Communities of Learning

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate and present ideas effectively to audiences across a range of formats

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Creatively problem solve ideas through observation and investigation

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Employ relevant materials, media, techniques, methods, technologies and workshop skills

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Specialist roles, skills, processes and audiences relevant to your discipline

Indicative content for this module normally includes: An introduction to the distinctive features of each community of learning. An engagement with specialist teaching staff who will set a series of projects designed to facilitate the development of knowledge and skills related to each community of learning. Studio workshops will help you unpack key working methods and relevant techniques. To support this process, you will be introduced to a range of methodologies and contextual approaches. In addition, workshops will increase your technical and creative skillsets and enable you to deploy these in future projects. Critique and peer group discussion will allow you to evaluate your progress and adapt your outcomes through critical reflection.

Teaching methods include:

• Project Briefings
• Group tutorials and discussions
• One-to-one tutorials
• Critical Reviews
• Seminars
• Creative and technical workshops
• Technical demonstrations
• Visual presentations

Learning activities include:

• Research and concept development workshops
• Creative and technical workshops
• School resource based learning
• Seminars
• Peer group learning
• Group critiques
• Self-assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Portfolio

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: You will experience formative feedback during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, crits and written feedback, contributing to the written summative feedback given at the end of the module.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.