Encouraging critical practice in media students: the digital dossier initiative

Encouraging critical practice in media students: the digital dossier initiative

Carlin, D and Ritchard, P 2008, 'Encouraging critical practice in media students: the digital dossier initiative', in Berkeley, L (ed.) ASPERA 2008 Conference Papers, Melbourne, 14-16 July 2008.

Document type:	Conference Paper
Collection:	Conference Papers

Title	Encouraging critical practice in media students: the digital dossier initiative
Author(s)	Carlin, D Ritchard, P
Year	2008
Conference name	ASPERA 2008 Conference
Conference location	Melbourne
Conference dates	14-16 July 2008
Proceedings title	ASPERA 2008 Conference Papers
Editor(s)	Berkeley, L
Publisher	Australian Screen Production Education & Research Association (ASPERA)
Place of publication	Melbourne
Abstract	In a fluid and rapidly changing media landscape, today's screen production students more than ever require skills in `critical practice' to enable them to play leading roles in tomorrow's screen culture and industries. It is extremely difficult to find pedagogical approaches that facilitate student learning of creative and technical production skills and at the same time place these within a critical and theoretical context that encourages the questioning of and experimentation with existing production and aesthetic paradigms. Two second-year undergraduate screen production courses at RMIT Media have introduced `digital dossiers' as part of an attempt to foster a learning culture of `critical practice'. These digital dossiers, when embedded within a structure of process-based learning, may play an important role, we argue, in helping students identify and challenge assumptions they bring to their understanding of screen practice.
Subjects	Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy
Keyword(s)	Screen Production Teaching Learning

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