Wednesday March 4th- BAPP Campus Session

BAPP campus session
Wednesday the 4th of March-

1pm - 3pm 

Meet at the Information booth in College Building

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Wednesday Feb. 26th - BAPP discussion group

BAPP discussion group (all modules)

Wednesday the 26th of Feb. -
8:15am 
or 
9pm CANCELLED 
(Times in London)

We will try to reschedule this 9pm chat for next week. Look out for posts...

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Thinking about ethical considerations

Ethical consideration are about the questions you ask to change what assumptions are being made. The questions themselves and reflection they create are the action of ethical considerations. Any answers are not part of the process - The thinking about the question is the process.

Examples:

Emma's example taken from TedTalks was based on the subject matter of "Does machine Intelligence make human morals more important".
Some ethical considerations that arose from this were;
- Why is the data I input online having an impact on my morals?
- Will the information I search for be tailored and restricted to show desired results?
- Should the internet be making decisions for us?
- Why are we relying on machine intelligence to improve our morals?
https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_machine_intelligence_makes_human_morals_more_important/transcript?referrer=playlist-talks_on_artificial_intelligen


Lauren Mitchell:
The example TedTalk that I used, asked the question: Does photographing the moment steal the experience from you?
As a question which has often come up in conversation in my everyday life, I believe that it does not, if the photo is used for personal reference and memory. My aunt would dispute this as a typical younger person living their life through a mobile phone. My sister offers a different opinion since she usually takes photos of places to post on social media.
These three opinions raise questions about ethical assumptions / perspectives. For example taking a photo at a landmark and returning to your car straight away could be considered a waste of the experience, but the person taking the photo could be using it for analysis or purpose.
Photography can enhance your experience if you're indeed taking it with intention (studies suggest), eg. for information, discovery, support, or bringing people together. Potentially my sister would argue that you can share a photo with intention too; to inform or uplift?
The main question this TedTalk highlighted for me was whether forgetting your phone/camera or not capturing the shot was a relief or limitation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_sullivan_does_photographing_a_moment_steal_the_experience_from_you/transcript?language=en

Olivia Thompson:
My example asked the question 'Can artists be held to the same standards as other people?'
- What is the emotional cost of art?
- Are you condoning someone's actions by engaging with them?
- Why have we allowed art to invade our privacy?
- Can we appreciate an artists work without knowing their background?
- Do we need to know?

It made me think about how I view the arts and certain artists.
The articles I used were -

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artists-bend-ethics-arts-sake
https://www.theoryofknowledge.net/areas-of-knowledge/the-arts/what-is-the-relationship-between-art-and-ethics/

Linking ideas in a Rhizome rather than just thinking in a linear manor (roots tree).
What are your thoughts?

Collaboration and other Knowledges from the arts

Thinking about what knowledges we have in the performing arts/arts. There are activities and expectations we have because we engage with them all the time that we do not notice but in other settings (such as business settings) these are called skills. When a show is put together from its inception to the teamwork of tech, performers, musicians, front of house... we are used to working together. So what does it mean to work together or collaborate? For you is it a philosophical approach or just part of the culture of the arts. Is it something you bring into other settings you are in? Where do you stand on collaboration, team work, working together (all quite different from each other). Have look at this web-page learning area that talks about collaboration from a business perspective. I think it is useful to look at something familiar from a different perspective to better understand what it means to you.

What other knowledges do you notice your arts background have given you out of the practice of doing art?

Do you notice how the way things are described, the words used, can the 'importance' of an activity?

Please comment below and add links to your posts about about this.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-collaboration-in-the-workplace-definition-benefits-examples.html

Interview - more than one perspective to what is happening.

In the Module Three focus chat we had we talked about preparing for interviews. I recommend thinking about these too.

Book: Learning from strangers: the art and method of qualitative interview studies by Robert S. Weiss (it is on the reading list)

also watch this again

Monday Feb. 17th - BAPP Campus session

BAPP campus session
Monday 17th Feb-
10am -1pm 
Room number: CG48

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Module One Focus Skype - your practice

I have made a word cloud thingy of the words we used to summarize the conversation. Can you draw links between these words and the posts by the people who attended the Skype. Please comment below about the links you found (after you have read their posts of course!)

Tuesday Feb 11th- Online session with a Module 3 focus

Research terms- what are you doing?

Online Session- Module 3 Focus (ACI3633)
Tuesday the 11th of Feb- 8pm (time in London)

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Voice and three thoughts

This morning we had one of the two twlight Skype for today. 

Three points emerged

1) As you start Module Two thinking about a question - imagine that you will find it most clearly / understand it best at the end of Module Three!  That is what Module Three is for to better understand the question. So Module Two is about learning about research.

which leads to...
2) Research the different way to research 

3) continually developing what your practice is, means to you, looks like or does, runs as a strand through the whole course - each module should be informed by your gentle development and witnessing of what your own practice is.












Other good news 
Sophie  and Lorien are the news student reps (Student Voice Leaders) there are details for contacting them on UniHub.  

Background to Student Voice Leaders and you: The Programme Voice Groups (PVG’s) are one of the main formal channels of communication between staff and students. They are a forum in which students (through the Student Voice Leaders) and staff can constructively discuss areas of good practice as well as areas needing improvement, with the collective aim of enhancing the student experience. .

PVG’s occur each year and your Student Voice Leader will ask for programme feedback from you to report to staff at the pre-meeting to develop and agenda, for the points to be addressed at the main meeting. You will also be given feedback from both staff and the Student Voice Leaders on the outcomes of the feedback through the UniHub folder

The student voice meeting will be at the end of February. 

Monday Feb 10th- Online Session with a Module 1 focus

Seeing your Practice and self

Online Session- Module 1 Focus (ACI 3611)
Monday the 10th of Feb- 6pm (time in London)

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Knowing Knowledges

I am re-posting this blog post as it seemed to be really helpful for someone last term...
What are your thoughts?

In his book 'Knowing Knowledge' George Seimens talks about Learning Domains

In this course, we create the situation for all four of the domains he discusses in this course. But it is the combination of the four that is the Learning Environment of BAPP. The dance, the music, the play, the yoga class are made of a combination of elements and so is the learning environment of BAPP. 

Transmission Learning- The learner is brought into a system through lectures and exposed to ‘facts’.  The Unihub and Module Handbooks do this.

Emergence Learning– involves greater emphasis on the learner’s cognition and reflection. What you do with the UniHub and Handbooks and Blogs, and Skypes and conversations with your Supervisor.

Acquisition Domain– learning is exploratory and inquiry-based. This has to be self-directed (because it is your practice not anyone else’s) but self-directed does not mean alone you need to remain connected through sharing ideas (on blogs, in Skype discussions etc…). You explore this domain through looking at what you have done in the past (and writing past learning in Module One), looking at your current practice and how the course and ideas you encounter connect with it, through carrying out a project based inquiry. Sometimes you are considering all three at once (if you are in Module Three for instance).

Accretion Learning– is continuous, the learner forages for knowledge when and where it is needed – Real life and ongoing. This is shared through your blog – which is why your blog is so important to keep contributing to and why commenting on others people’s blogs is so helpful to them. 

Across all this ‘relevance’is crucial to look at critically.  This returns us to thinking about what truth, deception, distraction and fact mean to you/do to you. 

Lastly feedback (to each other on blogs and back and forth with your Supervisor) becomes a conversation - ongoing and not as set of instructions to get an 'A'. Go back to 'The Test'  in my blog on September 17th 2019 for John Green to explain that again...

Here is a video made about Connectivism which is the overarching idea for the network of learning domains. 

Please comment below....