About

This unit is designed to deepen your understanding of the critical and cultural contexts for research-based practice in digital and new media art.
It explores a range of concepts and themes associated with digital art, focusing on developments in digital technology that have a large impact on teaching, learning and creative production within higher education.
This will involve examining social networking tools for working collaboratively in an online environment, and the impact of this for digital and new media art research practices.

Unit Title: Practice in Context
Unit Level: 2
Unit Reference Number: AME-2-PIC
Credit Value: 15 credits
Student Study Hours: 150 hours
Contact Hours: 36 hours
Private Study Hours: 114 hours
Pre-requisite Learning: None
Course(s): BA (Hons) Digital Media Arts
Year and Semester 2006-2007, Semester Two
Unit Coordinator: Paula Roush
UC Contact Details Email: roushp@lsbu.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7815 5418
Room: CH-28a (Caxton House, 2nd floor)
Subject Area: Arts, Media and English
Summary of Assessment Method:
• Research Presentation (25%)
• Research Portfolio (75%)