Praksisprosjekt i digital kultur

Aim and Content

Participants in this course are expected to work with a practical project development in digital culture or to carry out systematic studies of available technological and/or ICT solutions. The practical project development work can be, e.g., software development, a learning system, a web site or design of a particular information architecture.

The project work is expected to lead to a concrete product relating to a real context of use. The project work is expected to take place within an environment external to the department. The student is expected to deliver, additional to the practical result, an approximately 10 page long report, linking the project with earlier research and development in the same field, documenting the work process, analyzing the result, and including the author¿s evaluation of the process and result.

If the student chooses to analyze available technologies, the project can address either a concrete empirical context of use or address more general aspects such as usability or the cultural implications of the technology. The analytical report should be approximately 20 pages long. The project theme and the project plan should be validated by the course coordinator.

Learning Outcomes

After taking the course the students should:

- be able to relate theoretical with practical aspects of Digital Culture;

- to acquire a realistic experience in designing, fulfilling and evaluating practical development work.

- be able to involve oneself autonomously in a practical development work.

Course offered (semester)

Spring.

Language of Instruction

English.

Course Unit Level

Master and PhD.

Department

Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studium

E-post: studierettleiar@lle.uib.no.

Access to the Course Unit

The course is open to all students with the right to study in the master¿s program in Digital Culture at UiB. This course will suit students who are working on a specific project. It is required that the project has been accepted by the course coordinator latest February 1st / September 1st. Students who wish to be enrolled in this course need to contact the study advisor or course coordinator in reasonable time before the deadline.

Pre-requirements

DIKULT301 and DIKULT302.

Recommended previous knowledge

DIKULT105 or equivalent.

Teaching Methods

Only individual supervision will be given in this course.

Compulsory Requirements

The student will deliver two working papers for supervision during the term.

Assessment methods

A supervised term paper and an adjustive oral exam.

The term paper can be either

1) The practical result (product) of the project developed by the student with the addition of an approximately 10 page long report;

or

2) An analysis spanning approximately 20 pages addressing available technologies within a concrete empirical context, or more general aspects, e.g., usability or the cultural implications the cultural implications of the technology.

For more information about working with the term paper, see ¿Aim and Content¿

The project theme and the project plan should be validated by the course coordinator.

Grading Scale

Grade scale A-F.

PhD students grade scale Pass/Fail.

Reading List

The student is expected to agree with the course coordinator a reading list covering approximately 1000 pages. Part of the required reading can consist of software or equivalent digital works.

Place of Teaching

Bergen.

Course Unit Evaluation

Evaluation will be conducted in accordance with the University of Bergen's quality assurance system.