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On successful completion of the course students will be able to demonstrate:
1) Familiarity with the state of the art in digital media technologies
2) Understanding of the relationship between technologies, contexts of use and motivation for communication
3) Recognition of changing paradigms of communication and challenges in research and practice
4) Critical reflection on the application of digital technologies to shape human communications
The module is split into 3 themes of 4 weeks - each focusing on different aspects of research and practice in digital media technologies:
Weeks 1 - 4: Technology focus
- Speech technologies
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Augmented reality (AR)
- Artificial Intelligence - Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Facial recognition, wearables etc.
Weeks 5 - 8: Context focus
- eHealth & mHealth
- Digital Media Art
- Alternative social media
- Culture & heritage interactives
Weeks 9 - 12: Communication focus
- Positive computing - technology for wellbeing
- News
- Entertainment - games, serious games
- Political media - Activism
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 26 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 125 |
Total | 175 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Project: Project pitch proposal to implement an application and describe deployment and communication impact. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Assignment: Case study/Essay on in context/in the wild technology in use | Week 8 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
Class feedback will be delivered during the marking period post assessment. Individual feedback will be offered online and in person/by email where requested. A combination of self-assessment and peer review will be used for group discussion continuous assessment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Patrick Brodie | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Odile Dumbleton | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Páraic Kerrigan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr James Steinhoff | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Rhys Jacka | Tutor |
Ms Naoise McNally | Tutor |
Yunhan Wu | Tutor |