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Digital Media Design

Music and Performance Technology

Jim Buckley

jim.buckley@ul.ie

CS1-031

(21)3531

Directed Study (CS4042 – CS4032)

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• 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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• The Module:

– What we want you to get out of this:– To be able to research an area;– Report on it accurately;– Why reasoning;– Improved Co-op prospects;

– The skills we want you to learn;– Self starting skills;– Reading skills;– Understanding skills;– Presentation skills;– Developing a web presence

– 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 your own words.

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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:

• 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• 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

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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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• 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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• As learning diary• For marketing and self-

promotional 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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• 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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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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• 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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• A presentation on Classroom 2.0- Helen Barrett http://www.slideshare.net/eportfolios/classroom20

• 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-sites-tutorial

• http://www.slideshare.net/smarkgren/polishing-your-online-portfolio-using-free-web-tools-for-self-promotion

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• “Putting your best foot forward”- by Jen LeeReeves http://www.slideshare.net/jenleereeves/putting-your-best-foot-forward

• “How We All Became Elvis: A Note On Online Personal Branding” by Ben Grossman http://www.slideshare.net/bengrossman/how-we-all-became-elvis-a-note-on-online-personal-branding