Hi welcome back
Here are some starting back
thoughts.
First, if I am your advisor
and haven’t already emailed you by Monday contact me (there may be a glitch in
the matrix!!!). There are a number of advisors on the course we all have blogs
and they are all useful because different people have different ways to explain
and share the same ideas. I am going to be writing blogs that are across all
three modules. So sometimes my posts might be more useful to someone on Module (3)
than Module (1) but it is useful to think of the WHOLE course as one thing. Do
not to think of each module as a closed set of activities we are making you
do!! By thinking about what people are doing at other points in the course you
might find something really useful for your current study. If you have finished
a module there is nothing more to get out of it. Keep looking backward and
forward (its how you locate yourself).
For people beginning the
last module (3760) (that is Module (3), the research project) a couple of
things:
1 The last module
you did was to plan what you are doing now – but its not written in stone, look
at the feedback you had on your grading form, think about it now you have had
the summer to let the idea settle.
2 Adapting your
method, addressing questions your advisor highlighted is all part of the
process. DO NOT think the whole thing is just about gathering data. You can get
all the data in the world but it is only as useful as the questions you ask of
it.
3 The module is
about the process (as is pretty much everything we are doing) NOT ABOUT you
finding an answer to some problem. Focus on your process, your artistic
development, what you can LEARN. We are looking for you to show us what you
learn from the experience that is all (and that is a lot).
So get chatting talk to
people about what you think blog, email, don’t hide away trying to get a
perfect answer for your project.
For people beginning Module (2)
(3630). Have a look at what happen last year. Look at the blogs see what you
can learn from observing what other people thought about. This module is quite
extensive. Start to get on with things get the reading done its more intense
than the first module because we are asking you to apply some of the principles
you are learning about.
For people beginning the
first Module (1) (3730) and everyone else remember this is not a set of hoops
we want you to jump through. We have planned something that we hope will be
useful and meaningful to you in YOUR situation. Try not to see the module as
something to critique, or on the other hand something ordained from on high.
Try and apply the ideas to your life. See if they are useful and in doing that
see what you learn from them. Do not be put off by starting to blog just get on
with doing it.
If you are re-doing a module
have a look at what you did last time but also let go of some of the things
that seemed like obstacles. Move forward, work out what helped you last time
and what hindered you.
Get advice from your advisor
if you got an unexpected mark. It was higher than you expected work out what
you did to get that response, if it was lower work out what you did to get that
response.
For everyone MAKE a timeline
for yourself, work backwards from the hand-in date Jan 7th 2013. Work out what you need to hand in to be
marked. This is different from what you will be doing as tasks. Work out
when you need to have a final draft by in order to get feedback from your
advisor if you want it. Work out all the things you want to do right up to
today. Make a plan and be kind enough to yourself to stick to it.
Lastly, my office hours on
SKYPE for this term (October 1st
to January 7th ) will
be:
Monday 11am to noon (GMT)
Tuesday 7pm to 8pm (GMT)
Thursday 7pm to 8pm (GMT)
Friday 11am to noon (GMT)
I have tried to make them
when people have breaks at lunchtime at work or after work. However if you can
not make these times email me for an appointment either on SKYPE or phone or
over a coffee. Also if you see I am on SKYPE feel free to just call me I will
let you know if I can chat or I will call you back when I can.
Have fun
Adesola
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