Lecture: 2 hours/week
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Lab: 2 hours/week
Students will be guided through a self-managed work plan through focus groups, class presentations, and one-to-one mentoring.
Project Review and Revision
Project Management
- Deadlines
- Deliverables
- Communication with collaborators and participants
Managing Resources
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Scheduling tools
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Skills audit
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Resource inventory
Working with Communities and Collaborators
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Building trust
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Reciprocity
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Contracting
- Research Ethics Board (REB)
Presentation Skills
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Verbal presentation
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Preparation
- Media resources
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Tech rehearsal
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Contingencies
Work-in-Progress Focus Groups and Presentations
Reflective Analysis
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
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Manage a project, setting milestones and meeting interim deadlines;
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Work independently from the basis of respect, reciprocity, relationality and relevance, demonstrating resilience, technological competency, initiative, adaptability, flexibility, and creative entrepreneurship;
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Implement a project plan that extends artistic growth and/or personal skills;
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Produce a substantial event, creative work, or multi-media project in consultation and collaboration with external partners;
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Reflect critically on the project’s impact on both social and personal spheres;
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Give and receive constructive criticism and feedback.
Assessments will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research
Sample Evaluation Scheme
Project management progress reports (minimum of 2) 30%
Final deliverable 30%
Final presentation of work 20%
Reflective analysis 20%
Total 100%
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
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