2022/3, Trimester 3, ONLINE, Edinburgh Napier University
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | ONLINE |
| Location of delivery: | WORLDWIDE |
| Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Pierre Le Bras |
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| Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This online module will develop you as an independent learner. The online materials have been constructed in a way which will facilitate a structured order to your learning process. The learning and teaching strategy of the programme ensures your development as a confident individual with high quality skills and attributes that are recognised and valued by you, employers and the wider community. This is achieved through:• developing you as an independent learner;• utilising formative and summative assessments, and formative feedback;• placing learning and subject content within an international context where appropriate; and • making use of relevant learning technologies.The online module presence has been designed to provide a clear roadmap for students to work through the learning materials. Module specific materials designed to support your studies are detailed in the module descriptors. This include items such as: • A module introduction/overview, including learning outcomes, and summary of key learning points.• Units of Learning materials, (subject specific units).• Recorded keynote lectures/guest speakers (where appropriate).• Self-Assessment Questions.• Reflective Exercises.• Links to core module academic materials; book chapters / journal articles /case materials etc.• Additional readings – electronic links to journal articles, chapters etc.In addition to this, online students are provided with online support in the form of:• Dedicated online administrators who will keep track of student progress and will help you if you are having any problems.• A dedicated interactive database of frequently asked questions specific to the online learning environment.• A regular ‘virtual office hour’ will be held where module staff will be available for contact with you.You will be supported by the Global Online team who will provide general overall support, and by the module teams who will provide module-specific online material and discussion forums using a variety of communication technologies such as Moodle and Skype (LO 1-5). You will be encouraged to develop your learning through peer and tutor interaction via electronic communication. Self-study readings supported by in-class and online discussions hosted through the VLE will develop skills as independent learners (LO 1-5). The online lecture material will be enhanced by material from guest speakers and will be made available online. The material for the lab-based practical sessions (LO 1-5) will be made available online with a support forum Students will be expected to do self-oriented research and provide a criticalanalysis and evaluation of much of the theories behind these subjects throughout the semester. Students are expected to spend a large proportion of their time doing comprehensive reading and practice (all LOs). Practical materials are organised and selected for enhancing students’ understanding of the theories/principles covered. Practical exercises are expected to be completed in students’ own time after the full day sessions. Required software tools need to be downloaded on their own machine.
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Feedback on progress will be give during weekly virtual office hours, and via the VLE as appropriate. Students are also encouraged to use the online discussion environment to ask questions from both peers and tutors. Formative feedback in online quizzes will encourage independent (LO 1-5).
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Assessment is by means of a continuous assessment covering all LOs. The assessment comprises two pieces. The first coursework requires students to apply data understanding and data cleaning techniques to a given dataset to understand and clean it (LOs 1 and 5). It isworth 20% of the module assessment. The deliverable will be a short report, including a description of the way it is done and a discussion of the data preparation, together with a set of cleaned data. The second coursework includes two elements. The first one requires students to use what they have learnt to apply relevant methods/techniques to a given dataset to find and examine interesting patterns (LOs 1-3). The second requires students to use what they have learnt to critically assess and evaluate their findings and the methods/techniques applied (LOs 3-5). The deliverable will be a report includingthe above two elements. This coursework is worth 80% of the module assessment.
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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 | Practical classes and workshops | 21 |
| Face To Face | Tutorial | 12 |
| Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 155 |
| 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 - Practical | 20 | 1,5 | 7 | HOURS= 12.00 |
| Project - Practical | 80 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 14/15 | HOURS= 28.00 |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |