Input (Contexts)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• pursue original research informed by appropriate sources and bodies of knowledge

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• how to identify and evaluate complex Communication Design sector histories, issues and problems

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use self-reflection in the professional presentation and communication of research findings.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• visually explore and communicate contemporary communication design issues and key concepts at an advanced level

Indicative content:

• design theories and strategies;
• design for the greater good;
• wicked problems;
• inclusivity and equality;
• design and drivers of change eg ageing population, ubiquitous computing;
• artificial intelligence;
• accessibility;
• non-screen based interactions
• affordance;
• planned obsolescence.

Teaching includes:

• Interactive lectures – whole cohort classes
• Break out groups and report back
• on- and off-site research;

Learning includes:

• blog tasks (weekly mini-briefs) resulting in the publication of a response to the task in a variety of of formats eg written, visual (photography, hand-drawn, data), audio, video etc;

each weekly task supported by: reading, independent research and study, critical review etc.

Formative

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

Essay plan and seminar presentation

• 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.