MCH2090 : Critical Digital Making 2
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Nick Rush-Cooper
- Lecturer: Dr Tom Schofield, Dr Murray Dick
- Technician: Ms Laura Stutter Garcia, Dr Mick Wright
- Owning School: Arts & Cultures
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
- Capacity limit: 56 student places
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To extend the range and depths of students’ skills in digital media, software, technologies and platforms
To allow students to experiment with the realisation of critical approaches, through digital technologies, media and platforms
To promote specialisation in digital creation with respect to careers in the creative industries
To consolidate scholarly, practical and creative strategies for self-supported and peer- reliant learning and problem solving
To prepare students to document and present their practical work
Outline Of Syllabus
Skills taught in this module are continued under our existing three headings:
1. Digital Story Telling
2. Data and Visualisation
3. Interactivity and the Creative Web
In this stage 2 module students continue their work in these areas using a wider suite of technologies requiring basic skills in computer science.
Students will develop their experience in planning and organising more complex technical projects and will be taught how to effectively document them. They will be encouraged and supported to make explicit links between their growing critical knowledge and the digital media that they will be taught. Finally they will plan and practice the presentation of their projects using a range of media.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 3:00 | 27:00 | Lectures & practical in computer labs. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Assessment briefing |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 40:00 | 40:00 | Preparing portfolio for assessment |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 1 | 127:00 | 127:00 | Independent skills practice. Including reading of critical academic literature and practical skills development using provided tutorials and self-directed practice |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 2 | 2:00 | 4:00 | Assessment development support workshops |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 3 | 0:20 | 1:00 | Bookable technical support surgeries |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures: Lectures & workshops combined, taking place in computer labs.
Drop-in/surgery: led by technician/teaching assistant colleagues following up on lecture materials to address technical questions arising from both these and from students' own skills practice
Skills practice: students will extend their familiarity with technical teaching through the use of sign-posted tutorials and tasks set in lectures. They will develop their skills in identifying relevant literature
Portfolio preparation: students will produce a set of summative mini-projects responding to a brief set in lectures. In doing so they will achieve skills outcomes in project management and realisation and knowledge outcomes through their choice of approach, literature and theoretical references.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 1 | A | 100 | Portfolio (100%), which will be responses to mini-briefs, plus a 1000 word commentary. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Mini projects will challenge students to complete a semi-structured task to a brief in each of our three skills areas. The portfolio format will demand that they use their documentation skills effectively. The 1000-word commentary will be an opportunity to explain how the practical projects might connect to topics introduced in MCH1001.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- MCH2090's Timetable