| Module Title |
Digital Arts Teachnology |
| Module Code |
EDP1149 (ITS: AP214) |
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Faculty |
DCU Institute of Education |
School |
Arts Education & Movement |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
Working with New-Media, investigating Visual Art and Digital Technology practices.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Gain new understanding into the complexities of 'New Media' art and develop own Identity and Agency through personal creative exploration.
2. Experiment and create art with confidence by engaging with a universal design for learning framework in experimenting with contemporary art mediums.
3. Incorporate the use of a wide range of art mediums by collaborating, choreographing, creating, documenting and responding through technology and digital media.
4. Respond and reflect insightfully to artworks considering both technical and affective aspects of historical and contemporary art/culture. Communicate an awareness of the multiple ways in which the visual arts have a role in meaning making for the individual and for society keeping in line with Global Citizenship Educational principles.
5. With reference to art education literature, demonstrate understanding, knowledge, critical reflection and analysis of the role of art in education in the primary classroom. Demonstrate how art projects can be digitally archived and accessed through online portals. Develop procedures to share ideas/concepts/strategies with the wider educational community through digital online platforms, apps and social media.
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Workshop | 20 | Practical art making workshops in contemporary mediums. Documenting process digitally and presenting through personal digitised art journal/website. | | Independent Study | 105 | Independent artwork. Visiting art galleries. Completion of practical work. Collaborating and communicating with peers. Digital recording and documenting/presenting of art work. Researching ideas and current practices. Reading journals, books etc. |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 12003 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | N | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Colin MacAulay | Module Teacher | |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Portfolio | Individual website/portfolio showcasing art work through experimentation/collaboration, visual representation and critical reflection. | 100% | Sem 1 End |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Create a digital avatar
Create a personal digital representation by bringing a self portrait to life using basic apps on iPad/phone. Add a voice over description as an introduction/ice breaker. Create a website portfolio and upload avatar on the welcome page.
Digital drawing/painting
Create a digital artwork using an iPad and Procreate.
Collaborative stop motion animation
Working in groups, students will collaborate to produce a creative response to a piece of popular music through pixelated stop motion animation.
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- 3D Total Publishing,Publishing 3dtotal: 2020, Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate, 3dtotal Publishing, 200, 1912843145
- Alison Jardine: 2020, Make Great Art on Your iPad, Ilex Press, 0, 1781577714
- Sanne Krogh Groth,Holger Schulze: 2020, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art, Bloomsbury Academic, 581, 150133879X
- Thomas Kingsley Troupe: 2019, Create Crazy Stop-Motion Videos, Make a Movie! 4D, 49, 1543540074
- Laura Bellmont,Emily Brink: 2016, Animation Lab for Kids, Lab for Kids, 147, 1631591185
Articles:
- Elen J. Instefjord, Elaine Munthe: 2017, Educating digitally competent teachers: A study of integration of professional digital competence in teacher education, Teaching and Teacher Education, 0742-051X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2017.05.016, 525586
- 0: Tracing Dysfunction: A Review of Dysfunction and Decentralization in New Media Art and Education, Studies in Art Education A Journal of Issues and Research, 0039-3541, https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/usae20, 525587, 1
- Art Technology Integration: Digital Storytellying as a Transformative Pedagogy in Primary Education: © 2019 NSEAD and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t-3-s8phpbJGzG0YhOVgwAr80ESIIBWH/view, 525588, 1, Cătălin Soreanu
- Review of Artistic Education, no. 22: 22, 2021, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTCNK0NUSaR9F6KEUhBSq0zOD9FAT96Q/view, 525589, 1, Schnittka, Christine G, 2017
- Vol. 4, No. 1, 601-617: 601, 2182-7168,
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Other Resources
- 1: Website, Music experiment,
- 422310: 1, Website, Music experiment,
- https://www.unspokensymphony.com/make-a-melody: 422311, 1, Website, Sound art
- https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/sound-art:
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