Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The students must have passed the module: Creative Play – Applied Technology (Kreativ leg - teknologisk udformning)

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Objectives:

To provide the student with practical experience defining a project within the area of IT, communication and new media, which includes use of object-oriented programming, to implement the project by working in groups and to document the solution in a project report. Students who complete the project module will be able to demonstrate foundational learning outcomes for advancing as a student.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the project module will obtain the following qualifications:

• Understanding of problem-based study and the Aalborg model of PO PBL
• Knowledge about the history of media and its social-cultural context/application
• Understanding of theory, method and practice within media oriented work
• Knowledge about how to identify and describe a target group and the context for a media production (Application)
• Must have understanding about how an object oriented programming language can be used to solve a specific problem
• Must have knowledge about commonly occurring data structures, algorithms and abstract data types and implementation of such
• Knowledge about the field of Science, Technology and Society (STS) in order to identify relevant contextual perspectives of a given technology
• Knowledge about project management in a long-term problem based project (in this case from 2-3 months)
• Knowledge of methodological consideration to describe the theoretical and empirical foundation of the project

Skills

Students who complete the project module will obtain the following qualifications:

• Ability to apply media oriented methods and tools for design and implementation of interactive media oriented projects
• Ability to describe theory, methods and practices in media oriented projects regarding chosen technology, context and target group (analysis)
• Must be able to discuss, argue analyze and synthesize theory, methods and practices in media oriented projects and especially related to the specific semester courses
• Analyze individual as well as organizational learning processes by scientifically recognized concepts and methods (application)
• Organize and manage a longer-term project considering group and supervisor collaboration
• (application)
• Structure and communicate the reflections and results of the problem based project work; orally, graphically and in writing (analysis)
• Must be able to use an object-oriented programming language and associated class library to implement parts of programs and small programs in order to solve a specific problem
• Must be able to plan and perform systematic test of the programme applied (application)
• Must be able to discuss/assess the quality of the solution(s) of the project in a wider context (analysis)

Competences

Students who complete the project module will obtain the following qualifications:

• Must have competencies in using object oriented programming in solving programming tasks, especially programming tasks related to Medialogy, communication and IT/new media (application)
• Must have competencies in documenting and discussing the wider market related implications of a real world project/application (application)
• Take responsibility of one‟s own learning during a longer-termed project period and be able to generalize the gained experiences (synthesis)

Type of instruction

Academically supervised student-governed problem oriented project work.

Furthermore the Study Board for Media Technology wishes to note for implementation:

1. Students have to prepare a written P1 process analysis
2. Students will get support to identify relevant contextual perspectives by consultancy; a group meeting and commenting on papers and presentation at the status seminar
3. Students will get support to transfer project management theory to the projects by a PBL-seminar and related to this comments on papers as well as presentations in order to secure action on a mid-term processanalysis
4. A written comment to the group’s process analysis will be provided to support project-examination

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Designing from Both Sides of the Screen
Type of exam	Oral exam based on a project In accordance with the current Framework Provisions and directions on examination from the Study Board for Media Technology: Individual oral examination with internal censor based on a written project report and a mediatechnological product plus an A/V production that illustrates and summarizes the project plus a written process analysis. The assessment is performed in accordance with the 7-point grading scale.
ECTS	10
Permitted aids	With certain aids: See semester description
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria for the evaluation are specified in the Framework Provisions.