2022/3, Trimester 1, BLENDED, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | BLENDED |
Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Shane Horgan |
Module Organiser: | |
Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This module will allow you to reflect on and apply your previous learning and everyday experience, and build on the knowledge, core skills and engage in new learning via this new context. Through your reading, forum engagement, and online tutorials you will analyse how crime has been transformed by technology, the implications this has for criminal justice institutions and their practitioners, and critically assess how society is responding. The module will also allow you to develop your teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills via formative feedback exercises, synchronous and asynchronous discussions using the virtual learning environment. The mode of delivery also promotes active learning and develops students' capacity for independent learning. On this module, you will be provided with a diverse range of engaging and interactive material and exercises the will introduce you to the topic generally, how to study on the module, and how to begin making sense of the conceptual and practical materials that allow you to achieve learning outcomes one to four. Students will receive a mix of live lectures and pre-recorded mini-lectures explaining key concepts and police related to different types of cybercrime, security responses and theoretical criminology. You will be directed to a range of e-learning resources for each weekly topic to support independent learning. This includes but will not be limited to textbooks, journals and journal articles, blogs, and videos. You will be required to engage with online lectures, regular short writing exercises, case studies, and weekly online tutorial discussions to discuss key ideas, promote independent critical thinking, and ultimately the achievement of learning outcomes one to five. Online tutorials will be particularly important for discussing rapid evidence review methodology and enabling you to meet learning outcome 5. Asynchronous class activities and discussions will be promoted through discussion forums on the virtual learning environment (VLE). You will have access to module and topic-specific materials; module handbook, module introduction/overview/key learning outcomes; weekly summaries of key learning points, PowerPoint slides, video and podcasts which further explain key concepts and material, links to academic books, book chapters, journal articles, and blogs.
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Formative assessment (week 6): One fifteen-minute group presentation outlining a cybercrime type of the groups choosing and a critical evaluation of an applied criminological theoretical explanation. You will be expected to submit narrated PowerPoint slides. Each group will receive detailed formative feedback. This formative assessment will allowed you to receive feedback on communications skills and progress towards learning outcomes 1-5.
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Summative Assessment (Week 14): One 3000 word rapid evidence review in which you will be asked to provide a review of the evidence on one of 4 optional cybercrimes and critically assess current approaches to prevention. You will receive dedicated time in tutorials in weeks 7 to 11 on developing their rapid evidence review. This assessment will assess learning outcomes one to five.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 20 |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 10 |
Independent Learning | Groupwork (Scheduled) | 5 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 165 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Report | 100 | LOS 1-5 | 14/15 | , WORDS= 3000 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |