ASSIGNMENT 4: REFLECTIVE BLOG

A reflective practice and proactive learning project.

task

• individual task: maintain throughout the course an online journal reflecting upon your learning experience in the course

why? so you can:

• reflect analytically upon your own creative, critical and technical processes and production outcomes, in the context of your ongoing learning and your future career

• maintain a ’process diary’ of your research and production work for ongoing reference

• develop conversations and links with your peers and others; pick up and develop each other’s ideas,

• share resources and research

• share peer critiques of work-in-progress

when due

• Fri 12th June 5pm (Wk 14), submitted by email notification to tutor

worth how much?

• 25% of overall course mark

how assessed?

• tutor-moderated self-assessment according to consistency and analytic depth of reflective practice across the semester

Task Details and criteria

• First Blog Post (wk 1): this needs to reflect upon your previous experiences with reflective practice and blogging; and define your goals (regarding consistency and analytic depth) for your reflective practice this semester

• Weekly posts through the semester: one or more posts each week reflecting on what you are learning through critically engaging with

• theories of digital media – convergence/hybridity

• the Lab research and production processes including seminars, tutorials and independent work

• the Studio (pre-PP2) processes

• issues of collaboration

• your skills workshop series

(suggestion: use tags to connect blog posts on given topics)

• Week 5 Review & Consultation - in the tutorial time-slot you will have an opportunity to discuss and review your blog progress with your tutor - this will not be assessed - but you are encouraged to ensure your blog is up to date so your tutor can give you some meaningful feedback.

• Final Blog Post (wk 14): this needs to sum up your reflections for the semester, referring back (with links) to your initial goals, as wells earlier blog posts, the blogs of other pp1 students and other a relevant references. It needs to provide, in effect, a detailed argument for your self-assessment for this assignment. Your tutor will in turn assess the strength and cohesion of the case you put, and moderate your final mark accordingly

Submission

Send email to your tutor by due date, advising completion and Final Blog Post URL. 

General Criteria

What makes a great blog as learning journal? consistent thoughtful and committed engagement across the semester – reflection as counterpoint to action: before, during and after.  deep reflection rather than simple description of actions: this means asking yourself questions and then thinking through the answers in writing (it is not enough to say ‘We did this and that.’ Ask yourself evaluative questions: e.g. How should I approach this task, or this idea? Did my approach work? Why or why not? What if we/I had thought about it or done it differently? What can I learn from the approaches of other people? )  personal voice and honesty making connections with and between ideas and practices – from classes, other blogs, texts, projects, the world at large focus on and insight into your own learning: What did I learn? What can I learn? clear written expression: your blog needs to be written with the reader in mind Appropriate attention to copyright and plagiarism issues Timely submission

Given the above, you need to tag (and draw attention to in your Final Post) your blog entries that relate to the following key areas of reflection: theories of digital media – convergence/hybridity the Lab research and production processes including seminars, tutorials and independent work the Studio (pre-PP2) processes issues of collaboration your skills workshop series