How will teaching take place?

There will be ten weekly sessions, which will be divided into 3 parts.

- For each week, a set of online lectures will be made available, coupled with an active forum for questions Monday, 9-10AM

- Starting in the second session, a weekly “Padlet” exercise, in which you will upload one visual artefact and its analysis according to a weekly theme, as well as engage with images uploaded by colleagues through comments (see more information on the ‘Portfolio’ exercise)

- Face to face seminars (with online provision for those who cannot attend) those will take place in Moore Annex 34, Wednesday 14-15, 15-16

The Module has one Formative assessment:

The weekly Padlet exercise requires you to upload an image to Padlet and to explain how it relates to a subject taught in this course in the current week or previous weeks. Place the image and your analysis. Place your full name and the number of the upload (Yoav Galai. Upload 1). Please try to participate each week, you need a minimum of 4 for the second formative assessment, but the whole point of this module is to think visually so it is important that you give it a try every week.

The module has three Summative assessment.

The first formative assessment is due 29 October and it is a 1000-word visual analysis of an image or video of your choosing worth 30% of the grade, to which you apply methods that we pick up in the first three sessions. Think of it as an expanded version of the Padlet exercise and you may use a Padlet analysis that you already did as the base for this exercise.

The second one is due 8 December. It is worth 20% of the grade and it should not require as much work. This is a selection of 4 of your favourite Padlet posts (except for the one you used in the previous assignment – if you did so). So besides polishing it up and moving it to a new file, this isn’t one to worry about. However, if for any reason you have not submitted at least 4 Padlet posts, you will lose marks.

The third assignment is due 18 December. It is worth 50% of the grade and it is a classic 2000 word-essay on the subject of your choosing within visual politics. Please check with me to make sure your project is within the scope.

What do I need to bring?

The module will develop your visual literacy and we will delve into the technicalities of imaging in general and digital imaging in particular. No purchase of software is required, but use of a laptop computer, both for seminars as well as for assignments, is recommended. If you do not have access to a laptop, please let me know.

What do I need to do?

For EACH seminar EVERY student will be expected to read items from the list of readings and be prepared to discuss these in the seminar. Some course materials will be provided via the Internet. A Reading Week, during which there will be no seminar, will occupy the sixth week of the term.

In any of the 10 teaching weeks you are expected to:

1. Do all of the required reading

2. Watch the recorded lecture and participate in the post-lecture forum

3. Add your entry to the weekly padlet exercise (a minimum of 4 times is required for the assignment, but you are expected to contribute each week)

4. Attend the weekly seminars