forums. (LO1-5)
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Assignment 1, an individual cross-platform production portfolio, is to be completed by week 13. Your portfolio will include two elements:a.) a journalistic cross-platform project, which contains two minutes total of audio, two minutes total of video, 1,500 online words, visual components (photos, graphics, infographics and other) as well as relevant social media components. This journalistic project can be presented as a multimedia blog, or as an online portfolio page linking to a range of cross-platform artefacts.b.) a 1,000-word critical analysis, in which you reflect critically on your professional practice in the context of an evolving cross-platform media industry. Your critical analysis should reference at least five academic sources. Lecture content and formative feedback provided by tutors and peers based around the globe during online tutorials, will support you as you complete this assignment. Assignment 1 is worth 70% of the overall module mark. (LO1-5)Assignment 2, a group project, consists in the collaborative production of cross-platform content in a virtual global newsroom. It is to be submitted by week 11 and will be awarded a group mark. The team can decide whether this production will take the form of a pop-up global news day, a collaborative blog, or a collaborative social media production modeled on a scavenger hunt, as long as the production process involves each team member in a meaningful manner and the final product is posted online, relevant to a global audience, and genuinely cross-platform and journalistic in nature. Anyone who doesn’t contribute to the group process will not be awarded the group mark; each team member will submit an individual 500-word critical reflection on the group process and their contribution to the group process. Lectures and interactive online module activities will support you as you complete this assignment, which will carry 30% of the overall module mark. (LO1-3)
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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 |
Online | Guided independent study | 24 |
Online | Fieldwork | 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 |
Portfolio | 70 | 1-5 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1500 |
Project - Practical | 30 | 1-3 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 500 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 70 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 30 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |