Pervasive Media Exploration

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the underlying concepts and principles of contextual issues including sustainable and ethical practices

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to work in an effective manner, including as a member of a team, making use of tools and techniques to appropriately communicate, manage tasks and plan projects under guidance

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• employ relevant materials, techniques, methods, technologies and workshop skills

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• plan and manage your workloads to set deadlines

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• identify and debate the current and emerging sustainable and ethical factors that have the potential for driving positive and constructive change

You will be introduced to the module’s themes, concepts and creative examples through mini-lectures and briefings. These themes, concepts and examples will vary year to year but will address the history, theory and contemporary state of pervasive digital media – that is computing-based creative projects that are not primarily screen-based. Theoretical issues and creative examples might include human-computer interaction (HCI), interactive art, ‘serious’ and pervasive games, wearable computing, sensing and robotic art projects. Working in teams you will plan and manage the design and testing of your ideas and the production of a prototype that will demonstrate them. It is likely that this prototype will be a mix of paper designs and full working elements. You will be introduced to methods of design iteration and user / play testing.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching will include mini-lectures and group project planning tutorials, crits and feedback on work in progress. Support in key platforms, techniques and programming languages, will be provided according to project needs. The projects will be team-based so peer learning and feedback will be embedded.

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

The Pervasive Media Cookbook.

Textbooks

Leorke, Dale (2019). Location-based Gaming: play in public space. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Montola, Markus (2009). Pervasive Games: theory and design. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Assessment strategy

Project work will be undertaken in teams, but will be assessed individually

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.