ALC702 - Making Sense of Communities Online
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Luke Heemsbergen |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including: 1 x 2-hour seminar per week equivalent |
Content
This unit will utilise netnography and other tools to understand community dynamics and social patterns of interaction online, with a particular focus on mapping the emergence of online cultures. Students will study communities and social engagement in virtual environments from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing insights from media studies, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. Social media management techniques will be analysed as part of an integrated approach to online engagement strategies. Technological affordances of media will be explored in relation to the design of online social interaction experiences.
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| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes) |
| ULO1 | Discern online communities and techniques to study them | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Exercise ethical judgement on rigorous research design and conduct with digital, global, subjects | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Complete self-designed research on an online community to analyse and assess relevance of cultural and engagement practices | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO4 | Appraise how online communities form and function to formulate valuable insights to social interaction and engagement online | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1 (Individual) - Research project: Case selection, critical relevance and fieldwork plan | 2000 words or equivalent, Harvard referencing | 40% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 (Individual) - Research report: Undertake research and write up results | 3000 words or equivalent, Harvard referencing | 60% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALC702 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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