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Unit of Study ENG00355 - Storytelling (2020)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Storytelling has an important and powerful role to play in the 21st century. Many different mediums and disciplines use storytelling to convey ideas, meaning and beliefs. This unit explores storytelling in its many forms from the tradition of oral storytelling to the use of storytelling in education, music, art, games and brands.

Unit content

This unit combines the theoretical and the practical aspects of storytelling. First exploring the history of storytelling as an oral tradition through to the ways that storytelling is utilised in contemporary media such as games and advertising. The student will develop skills to create stories in a digital format in order to convey meaning to their chosen audience. Emphasis is placed in the student aligning what they do with their future professional context.

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Location Domestic International
Online
Session1,3
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 articulate a knowledge of the history and cultural value of storytelling
2 explain the importance of storytelling in their particular professional context
3 create a personal narrative to explore digital storytelling
4 use different techniques to bring a story to a digital context
5 discuss their choices for type of story they tell and the context in which they tell it

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. articulate a knowledge of the history and cultural value of storytelling
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. explain the importance of storytelling in their particular professional context
    • GA4:
  3. create a personal narrative to explore digital storytelling
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  4. use different techniques to bring a story to a digital context
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. discuss their choices for type of story they tell and the context in which they tell it
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

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