Deadline and requirements for PPRD2

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The deadline for this piece of work is Fri 27th April.

Your folder MUST contain the following:

1500 word report which should include reflection on your personal and professional development as well as the projects undertaken this year.

CV – you may wish to submit two, an industry specific one and a more general one.

It SHOULD also contain

Action Plan detailing short medium and long term goals IN BULLET POINT FORM

the answers to your PPRD questionnaire

Two examples of the reflective writing exercise (one a reflection on someone else’s work one on your own).

Reflective Writing exercise

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PPRD Reflective Writing Exercise

This will be very helpful for you in terms of PPRD and also NPNC so please take the time to do it and email me on astephenson@aucb.ac.uk

 

Pick a video off of Vimeo or Youtube (can be from any genre) and consider the following:

 

1)    How would you describe the work? Consider things like composition, sound, lighting, colour grading, editing. What does the work look like and how is it put together?

 

2)    How does the work make you FEEL? What mood does the piece invoke? Do you have a strong emotional reaction to the work?

 

3)    What does the work MEAN? What messages might the work have in terms of cultural meaning? These messages could be anything, for instance ideas about gender and sexuality, community, capitalism, cultural notions of childhood, class, nationality etc.

 

Finally, make a statement of 2-3 sentences about what you feel the most significant aspects of your analysis are. Then write your analysis up on your blog regarding your chosen video before undertaking the same kind of analysis on a piece of your own work that you have produced.

questionnaire to answer

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please answer all these and email me the responses to astephenson@aucb.ac.uk:

1)    How has previous work experience influenced your ideas regarding personal and professional development?

2)    How have the projects undertaken in the course so far influenced your ideas about personal and professional development?

3)    What would you consider to be the vocational context of your work and why?

4)    What kinds of self directed learning or work placement do you hope to be involved in during your time on the course?

5)    How will you set about making this happen and developing contacts outside of the university?

6)    What range of skills do you currently have to enable you to function successfully in a professional environment (to include personal, technical, social, business etc)?

7)    What skills you do you think need to acquire in these areas?

8)    How do you see your work fitting into an industrial/vocational context?

9)    What is your intention regarding the production of a portfolio of work?

10)How will this portfolio help you in the short medium and long term?

11)From the points you have made, begin to formulate a self evaluation and a bullet pointed action plan that is divided into short (0-12 months), medium (12-24 months) and long (after graduation) term goals.

This is important as allows me to see how you are all getting on with thinking about your futures.

Unit Handbook

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Title: Personal Planning, Reflection and Development 2

Reference:        IMD507

Level:                5

Credit points:     15

Weighting:         x1.0

Study time:       150 hours

Description

Personal Planning, Reflection and Development 2 provides an ongoing opportunity for individual and group tutorials, and individual development and evaluation activities. The unit will build on the experiences gained during the unit PPRD1 in Level 4, including your portfolio preparation, professional CV and progress file.
The culmination of your reflection and evaluation activities on the course is your progress file that charts the development of your level two studies. The file is a reflection of the development of your projects and provides an overall evaluation of your achievements.
During PPRD2 contemporary issues within your specialist subject will be discussed and debated where appropriate.
You are also required to give a short presentation to the group which outlines your achievements in terms of career and professional contexts.

Outline syllabus

(An indicative guide to the content covered by this unit.)

• Personal and career planning

• Contemporary critical and theoretical issues within the specialist subject

• Portfolio preparation

• Critical evaluation of (i) your achievements of the unit learning outcomes, and (ii) your learning on the course overall

• Time management

• Transferable skills

• Documentation of the development of your Professional Project from initial ideas to completion, including creative and logistical problems confronted and overcome.

Method of delivery

Presentations, Seminars; tutorials; research; independent study. Learning teams.
Aims
A1 To consolidate skills in planning and time management.
A2 To encourage critical reflection and self-evaluation.
A3 To contextualise your learning in preparation for employment or level three study

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit you will be able to:

LO1 Demonstrate the ability to plan and manage your coursework and other commitments, including:

  • Self-initiated visual and work-related research The ability to run concurrent projects through planning and time management Awareness of the importance of and ability to prioritise given course-related tasks.

LO2 Demonstrate reflection and evaluation of your learning and work-related learning in Level 2 including:

  • 
Learning strategies The ability to adapt and react during project work/work-related learning development
  • The ability to recognise key areas of specialist practice that relate to your development The ability to place yourself within an appropriate framework best suited to your progressional needs.

Assessment Requirements:

Research/progress file 100%

Each assessment requirement must be passed at a minimum grade of 40% to
successfully complete the unit.

Assessment Criteria

(specific criteria related to the learning outcomes and
linked to the statement of generic assessment criteria matrix):
Evidence of understanding through research and analysis – Research and analysis methodologies are demonstrated Information and visual reference is collected, drawn together, examined, compared and contrasted prior to problem solving (LO1,LO2)
Evidence of understanding through synthesis and development – constructive conclusions are drawn from research and analysis. Knowledge gained is interpreted through analysis and critical evaluation of visuals and information, ideas and concepts and then developed, externalised.(LO2)
Evidence of understanding through critical evaluation and reflection. Decisions and judgements are reflected upon – The objectives of the study are understood and demonstrated. (LO1,LO2)

Reference material

Key

Bright, J. and Earl, J. (2001). Brilliant CV: what employers want to see and how to
say it. London: Prentice Hall.

Cottrell, S. (2003). The study skills handbook. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Payne, E. (2000) Developing essential study skills. London: Prentice-Hall

Recommended

Decenzo, D and Robbins, S. (2001). Human resource management. New York: John
Wiley & Sons.

Drew, S. and Bingham, R. (2001). The student skills guide. Aldershot: Gower Press.

Roebuck, C.(1998) Effective communication. London:

Marshall
Financial Times, (2000) Killer cv’s & hidden approaches. London: Prentice Hall.

Further subject specific reference material will be provided by project tutors.

Foundation Degree assignment brief

Course: Foundation Degree Arts in Interactive Media Year: 2.

Terms 1 – 3

Unit Reference: Personal Planning , Reflection and Development 2

Unit Level: 5

Assignment:

Diary/Progress File
Commencement Date: Nov 2011

Deadline Date: April 2012

Tutor(s): Amanda Stephenson

Brief
 Outline of Assignment:

For this unit you are required to produce a diary/progress file, this will be produced as an on going web log that not only charts your development through the course, conceptually, visually and technically, but will become a good reference piece by the end of the final year and beyond.
As well as weekly entries the diary progress file must contain:

1. Report (including reflection on the interview process).
A word-processed report (1500 words) that reflects your development at the end of your second year. The report will be a detailed appraisal of your achievements and progress on the course so far.
Your report should contain a substantial piece of reflection on the interview process (Mock interview will be offered to students).

2. Career Plan and revisited CV.
You should have one or more entries describing and discussing you career plan this should lead you to revisit and progress the CV created. The new CV should be included.

3. Edited highlights of ‘working’ sketchbooks
All students will be expected to keep ‘working’ sketchbooks additionally to the web log/diary/progress files. Your progress file should contain edited highlights of your sketchbooks and reflection upon them and their relationship to the contemporary practice of the interactive media community.

4. Documentation of Professional Project
One or more entries should document your professional project, it should reference and reflect upon your planning, timetabling and final outcomes.
The File should be produced as an on-line web log with weekly diary entries, images, web links, reviews and reports. You should be critically reflective in your writing and make reference to learning that has taken place and your personal development in relationship to your research and practice.
Alternatively the progress file can be produced in the more traditional form, ring binder, dividers, word-processed etc. or in a series of well-presented sketchbooks. This must be agreed with a tutor.