CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study
Directed Study (CS4042 – CS4032)
Digital Media Design
Music and Performance Technology
Jim Buckley
jim.buckley@ul.ie
CS1-031
(21)3531
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Table of Contents
• The Module:
– What we want you to get out of this;
– The skills we want you to learn;
– How we are going to support you in this;
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Table of Contents
• The Module:
– What we want you to get out of this:
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To be able to research an area;
Report on it accurately;
Why reasoning;
Improved Co-op prospects;
– The skills we want you to learn;
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Self starting skills;
Reading skills;
Understanding skills;
Presentation skills;
Developing a web presence
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– How we are going to support you in this?...
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By the time you get to the end of
University,
what do you have?
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Basis for ‘Why’ reasoning
• Seeing the way things are now:
– How:
• Observation / Direct usage/practice;
• Media: Reading about it;
• Media: UTube;
• But you need to be spin-aware;
– Why:
• Understanding why it came to be this way?
• (So you can make them better in the future)
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So, to make a change, you need...
• To be able to:
– Find articles/examples in an area of interest;
– Report the facts;
– Understand material;
– Compare across material;
– Be able to report this back convincingly:
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Modules Objectives
• Students will acquire the knowledge and
approaches needed to:
– Identify an area of interest;
– Undertake a review of that area;
– Acquire a critical appreciation of that area,
based on listening, seeing and reading
relevant works;
– The ability to present a ‘whole’ from these
differing works (through written report and
presentation). A sub-goal is to put work into
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How we will do this
• In groups of 4 you will research your chosen topic
and will present to the class in weeks 7 & 8, using
powerpoint slides as a support (20%)
• You (in groups of 4) will produce a final essay for
assessment (one per group – 50%).
• You’ll be assessed for your involvement
(attendance / preparation) for labs (20%)
– If your attendance / interaction in these review meetings
is very poor, we reserve the right to penalize you in
marks for your presentation / report
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MMPT Topics
• MMPT students only:
– Students are expected to carry out research into a
topic which is relevant to music developments and
technology and art pre-1945.
• Music and audio: The development of recording (Edison,
Bell, Poulsen), Early electronic instruments (Elisha Gray,
Telharmonium Theremin, Ondes Martenot, Trautonium,
Hammond, Hugh LeCain)
• Image: The origins and development of the moving
image in film (Maxwell, Lumiere, Melies, Edison,
Eastman), The origins and development of television
(Edison, Baird, Logie), The introduction of sound in films
and its effects on film making (Vitaphone, Foley).
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DMD Topics
• DMD students only:
– Students are expected to pick from the following list, or pick
something related to DMD that interests them, and carry out
research into the topic:
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Aural visualization
Haptics
Medical simulation devices
The mobile office
Public environment technologies
The Web 2.0
Automated face recognition
Software visualization
Computer aided learning
Interaction devices for gaming;
Digital art
Sonification
Ubiquitous computing
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To Help You
• Lectures
• Week 1: Briefing on the Directed Studies
module;
• Week 2: Identifying reading sources;
• Week 3: Reading and summarizing academic
texts / articles;
• Week 4: Aggregating academic texts;
• Week 5: Presenting your findings –
Powerpoint;
• Week 6: Presenting your findings – Writing
/ Plagiarism;
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To Help You
• Practical 1: Introduction to Wordpress;
• Practical 2: Internet searching, Selection of your group /
topic;
• Practical 3: Reading an academic article, Initial protocol
meetings;
• Practical 4: PowerPoint, Research review meeting
• Practical 5: PowerPoint, presentation preparation
meeting;
• Practical 6: No practical
• Practical 7: Feedback on presentations;
• Practical 8: Word formatting, Research Review meeting;
• Practical 9: ‘Drafting the module essay’ review meeting;
• Practical 10: Word organizing references, Report review
meeting
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Practical 11: Assessment of Blog;
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Task for Practical next week
• None!
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Questions?
• People do fail /do badly in this module:
– Not getting into groups;
– Not picking a topic quickly enough;
– Not picking a topic that will interest them, that they can
find material on;
– Not settling on a good framework;
– Not following guidance;
– Not submitting drafts / practicing;
– Not being consistent;
– Plagiarism.
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Online Portfolios: Building a
professional profile
Notes courtesy of Dr. Gabriela Avram
Interaction Design Centre
CSIS
16 Feb 2011
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1.The role of a portfolio
Definition:
“a collection of authentic and diverse evidence,
drawn from a larger archive representing what a
person or organization has learned over time (or
achieved) on which the person or organization
has reflected, and designed for presentation to
one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical
purpose” .
– National Learning Infrastructure Initiative US (2003).
“But also reflects who you are, your achievements”
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The advantages of having
an online portfolio
• Accessibility – sharing;
• Storage (not only text, but also video, audio,
photos and sketches)
• Easy to create
• Sociability (harnessing the power of Social
Media)
• Gives a boost of professionalism to one’s online
identity
• Allows for more freedom, creativity and breadth
then just a cover letter and resumé
• It also aligns strongly with your course.
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Why maintaining a portfolio?
• As learning diary
• For marketing and selfpromotional reasons- while
looking for a job
• For professional and creative
self-expression
• For networking with peers and
establishing a professional
identity
• For performance appraisal and
promotion in an existing job
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Challenges
• Information needs to be kept up-to-date
• Relationships have to be maintained
• Having a coherent online presence requires
spending time – finding the right balance
• Embarrassing information can be discovered by
potential employers
• Any little mistake in an online artefact can have
huge implications!
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5. Creating your portfolio online
Sites that could host your portfolio,
providing both the software and the
hosting space for free:
o Google Sites (10Mb)
o (http://sites.google.com/)
o Blogger.com (1Mb)
o WordPress.com (3Mb)
o Weebly.com
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Examples: Portfolios of UL students
and alumni
• Karen Kiely – Digital Media Design, 2010, did
an MA in Social Media in Birmingham, currently
working in SF
• Olivia Kennedy –DMD 2011 graduate,
Interaction Designer at IBM
• Sharon Brosnan - Digital Media Design,
2010,working with Avos in SF
• Triona Butler – Interactive Media master 2010
• Lette Moloney – Interactive Media master, 2010
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ePortfolio Resources
• A presentation on Classroom 2.0- Helen Barrett
http://www.slideshare.net/eportfolios/classroom
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• A TEDx talk by Dr. Helen Barrett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcSegrwjkA
• Using Google sites for building a portfolio
http://www.slideshare.net/gaofei9/google-sitestutorial
• http://www.slideshare.net/smarkgren/polishingyour-online-portfolio-using-free-web-tools-forself-promotion
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Social Media resources
• “Putting your best foot forward”- by Jen
LeeReeves
http://www.slideshare.net/jenleereeves/puttingyour-best-foot-forward
• “How We All Became Elvis: A Note On Online
Personal Branding” by Ben Grossman
http://www.slideshare.net/bengrossman/howwe-all-became-elvis-a-note-on-online-personalbranding