Helping Students become Professional Practitioners

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In conversation with:

Mark Barden, Course Leader BA (Hons) Sports Journalism.
Themes:  “communities of practice”; easing the move from ‘student’ to ‘professional practitioner’; how Sports Journalism students develop and showcase their practice.
Course name / level: BA (Hons) Sports Journalism.
College: London College of Communication (LCC).
Student Numbers: approximately 20 per year; around 60 in total.
Digital Spaces used and discussed: myblog.arts (UAL’s teaching and learning blogging platform);  ‘Elephant Sport’ Website.

#enterprise, #journalism, #lcc, #podcasts, #sports-journalism

Teaching online and inspiring others to explore TEL

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In conversation with:

Jennifer Williams-Baffoe, Online Fashion Tutor and CSM’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Coordinator
Themes:  pure online courses; the differences between face-to-face and online teaching; preparing for online teaching; online methodologies and technologies; TEL within an Art and Design University.
Course name(s); level(s):  Online Short Courses: ‘Fashion Marketing’; ‘Fashion Manufacturing’; ‘Starting your own Fashion Label’; ‘How to start your own pop-up shop’ plus ‘Fashion Business Practice’ (Summer Course).
College:  Central Saint Martins (CSM)
Student numbers:  each 8 week online short course has 12-20 students
Digital Space(s) used and discussed:  Workflow’ ePortfolio (Mahara based); BB Collaborate; Moodle; Process Arts

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#artscom, #central-saint-martins, #csm, #enterprise, #fashion, #fashion-label, #fashion-marketing, #internationalisation, #moodle, #podcasts, #short-courses, #technology-enhanced-learning, #tel, #workflow

Teaching Postgraduate Design for Visual Communication

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In conversation with:

Tony Pritchard, Course Leader, Postgraduate Design for Visual Communication
Teaching and learning themes:  collaboration; internationalisation; graphicology; enterprise
Course name(s); level(s)2015 Postgraduate Certificate in Design for Visual Communication2015 Postgraduate Diploma in Design for Visual Communication; 2016 Postgraduate Certificate in Design for Visual Communication; 2016 Postgraduate Diploma in Design for Visual Communication.
CollegeLondon College of Communication (LCC)
Student numbers:  75 per year
Digital Space(s) used and discussed: Moodle; myblog.arts; Twitter; Facebook; Pinterest; Instagram; Issuu; Vimeo; YouTube

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#enterprise, #graphicology, #industry, #internationalisation, #lcc, #moodle, #podcasts, #reflective-practice, #research-skills