Critical Media Practice

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• Application of techniques related to the use of academic and professional digital technologies, materials or frameworks in digital media practices

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Employ relevant methods and techniques to experiment with and model academic and professional technologies, materials or frameworks

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Effectively articulate complex ideas at an advanced level through a variety of media formats

This module will help you develop creative media skills and understand ways in which media is used in different social, cultural and political contexts. This will be underpinned by an awareness of contemporary contexts and the socio-cultural implications of your work. The course will include practical workshops alongside critical understanding of media practice choices.

You will be encouraged to develop your media practice in areas including:

• Creative and digital writing
• Photography and image work
• Sound and video work
• Space capture and 3d modelling

Teaching methods will include:

• Lectures
• Interactive workshops
• Tutor-led seminars
• Practice-based instruction and tutorials
• Dedicated technician assistance

Learning activities can include:

• Reflection on verbal or written feedback offered during seminars, tutorials, group activities
• Evaluation of feedback: this may take the form of reflective formative tasks
• Group and collaborative projects and tasks
• Online reference material research
• Peer group learning and peer assessment tasks
• Problem-solving activities
• Class discussion/critiques
• Student presentations

Formative

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

Project

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• 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.