Indicative Module Content:
Indicative Module Content: Digital publishing in blog format; introduction to working with data; social network analysis for beginners; the art of the podcast; digital mapping; digital storytelling online.
Curricular information is subject to change.
About this Module
Student Effort Hours:
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 11 |
| Seminar (or Webinar) | 11 |
| Project Supervision | 5 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 73 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 150 |
| Total | 250 |
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This course is taught online through a combination of live and recorded lectures. Practical workshopswill demonstrate digital methodologies in real time and give an opportunity to practice exercises with digital tools. Class discussion will be facilitated by use of online classroom technology incorporating Zoom.
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment(Including Essay): This assignment option asks students to Either create a Wordpress blog and populate it with at least one blog post OR to create a social network visualization of a sample text. Practical assignment. | Week 6 | Graded | No | 25 |
No |
| Assignment(Including Essay): This assignment asks students to Either create a map of a literary text and write a critical piece analysing its locations Or compose an authoritative review of a digital archive or digital edition | Week 10 | Graded | No | 25 |
No |
| Assignment(Including Essay): Students will complete an individual project of their choosing - options include podcasts, mapping, social network analysis, blogging. In Wk 12, students will complete 5 minute presentation on project | Week 12 | Graded | No | 50 |
No |
| Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
|---|---|
| In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Feedback Strategy: Feedback individually to students, on an activity prior to summative assessment Feedback individually to students, post-assessment Self-assessment activities
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ms. Siobhan Grayson | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Derek Greene | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Anna Kadzik-Bartoszewska | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Mr Michael Liffey | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Maria Mulvany | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Karen Wade | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |