2.4 designing and implementing professional practice activities for large student groups
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Designing and Implementing Professional Practice activities for large student groupsKristian LowKevin O’Donovan
+Embedding Employability
Designing an effective practical learning environment to mirror professional practice
Providing an effective practical output for the professional skills within all levels of the undergraduate degree
Enabling students to take responsibility for their own learning and development through student peer mentoring and immediate 'in-task' feedback and support to students
Promoting 'in-task' reaction and reflection to positively develop the practical activity, to meet industry expectations
+Accreditation requirements
Broadcasting Journalism Training Council (BJTC) "the group undertaking of a news production and broadcast event,
including tutors’ feedback on that production work"
"a minimum of 15 news production days per academic year - no fewer than 10 of these news production days.. Led by students"
"editorial, reporting and presentation contributions to the team production of news. To replicate industry practice these should include a range of consecutive news production days"
+The Challenge
In addition to timetabled units for core units Practical and timely 'Production Event'
Realistic production deadlines
Opportunity for students to direct and develop the activities
Linking added value activities to assessment
Promoting inclusion for all
+The Reality
80+ students
Newsroom with 40 iMac computers, and a TV bulletin suite
Radio Studios
Basic Social Media presence (Twitter and Facebook)
Staff teaching constraints
Some student reluctance to engage in additional activities
+Intended Outcomes
An effective production activity should: Provide students with an effective publishing opportunity
Develop and raise standard of student professional portfolios
Raise awareness about industry realities and expectations
Increase student satisfaction
Increase student graduate employment potential
+Making it work
+Making it work
+Questions and Contact
Our contact details are: Kristian Low
Programme Group Leader: News JournalismSchool of Communications and Marketing023 8201 [email protected]
Kevin O'DonovanCourse Leader: Multimedia Journalism School of Communications and Marketing 023 8201 6251 [email protected]